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Representation of the People Act, 1951 Section 38

Title: Publication of List of Contesting Candidates

State: Central

Year: 1951

.....(1), the candidates shall be classified as follows, namely:-- (i) candidates of recognised political parties; (ii) candidates of registered political parties other than those mentioned in clause (i); (iii) other candidates. (3) The categories mentioned in sub-section (2) shall be arranged in the order specified therein and the names of candidates in each category shall be arranged in alphabetical order and the addresses of the contesting candidates as given in the nomination papers together with such other particulars as may be prescribed].] ______________________ 1. Substituted by Act 27 of 1956, Section 21, for section 38. 2. Substituted by Act 21 of 1966, Section 8, for sub-section (2) w.e.f. 1-8-1996.

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Representation of the People Act, 1951 Section 50

Title: Attendance of a Contesting Candidate or His Election Agent at Polling Stations, and Performance by Him of the Functions of a Polling Agent or Counting Agent

State: Central

Year: 1951

(1) At every election where a poll is taken, each1[contesting candidate] at such election and his election agent shall have a right to be present at any polling station provided under section 25 for the taking of the poll or at the place fixed under sub-section (1) of section 29 for the poll. (2) A1[contesting candidate] or his election agent may himself do any act or thing which any polling agent or the counting agent of such1[contesting candidate] if appointed, would have been authorised by or under this Act to do, or may assist any polling agent or the counting agent of such1[contesting candidate] in doing any such act or thing. ______________________ 1. Substituted by Act 58 of 1958, Section 20, for "candidate".

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Representation of the People Act, 1951 Chapter II

Title: Candidates and their Agents

State: Central

Year: 1951

.....shall be given in the prescribed manner to the returning officer.] ______________________ 1. Substituted by Act 27 of 1956, Section 23, for section 40. Section 41 - Disqualification for being an election agent 1[41. Disqualification for being an election agent Any person who is for the time being disqualified under the Constitution or under this Act for being a member of either House of Parliament or the House or either House of the Legislature of a State or for voting at elections, shall, so long as the disqualification subsists, also be disqualified for being an election agent at any election.] ______________________ 1. Substituted by Act 47 of 1966, Section 31, for section 41 w.e.f. 14-12-1966. Section 42 - Revocation of the appointment, or death, of an election agent (1) Any revocation of the appointment of an election agent,1[***] shall be signed by the candidate, and shall operate from the date on which it is lodged with the returning officer. 2[(2) In the event of such a revocation or of the death of an election agent whether that event occurs before or during the election, or after the election but before the account of the candidate's election.....

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Representation of the People Act, 1951 Chapter I

Title: Nomination of Candidates

State: Central

Year: 1951

.....this section, a certified copy of an entry in the electoral roll for the time being in force of a constituency shall be conclusive evidence of the fact that the person referred to in that entry is an elector for that constituency, unless it is proved that he is subject to a disqualification mentioned in section 16 of the Representation of the People Act, 1950 (43 of 1950). (8) Immediately after all the nomination papers have been scrutinized and decisions accepting or rejecting the same have been recorded, the returning officer shall prepare a list of validly nominated candidates, that is to say, concidates whose nominations have been found valid, and affix it to his notice board.] ______________________ 1. The words "and one seconder" omitted by Act 27 of 1956, Section 19. 2. Substituted by Act 27 of 1956 Section 19, for "refuse". 3. Substituted by act 27 of 1956, Section 19, for clauses (a) to (e). 4. Substituted by Act 40 of 1961, Section 9, for "that the candidate" w.e.f. 20-9-1961. 5. The word "and" Inserted by the Adaptation of Laws (No.2) Order, 1956 and omitted by Act 20 of 1963, Section 57 and the First Schedule 6. Substituted by Act 20 of 1963, Section.....

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Representation of the People Act, 1951 Section 52

Title: Death of a Candidate of a Recognised Political Party Before Poll

State: Central

Year: 1951

.....candidate and a report of his death is received before the commencement of the poll, the returning officer shall, upon being satisfied about the fact of the death of the candidate, by order, announce an adjournment of the poll to a date to be notified later and report the fact to the Election Commission and also to the appropriate authority: Provided that no order for adjourning a poll should be made in a case referred to in clause (a) except after the scrutiny of all the nominations including the nomination of the deceased candidate. (2) The Election Commission shall, on the receipt of a report from the returning officer under sub-section (1), call upon the recognised political party, whose candidate has died, to nominate another candidate for the said poll within seven days of issue of such notice to such recognised political party and the provisions of sections 30 to 3 7 shall, so far as may be, apply in relation to such nomination as they would apply to other nominations: Provided that no person who has given a notice of withdrawal of his candidature under sub-section (1) of section 37 before the adjournment of the poll shall be ineligible for being nominated as a.....

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REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE ACT, 1951 Section 158

Title: Return or forfeiture of candidate's deposit

State: Central

Year: 1951

1[158. Return or forfeiture of candidate's deposit. - (1) The deposit made under section 34 or under that section read with sub-section (2) of section 39 shall either be returned to the person making it or his legal representative or be forfeited to the appropriate authority in accordances with the provisions of this section. (2) Except in cases hereafter mentioned in this section, the deposit shall be returned as soon as practicable after the result of the election is declared. (3) If the candidate is not shown in the list of contesting candidates, or if he dies before the commencement of the poll, the deposit shall be returned as soon as practicable after the publication of the list or after his death, as the case may be. (4) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (3), the deposit shall be forfeited if at an election where a poll has been taken, the candidate is not elected and the number of valid votes polled by him does not exceed one-sixth of the total number of valid votes polled by all the candidates or in the case of election of more than one member at the election, one-sixth of the total number of valid votes so polled divided by the number of members to be.....

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Representation of the People Act, 1951 Section 53

Title: Procedure in Contested and Uncontested Elections

State: Central

Year: 1951

.....already been called upon under this sub-section, has or have failed to elect a person or the requisite number of persons, as the case may be, to fill the vacancy or vacancies, the2[Election Commission] shall not be bound to call again upon the consituency, or such members to elect a person or persons5[until it is satisfied that if called upon again, there will be no such failure on the part of the constituency of such members]. ______________________ 1. Substituted by Act 27 1956, Section 30, for sub-section (1) 2. Substituted by Act 27 of 1956, Section 30, for "appropriate authority". 3. Certain words omitted by Act 49 of 1951, Section 44 and the Fifth Schedule. 4. Certain words omitted by Act 27 of 1956, Section 30. 5. Substituted by Act 27 of 1956, Section 30, for "until such date as the Election Commission may specify in this behalf.

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Karnataka Reservation of Appointments or Posts (in the Civil Services of the State) for Rural Candidates Act, 2000 Preamble 1

Title: Karnataka Reservation of Appointments or Posts (in the Civil Services of the State) for Rural Candidates Act, 2000

State: Karnataka

Year: 2000

.....they have made any comparative study regarding the schools in the rural areas, their standard of education, teaching methods etc., It is well known fact that even in urban areas the education standard of children of hut dwellers and other economically and socially backward classes is not of same standard as of rural areas"; WHEREAS the Government constituted a Commission of Inquiry consisting of Justice R. Ramakrishna, a former Judge of the High Court, as Chairman and some other members to examine various aspects relating to rural candidates; WHEREAS the Commission has given its report in which it has observed that both from the point of view of available schooling facilities as well as infrastructural facilities in the existing school, it is evident that children in rural schools suffer from a serious handicap as compared to children in urban schools and further it has recommended to have a legislation to provide for further reservation of five percent over and above the reservation already provided to the persons belonging to the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and the other Backward Classes to the extent of fifty percent; WHEREAS the Supreme Court in the case of.....

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Reservation of Appointments or Posts (in the Civil Services of the State) for Rural Candidates Act, 2000 Preamble 1

Title: Reservation of Appointments or Posts (in the Civil Services of the State) for Rural Candidates Act, 2000

State: Karnataka

Year: 2000

.....they have made any comparative study regarding the schools in the rural areas, their standard of education, teaching methods etc., It is well known fact that even in urban areas the education standard of children of hut dwellers and other economically and socially backward classes is not of same standard as of rural areas"; WHEREAS the Government constituted a Commission of Inquiry consisting of Justice R. Ramakrishna, a former Judge of the High Court, as Chairman and some other members to examine various aspects relating to rural candidates; WHEREAS the Commission has given its report in which it has observed that both from the point of view of available schooling facilities as well as infrastructural facilities in the existing school, it is evident that children in rural schools suffer from a serious handicap as compared to children in urban schools and further it has recommended to have a legislation to provide for further reservation of five percent over and above the reservation already provided to the persons belonging to the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and the other Backward Classes to the extent of fifty percent; WHEREAS the Supreme Court in the case of.....

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Karnataka Reservation of Appointments or Posts (in the Civil Services of the State) for Rural Candidates Act, 2000 Section 3

Title: Reservation of Appointments or Posts for Rural Candidates

State: Karnataka

Year: 2000

Notwithstanding anything contained in any judgement, decree or order of any court or other authority having regard to the serious handicap suffered by rural candidates who have studied in rural schools as compared to those who have studied in urban schools and the inadequate representation of rural candidates in the civil services of the State, twenty-five percent of the vacancies earmarked for direct recruitment in each of the categories of General Merit, the Scheduled Castes and Schedule Tribes and in each of the categories of the Other Backward Classes shall be reserved for rural candidates: Provided that in the case of a rural candidate belonging to general merit or the other backward classes except category I, concept of creamy layer as may be applicable as per the orders of the Government with regard to reservation issued under clause (4) of Article 16 of the Constitution shall apply mutatis mutandis.

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