Title : Genedral Procedure at Elections
State : Central
Year : 1951
1[52. Death of a candidate of a recognised political party before poll. - (1) If a candidate set up by a recognised political party,-- (a) dies at any time after 11.00 A.M. on the last date for making nominations and his nomination's found valid on scrutiny under section 36; or (b) whose nomination has been found valid on scrutiny under section 3 6 and who has not withdrawn his candidature under section 37, dies, and in either case, a report of his death is received at any time before the publication of the list of contesting candidates under section 38; or (c) dies as a contesting 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..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : The Poll
State : Central
Year : 1951
The1[Election Commission] shall fix the hours during which the poll will be taken; and the hours so fixed shall be published in such manner as may be prescribed: Provided that the total period allotted on any one day for polling at an election in2[a Parliamentary or Assembly constituency] shall not be less than eight hours. ______________________ 1. Substituted by Act 27 of 1956, Section 34, for "appropriate authority". 2. Substituted by Act 58 of 1958, Section 23, for "a Constituency". Section 57 - Adjournment of poll in emergencies (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..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Other Disqualifications
State : Central
Year : 1951
[Rep. by the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1966 (47 of 1966), Section 62] View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2002
State : Central
Year : 1951
THE REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2002 [Act, No. 9 of 2003] [7th January, 2003] PREAMBLE An Act further to amend the Representation of the People Act, 1951. Be it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-third Year of the Republic of India as follows:-- 1. Short title This Act may be called the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2002. 2. Amendment of section 8 of Act 43 of 1951 In the Representation of the People Act, 1951, in section 8,-- (a) in sub-section (1),-- (i) in clause (k), after the word and figures "Act, 1971", the word"; or" shall be inserted; (ii) after clause (k), the following clauses shall be inserted, namely:-- "(l) the Commission of Sati (Prevention) Act, 1987 (3 of 1988); or (m) the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Qualifications for Membership of State Legislatures
State : Central
Year : 1951
A person shall not be qualified to be chosen to fill a seat in the Legislative Assembly of a State unless -- (a) in the case of a seat reserved for the Scheduled Castes or for the Scheduled Tribes of that State, he is a member of any of those castes or of those tribes, as the case may be, and is an elector for any Assembly constituency in that State; (b) in the case of a seat reserved for an autonomous district of Assam,1[***] he is member of a2[Scheduled Tribe of any autonomous district] and is an elector for the Assembly constituency in which such seat or any other seat is reserved for that district; and (c) in the case of any other seat, he is an elector for any Assembly constituency in that State: 3[Provided that for the period referred to in clause (2) of article 371 A, a..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Candidates and their Agents
State : Central
Year : 1951
1[40. Election agents. - A candidate at an election may appoint in the prescribed manner any one person other than himself to be his election agent and when any such appointment is made, notice of the appointment 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..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Multiple Elections
State : Central
Year : 1951
(1) Any person who is chosen a member of both the Houses of the People and the Council of States and who has not taken his seat in either House may, by notice in writing signed by him and delivered to the Secretary to the Election Commission1[within ten days from the date, or the later of the dates, on which he is so chosen, intimate] in which of the Houses he wishes to serve, and thereupon, his seat in the House in which he does not wish to serve shall become vacant. (2) In default of such intimation within the aforesaid period, his seat in the Council of States shall, at the expiration of that period become vacant. (3) Any intimation given under sub-section (1) shall be final and irrevocable. 2[(4) For the purposes of this section and of section 69, the date on which a person is..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Corrupt Partices
State : Central
Year : 1951
1[CHAPTER I Corrupt Practices ______________________ 1. Substituted by Act 27, of 1956, Section 66, for Chapters I and II (sections 123 to 125). View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Election Laws (Amendment) Act, 2003
State : Central
Year : 1951
THE ELECTION LAWS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2003 [Act, No. 24 of 2003] [22nd March, 2003] PREAMBLE An Act further to amend the Representation of the People Act, 1951 and the Indian Penal Code. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-fourth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-- 1. Short title and commencement (1) This Act may be called the Election Laws (Amendment) Act, 2003. (2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. 2. Amendment of section 59 In the Representation of the People Act, 1951(43 of 1951) (hereafter in this Chapter referred to as the principal Act), in section 59, for the words", and no votes shall be received by proxy", the words "and, save as expressly provided by this Act, no..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Disqualifications for Membership of Parliament and State Legislatures
State : Central
Year : 1951
1Chapter III DISQUALIFICATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP OF PARLIAMENT AND STATE LEGISLATURES ______________________ 1. Substituted by Act 47 of 1966, Section 20, for Chapter III w.e.f. 14-121966. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this section