the Election Commission issued an order on 28 June 2002, prescribing a format in which candidates standing for all elections were to furnish this information. This prompted Parliament to amend the 1951 Act on 24 August 2002, inserting two new sections (33A and 33B) to stipulate that candidates shall give information only on cases in which charges have been framed for offences punishable with imprisonment of two years or more and cases of conviction with sentence of imprisonment of one year or more, and that candidates were not liable to disclose any other information notwithstanding any court
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