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Representation of the People Act, 1951 Section 58A

Title: Adjournment of Poll or Countermanding of Election on the Ground of Booth Caputring

State: Central

Year: 1951

.....appoint a day, and fix the hours, for taking fresh poll at that polling station or place and notify the date so appointed and hours so fixed in such manner as it may deem fit; or (b) if satisfied that in view of the large number of polling stations or places involved in booth capturing the result of the election is likely to be affected, or that booth capturing had affected counting of votes in such a manner as to affect the result of the election, countermand the election in that constituency. Explanation. - In this section, "booth capturing" shall have the same meaning as in section 135A.] ______________________ 1. Inserted by Act 1 of 1989, Section 10 w.e.f. 15-3-1989.

Karnataka Panchayat Raj Act, 1993 Section 31A

Title: Offence of Booth Capturing

State: Karnataka

Year: 1993

.....activities, namely:- (a) seizure of a polling station or a place fixed for the poll by any person or persons, making polling authorities surrender the ballot papers or voting machines and doing of any other act which affects the orderly conduct of elections; (b) taking possession of a polling station or a place fixed for the poll by any person or persons and allowing only his or their own supporters to exercise their right to vote and prevent others from voting; (c) threatening any elector and preventing him from going to the polling station or a place fixed for the poll to cast his vote; (d) seizure of a place for counting of votes by any person or persons, making counting authorities surrender the ballot papers or voting machines and the doing of anything which affects the orderly counting of votes; (e) doing by any person in the service of Government of all or any of the aforesaid activities or aiding or conniving at, any such activity in furtherance of the prospects of the election of a candidate. _______________ 1. Section 31A and 31B inserted by Act 29 of 1997 w.e.f. 20.10.1997.

Representation of the People Act, 1951 Section 135A

Title: Offence of Booth Capturing

State: Central

Year: 1951

.....a place for counting of votes by any person or persons, making the counting authorities surrender the ballot papers or voting machines and the doing of anything which affects the orderly counting of votes; (e) doing by any person in the service of Government, of all or any of the aforesaid activities or aiding or conniving at, any such activity in the furtherance of the prospects of the election of a candidate.] 4 [(2) An offence punishable under sub-section (1) shall be cognizable.] ______________________ 1. Inserted by Act 1 of 1989, Section 15 w.e.f. 15-3-1989. 2. Section 135A renumbered as sub-section (1) thereof by Act 21 of 1996, Section 15 w.e.f. 1-8-1996 3. Substituted by Act 21 of 1996, Section 15 w.e.f. 1-8-1996. 4. Inserted by Act 21 of 1996, Section 15 w.e.f. 1-8-1996.

National Highways Act, 1956 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1956

.....(3) Pondicherry, by Regn. 7 of 1963 (1-10-1963). (4) Sikkim-See S.O. 208 (E) of 1975. SECTION 01: SHORT TITLE, EXTENT AND COMMENCEMENT (1) This Act may be called the National Highways Act, 1956. (2) It extends to the whole of India. (3) It shall come into force on such date1as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. SECTION 02: DECLARATION OF CERTAIN HIGHWAYS TO BE NATIONAL HIGHWAYS (1) Each of the highways specified in the Schedule4[***]is hereby declared to be a national highway. (2) The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare any other highway to be a national highway and on the publication of such notification such highway shall be deemed to be specified in the Schedule. (3) The Central Government may, by like notification, omit any highway from the Schedule and on the publication of such notification, the highway so omitted shall cease to be a national highway. SECTION 03: DEFINITIONS 5-In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) "competent authority" means any person or authority authorised by the Central Government, by notification in the Official Gazette, to perform the functions of.....

The Kerala Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 Complete Act

State: Kerala

Year: 1994

THE KERALA PANCHAYAT RAJ ACT, 1994 THE KERALA PANCHAYAT RAJ ACT, 1994 [Act No. 13 of 1994] PREAMBLE An Act to replace the present enactments relating to Panchayats and district councils by a comprehensive enactment. Whereas it is expedient to replace the present enactments relating to Panchayats' and district councils by a comprehensive enactment to establish a three-tier Panchayat Raj System in the State in line with the Constitution (Seventy-third Amendment) Act, 1992, for securing a greater measure of participation of the people in planned development and in local governmental affairs, by constituting village, block and district Panchayats; And endow such Panchayats with such powers and authority to enable them to function as institutions of self-government; And entrusting such Panchayats the preparation of plans and implementation of schemes for economic development and social justice including the implementation of schemes in relation to the matters listed in the Eleventh Schedule to the Constitution; Be it enacted in the Forty-fifth Year of the Republic of India as follows:- Chapter I - PRELIMINARY (Pub. in K.G. Ex. No. 1175 dated 23-11-1995).....

Karnataka Panchayat Raj Act, 1993 Chapter III

Title: Constitution of Grama Panchayats and Standing Committees

State: Karnataka

Year: 1993

.....of the "---Grama Panchayat" and shall have perpetual succession and a common seal, and subject to such restrictions as are imposed by or under this Act or any other enactment, shall be vested with the capacity of suing or being sued in its corporate name, of acquiring, holding and transferring property, moveable or immoveable, whether without or within the limits of the area over which it has authority, of entering into contracts and of doing all things necessary, proper or expedient for the purposes for which it is constituted. Section 7 - Method of voting and procedure for election (1) Every voter shall have as many votes as there are members to be elected for the constituency. No voter shall give more than one vote to any one candidate. (2) Subject to the provisions of this Act, elections to the Grama Panchayat shall be held by ballot on non-party basis in accordance with such rules as may be prescribed. Section 8 - Appointment of an Administrative Committee or Administrator on failure to elect members of Grama Panchayats (1) (a) If the Deputy Commissioner is satisfied that a Grama Panchayat for a village or group of villages immediately after the establishment of.....

Representation of the People Act, 1951 Part V

Title: Conduct of Elections

State: Central

Year: 1951

.....by Act 10 of 1976, Section 2 Schedule, for certain words w.e.f. 9-9-1975. 3. Substituted by the Representation of the people (Amendment) Act, 2009 [Act No. 41 of 2009] to be effective from 01.02.2010 vide Notification No. S.O.225(E) dated 01.02.2010 previous text was:- "a sum of ten thousand rupees or where the candidate is a member of a Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe, a sum of five thousand rupees" 4. Substituted by the Representation of the people (Amendment) Act, 2009 [Act No. 41 of 2009] to be effective from 01.02.2010 vide Notification No. S.O.225(E) dated 01.02.2010 previous text was:- "a sum of five thousand rupees or where the candidate is a member of a Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe, a sum of two thousand five hundred rupees" Section 35 - Notice of nominations and the time and place for their scrutiny The returning officer shall, on receiving the nomination paper1[under sub-section (1) or, as the case may be, sub-section (1 A) of section 33], inform the person or persons delivering the same of the date, time and place fixed for the scrutiny of nominations and shall enter on the nomination paper its serial number, and shall.....

Representation of the People Act, 1951 Chapter IV

Title: The Poll

State: Central

Year: 1951

.....for section 61. Section 61A - Voting machines at elections 1[61A. Voting machines at elections. - Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act or the rules made thereunder, the giving and recording of votes by voting machines in such manner as may be prescribed, may be adopted in such constituency or constituencies as the Election Commission may, having regard to the circumstances of each case, specify, Explanation. -for the purpose of this section, "voting machine" means any machine or apparatus whether operated electronically or otherwise used for giving or recording of votes and any reference to a ballot box or ballot paper in this Act or the rules made thereunder shall, save as otherwise provided, be construed as including a reference to such voting machine wherever such voting machine is used at any election.] ______________________ 1. Inserted by Act 1 of 1989, Section 11 w.e.f. 15-3-1989. Section 62 - Right to vote (1) No person who is not, and except as expressly provided by the Act, every person who is, for the time being entered in the electoral roll of any constituency shall be entitled to vote in that constituency. (2) No person shall vote at an.....

The Jharkhand Municipal Act, 2011 Complete Act

State: Jharkhand

Year: 2011

.....or the Nagar Panchayat, the Executive Officer of the Municipal Council or the Nagar Panchayat; (47) "Factory" means a factory as defined in the Factories Act, 1948; (48) "Filth" means (a) night soil or other contents of latrines, cesspools and drains; (b) dirt, dung, refuse, useless or offensive materials thrown out in consequence of any process of manufacture, industry or trade; and (c) putrid or putrifying substance, (49) "Finance Commission" means the State Finance Commission constituted under Article 243-I of the Constitution of India and referred to in section 97 of this Act; (50) "Food" includes every article used for food or drink by man, other than drugs or water, and any article which ordinarily enters into, or is used in the composition or preparation of, human food, and also includes confectionery, flavouring and colouring matters, spices and condiments; (51) "Footpath" means a pavement, for use by pedestrians; (52) "Goods" include animals; (53) "Government" means the State Government of Jharkhand; (54) "Holding" means land held under one title or agreement and surrounded by one set of boundaries: Provided that, where two or more adjoining holdings held by the same.....

Kolkata Municipal Corporation Act, 1980 Complete Act

State: West Bengal

Year: 1980

..... (7) "building of the warehouse class" means a building, the whole or a substantial part of which is used, or intended to be used, as a warehouse, factory, manufactory, brewery, or distillery, or for any similar purpose, which is neither a "domestic building" nor a "public building" as defined in this section, and includes a hut used or intended to be used for any of the purposes mentioned in this clause; (8) "bustee" means an area containing land not less than seven hundred square metres in area occupied by or for the purposes of any collection of huts or other structures used or intended to be used for human habitation. Explanation.-If any question arises as to whether any particular area is or is not a bustee, the Corporation shall decide the question and its decision shall be final; (9) "Kolkata" means the area described in Schedule I; 3 Clause (10) omitted by s. 2 of the Calcutta Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Act, 1996 (West Ben. Act VI of 1996) (with retrospective effect from 4.12.1995), which was earlier as under: '(10) "candidate" in section 75 and in Schedule III means a person who has been nominated as a candidate at any election of a Councillor or who claims.....