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Representation of the People Act, 1951 Section 9

Title : Disqualification for Dismissal for Corruption or Disloyalty

State : Central

Year : 1951

(1) A person who having held an office under the Government of India or under the Government of any State has been dismissed for corruption or for disloyalty to the State shall be disqualified for a period of five years from the date of such dismissal. (2) For the purposes of sub-section (1), a certificate issued by the Election Commission to the effect that a person having held office under the Government of India or under the Government of a State, has or has not been dismissed for corruption or for disloyalty to the State shall be conclusive proof of that fact; Provided that no certificate to the effect that a person has been dismissed for corruption or for disloyalty to the State shall be issued unless an opportunity of being heard has been given to the said person. View Complete Act      List Judgments citing this section

Representation of the People Act, 1951 Section 9A

Title : Disqualification for Government Contracts, Etc.

State : Central

Year : 1951

A person shall be disqualified if, and forso long as, there subsists a contract entered into by him in the course of histrade or business with the appropriate Government for the supply of goods to, orfor the execution of any works undertaken by, that Government. Explanation. -For thepurposes of this section, where a contract has been fully performed by theperson by whom it has been entered into with the appropriate Government, thecontract shall be deemed not to subsist by reason only of the fact that theGovernment has not performed its part of the contract either wholly or in part. View Complete Act      List Judgments citing this section

Representation of the People Act, 1951 Section 10

Title : Disqualification for Office Under Government Company

State : Central

Year : 1951

A person shall be disqualified if, and for so long as, he is a managing agent, manager or secretary of any company or corporation (other than a co-operative society) in the capital of which the appropriate Government has not less than twenty-five per cent, share. View Complete Act      List Judgments citing this section

Representation of the People Act, 1951 Section 14A

Title : Notification for Electing the Representative of the State of Sikkim to the Existing House of the People

State : Central

Year : 1951

114A. Notification for electing the representative of the State of Sikkim to the existing House of the People. - For the purpose of electing a representative of the State of Sikkim to the House of the People, specified in clause (e) of article 371F of the Constitution, the Election Commission shall call upon the members of the Legislative Assembly of the Stale of Sikkim to elect the representative in accordance with such of the provisions of this Act, and the rules and orders make thereunder, as are applicable to the election of the members of the Council of States. ______________________ 1. Inserted by Act 42 of 1991, Section 8 w.e.f. 18-9-1991. View Complete Act      List Judgments citing this section

Representation of the People Act, 1951 Section 27

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 section

Representation of the People Act, 1951 Section 28

Title : 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 section

Representation of the People Act, 1951 Section 29A

Title : Registration with the Election Commission of Associations and Bodies as Political Parties

State : Central

Year : 1951

(1) Any association or body of individual citizens of India calling itself a political party and intending to avail itself of the provisions of this Part shall make an application to the Election Commission for its registration as a political party for the purposes of this Act. (2) Every such application shall be made,-- (a) if the association or body is in existence at the commencement of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1988 (1 of 1989), within sixty days next following such commencement; (b) if the association or body is formed after such commencement, within thirty days next following the date of its formation. (3) Every application under sub-section (1) shall be signed by the chief executive officer of the association or body (whether such chief executive..... View Complete Act      List Judgments citing this section

Representation of the People Act, 1951 Section 33A

Title : Right to Information

State : Central

Year : 1951

1[33A . Right to information.-- (1) A candidate shall, apart from any information which he is required to furnish, under this Act or the rules made thereunder, in his nomination paper delivered under sub-section (1) of section 33, also furnish the information as to whether-- (i) he is accused of any offence punishable with imprisonment for two years or more in a pending case in which a charge has been framed by the court of competent jurisdiction; (ii) he has been convicted of an offence [other than any offence referred to in sub-section (1) or sub-section (2), or covered in sub-section (3), of section 8] and sentenced to imprisonment for one year or more. (2) The candidate or his proposer, as the case may be, shall, at the time of delivering to the returning officer the..... View Complete Act      List Judgments citing this section

Representation of the People Act, 1951 Section 34

Title : Deposits

State : Central

Year : 1951

1[(1) A candidate shall not be deemed to be duly nominated for election from a constituency unless he deposits or causes to be deposited,-- (a) in the case of an election from a Parliamentary constituency, 3[a sum of twenty-five thousand rupees or where the candidate is a member of a Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe, a sum of twelve thousand five hundred rupees]; and (b) in the case of an election from an Assembly or Council constituency, 4[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]: Provided that where a candidate has been nominated by more than one nomination paper for election in the same constituency, not more than one deposit shall be required of him under this sub-section.] (2)..... View Complete Act      List Judgments citing this section

Representation of the People Act, 1951 Section 48

Title : 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 death of a polling agent before the close of the poll, the candidate or his election agent may appoint in the prescribed manner another polling agent at any time before the poll is closed and shall forthwith give notice of such appointment in the prescribed manner to such officer as may be prescribed. (2) Any revocation of the appointment of a counting agent shall be signed by the candidate or his election agent and shall operate from the date on which it is lodged with the returning officer, and in the event of such revocation or of..... View Complete Act      List Judgments citing this section


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