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Start Free TrialGoa, Daman and Diu (Opinion Poll) Act, 1966 [Repealed] Section 12
Title: Appointment of Presiding Officers for Polling Stations
State: Central
Year: 1966
..... Provided further that nothing in this sub-section shall prevent the opinion poll commissioner from appointing the same person to be the presiding officer for more than one polling station in the same premises. (2) A polling officer shall, if so directed by the presiding officer, perform all or any of the functions of the presiding officer under this Act and any rules or orders made thereunder. (3) If the presiding officer, owing to illness or other unavoidable cause, is obliged to absent himself form the polling station, his functions shall be performed by such polling officer as has been previously authorised by the opinion poll commissioner to perform such functions during any such absence. (4) References in this Act to the presiding officer shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be deemed to include any person performing any functions which he is directed or authorised to perform under sub-section (2) of sub-section (3), as the case may be.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionGoa, Daman and Diu (Opinion Poll) Act, 1966 [Repealed] Section 11
Title: Provision of Polling Stations
State: Central
Year: 1966
The opinion poll commissioner of Goa and the opinion poll commissioner of Daman and Diu shall, with the previous approval of the Chief Election Commissioner, provide a sufficient number of polling stations respectively for Goa and for Daman and Diu, and shall publish, in such manner as the Chief Election Commissioner may direct, a list showing the polling stations so provided and the polling areas or groups of voters for which they have respectively been provided.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionGoa, Daman and Diu (Opinion Poll) Act, 1966 [Repealed] Section 19
Title: Fresh Opinion Poll in Case of Destruction, Etc., of Ballot Boxes
State: Central
Year: 1966
.....poll at that polling station to be void, appoint a day, and fix the hours, for taking a fresh opinion poll at that polling station and notify the day so appointed and the hours so fixed in such manner as he may deem fit, or (b) if satisfied that the result of a fresh opinion poll at that polling station will not, in any way, affect the result of the opinion poll or that the error or irregularity in procedure is not material, issue such directions to the opinion poll commissioner as he may deem proper for the further conduct and completion of the opinion poll. (3) The provisions of this Act and the rules or orders made thereunder shall apply to every such fresh opinion poll as they apply to the original opinion poll.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionRepresentation of the People Act, 1951 Section 26
Title: Appointment of Presiding Officers for Polling Stations
State: Central
Year: 1951
.....be the presiding officer for more than one polling station in the same premises.] (2) A polling officer shall, if so directed by the presiding officer, perform all or any of the functions of a presiding officer under this Act or any rules or orders made thereunder, (3) If the presiding officer, owing to illness or other unavoidable cause, is obliged to absent himself from the polling station, his functions shall be performed by such polling officer as has been previously authorised by the1[district election officer] to perform such functions during any such absence. (4) References in this Act to the presiding officer shall, unless the contest otherwise requires, be deemed to include any person performing any function which he is authorised to perform under sub-section (2) or sub-section (3), as the case may be. 3[****] ______________________ 1. Substituted by Act 47 of 1966, Section 26, for "returning officer" w.e.f. 14-12-1966. 2. Inserted by Act 27 of 1956, Section 12. 3. Omitted by Representation of the People (Second Amendment) Act, 2003 (2 of 2004) w.e.f. 29.10.2003.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionGoa, Daman and Diu (Opinion Poll) Act, 1966 [Repealed] Section 29
Title: Fresh Opinion Poll in Case of Extensive Prevalence of Offences Referred to in Section 28
State: Central
Year: 1966
(1) If the Chief Election Commissioner, on receipt of a report from the opinion poll commissioner or otherwise, is satisfied that the opinion poll taken at any polling station or stations has not been a free one by reason that any of the offences referred to in section 28 has been extensively committed in connection with such poll, he may make a report to the President recommending that a fresh opinion poll be taken at such polling station or stations. (2) The president may, after considering the report of the Chief Election Commissioner, direct that a fresh opinion poll shall be taken at such polling station or stations in accordance with the previsions of this Act and the rules or orders made thereunder and give such further directions for the completion of the opinion poll as he considers necessary.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionRepresentation of the People Act, 1951 Section 131
Title: Penalty for Disorderly Conduct in or Near Polling Stations
State: Central
Year: 1951
.....station or in any public or private place in the neighborhood thereof, so as to cause annoyance to any person visiting the polling station for the poll, or so as to interfere with the work of the officers and other persons on duty at the polling station. (2) Any person who contravenes, or wilfully aids or abets the contravention of, the provisions of sub-section (1) shall be punishable with imprisonment which may extend to three months or with fine or with both. (3) If the presiding officer of a polling station has reason to believe that any person is committing or has committed an offence punishable under this section, he may direct any police officer to arrest such parson, and thereupon the police officer shall arrest him. (4) Any police officer may take such steps, and use such force, as may be reasonably necessary for preventing any contravention of the provisions of sub-section (1), and may seize any apparatus used for such contravention.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionGoa, Daman and Diu (Opinion Poll) Act, 1966 [Repealed] Section 18
Title: Adjournment of Opinion Poll in Emergencies
State: Central
Year: 1966
.....the presiding officer for such polling station shall announce an adjournment of the opinion poll to a date to be notified later, and where the opinion poll is so adjourned by a presiding officer, he shall forthwith inform the opinion poll commissioner concerned. (2) Whenever an opinion poll is adjourned under sub-section (1), the opinion poll commissioner shall immediately report the circumstances to the Chief Election Commissioner and shall, as soon as may be, with the previous approval of the Chief Election Commissioner, appoint the day on which the opinion poll shall recommence and fix the polling station at which, and the hours during which, the opinion poll will be taken, and shall not count the votes cast at such opinion poll until such adjourned opinion poll shall have been completed. (3) In every such case as aforesaid, the opinion poll commissioner shall notify, in such manner as the Chief Election Commissioner may direct, the date, place and hours of polling fixed under sub-section (2).
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionKarnataka Municipal Corporations Act, 1976 Section 47
Title: Penalty for Disorderly Conduct in or Near Polling Stations
State: Karnataka
Year: 1976
.....poll, or so as to interfere with the work of the officers and other person on duty at the polling station. (2) Any person who contravenes or wilfully aids or abets the contravention of the provisions of sub-section (1) shall, on conviction, be punished with imprisonment for a term which any extend to three months, or with fine, or with both. (3) If the presiding officer of a polling station has reason to believe that any person is committing or has committed an offence punishable under this section, he may direct any police officer to arrest such person and thereupon the police officer shall arrest him. (4) Any police officer may make such steps and use such force as may be reasonably necessary for preventing any contravention of the provisions of sub-section (1), and may seize any apparatus used for such contravention.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionKarnataka Panchayat Raj Act, 1993 Section 27
Title: Penalty for Disorderly Conduct in or Near Polling Stations
State: Karnataka
Year: 1993
.....for the poll, or so as to interfere with the work of the officers and other persons on duty at the polling station . (2) Any person who contravenes or willfully aids or abets the contravention of the provisions of sub-section (1) shall, on conviction, be punished with imprisonment which may extend to three months or with fine or with both. (3) If the presiding officer of a polling station has reason to believe that any person is committing or has committed an offence punishable under this section he may direct any police officer to arrest such person, and thereupon the police officer shall arrest him. (4) Any police officer may take such steps and use such force as may be reasonably necessary for preventing any contravention of the provisions of sub-section (1), and may seize any apparatus used for such contravention.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionKarnataka Agricultural Produce Marketing (Regulation) Act, 1966 Section 30
Title: Penalty for Disorderly Conduct in or Near Polling Station
State: Karnataka
Year: 1966
.....the polling station or in any public or private place in the neighbourhood thereof, so as to cause annoyance to any person visiting the polling station for the poll, or so as to interfere with the work of the officers and other persons on duty at the polling station. (2) Any person who contravenes, or wilfully aids or abets the contravention of the provisions of sub-section (1) shall, on conviction, be punished with fine which may extend to two hundred and fifty rupees. (3) If the presiding officer of a polling station has reason to believe that any person is committing or has committed an offence punishable under this section, he may direct any police officer to arrest such person, and thereupon the police officer shall arrest him. (4) Any police officer may take such steps and use force as may be reasonably necessary for preventing any contravention of the provisions of sub-section (1), and may seize any apparatus used for such contravention.
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