law: Commission of Sati (Prevention) Act, 1987 
  19. Amendment of Act 43 of 1951 
  In the Representation of the People Act,
  
  1951,-
  (a) in section 8, in sub-section (2), after
  
  the proviso, the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:-
  "Provided further that a person
  
  convicted by a Special Court for the contravention of any of the provisions of
  
  the Commission of Sati (Prevention) Act, 1987 shall be disqualified from the
  
  date of such conviction and shall continue to be disqualified for a further
  
  period of five years since his release.";
  (b) in section 123, after clause (3A), the
  
  following clause shall be inserted, namely :-
  '(3B) The propagation
  
  of the practice or the commission of sati or its glorification by a candidate
  
  or his agent or any other person with the consent of the candidate or his election
  
  agent for the furtherance of the prospects of the election of that candidate or
  
  for prejudicially affecting the election of any candidate.
  Explanation.- For the purposes of
  
  this clause, "sati" and "glorification" in relation to sati
  
  shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the Commission of Sati
  
  (Prevention) Act, 1987.'