Title : General Duty of the Presiding Officer
State : Central
Year : 1951
it shall be the general duty of the presiding officer at a polling station to keep order thereat and to see that the poll is fairly taken.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Duties of a Polling Officer
State : Central
Year : 1951
it shall be the duty of the polling officers at a polling station to assist the presiding officer for such station in the performance of his functions.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Revocation of the Appointment or Death, of a Polling Agent or Counting Agent
State : Central
Year : 1951
(1) any revocation of the appointment of a polling agent shall be signed by the candidate or his election agent and shall operate from the date on which it is lodged with such officer as may be prescribed, and in the event of such a revocation or of the .....
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Adjournment of Poll in Emergencies
State : Central
Year : 1951
(1) if at an election the proceedings at any polling station provided under section 25 or at the place fixed under sub-section (1) of section 29 for the poll are interrupted or obstructed by any riot or open violence, or if at an election it is not .....
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Equality of Votes
State : Central
Year : 1951
if, after the counting of the votes is completed, an equality of votes is found to exist between any candidates, and the addition of one vote will entitle any of those candidates to be declared elected, the returning officer shall forthwith decide between .....
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Report of the Result
State : Central
Year : 1951
as soon as may be after the result of an election has been declared, the returning officer shall report the result to the appropriate authority and the election commission, and in the case of an election to a house of parliament or of the legislature of a .....
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Election Petitions
State : Central
Year : 1951
no election shall be called in question except by an election petition presented in accordance with the provisions of this part.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Documentary Evidence
State : Central
Year : 1951
notwithstanding anything in any enactment to the contrary, no document shall be inadmissible in evidence at the trial of an election petition on the ground that it is not duly stamped or registered.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Procedure for Withdrawal of Election Petition
State : Central
Year : 1951
(1) if there are more petitioners than one, no application to withdraw an election petition shall be made except with the consent of all the petitioners. (2) no application for withdrawal shall be granted if, in the opinion of the high court, such .....
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Stay of Operation of Order of High Court
State : Central
Year : 1951
(1) an application may be made to the highcourt for stay of operation of an order made by the high court under section 98or sections 99 before the expiration of the time allowed for appealing therefromand the high court may, on sufficient cause being .....
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