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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Cantonments Act, 2006 Section 31

Power to make rules regulating elections: The Central Government may, either generally or specially for any cantonment

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Cantonments Act, 2006 Section 31 is part of Cantonments Act, 2006 - Power to make rules regulating elections: The Central Government may, either generally or specially for any cantonment. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

a) the division of a cantonment into wards;

(b) the determination of the number of members to be elected by each ward;

(c) the preparation, revision and final publication of electoral rolls;

(d) the reservation of wards for election of the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes and women;

(e) the registration of electors, the nomination of candidates, the time and manner of holding elections and the method by which votes shall be recorded;

(f) the authority which may be an officer of the State Government by which and the manner in which disputes relating to electoral rolls or arising out of election shall be decided, and the powers and duties of such authority and the circumstances in which such authority may declare a casual vacancy to have been created or any candidate to have been elected;

(g) the fee to be paid for admission and consideration of any application relating to election or election disputes;

(h) any other matter relating to elections or election disputes in respect of which the Central Government is empowered to make rules under this Chapter or in respect of which this Act makes no provision or makes insufficient provision and provision is, in the opinion of the Central Government, necessary.

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What does Cantonments Act, 2006 Section 31 provide?

Section Section 31 of the Cantonments Act, 2006 (Power to make rules regulating elections: The Central Government may, either generally or specially for any cantonment) is reproduced on this page as part of the Cantonments Act, 2006. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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