Prohibition of election meeting on polling day and immediately preceding polling day

24.-(1) No person shall organise or take part in any meeting hald for the purpose of hearing a speech or a discussion upon any topic connected, directly or iindirectly, with any election on the day of the poll or on the day immediately preceding the day of the poll.

(2) Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to imprisonment not exceeding three months or to a fine not exceeding ,150, or to both such imprisonment and fine.