Title : Notification for Biennial Election to the Council of States
State : Central
Year : 1951
For the purpose of filling the seats of members of the Council of States retiring on the expiration of their terra of office the President shall by one or more notifications published in the Gazette of India on such date or dates as may be recommended by the Election Commission, call upon the elected members of the Legislative Assembly or as the case may be, the members of the electoral college, of each State concerned to elect members in accordance with the provisions of this Act and of the rules and orders made thereunder: Provided that no notification under this section shall be issued more than three months prior to the date on which the term of office of the retiring members is due to expire. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Representation of the People Act, 1951
State : Central
Year : 1951
Preamble1 - REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE ACT, 1951 Part I Section1 - Short title Section2 - Interpretation PartII - QUALIFICATIONS AND DISQUALIFICATIONS Chapter I Section3 - Qualification for membership of the Council of States Section4 - Qualifications for membership of the House of the People Chapter II Section5 - Qualifications for membership of a Legislative Assembly Section5A - Qualifications for membership of Legislative Assembly of Sikkim Section6 - Qualifications for membership of a Legislative Council ChapterIII - DISQUALIFICATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP OF PARLIAMENT AND STATE LEGISLATURES Section7 - Definitions Section8 - Disqualification on conviction for certain offences Section8A - Disqualification on ground of corrupt practices Section9 - Disqualification for dismissal..... 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 : 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 : Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2003
State : Central
Year : 1951
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Representation of the People (Second Amendment) Act, 2003
State : Central
Year : 1951
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Representation of the People (Third Amendment) Act, 2002
State : Central
Year : 1951
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Short Title
State : Central
Year : 1951
This Act may be called the Representation of the People Act, 1951. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Notification for General Election to the House of the People
State : Central
Year : 1951
(1) A general election shall be held for the purpose of constituting a new House of the People on the expiration of the duration of the existing House or on its dissolution. (2) For the said purpose the President shall, by one or more notifications published in the Gazette of India on such date or dates as may be recommended by the Election Commission call upon all Parliamentary constituencies to elect members in accordance with the provisions of this Act and of the rules and orders made thereunder: Provided that where a general election is held otherwise than on the dissolution of the existing House of the People, no such notification shall be issued at any time earlier than six months prior to the date on which the duration of that House would expire under the provisions of clause..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Qualifications for Membership of a Legislative Council
State : Central
Year : 1951
(1) A person shall not be qualifled to be chosen to fill a seat in the Legislative Council of a State to be filled by election unless he is an elector for any Assembly constituency in that State. (2) A person shall not be qualified to be chosen to fill a seat in the Legislative Council of a State to be filled by nomination by the Governor1[***] unless he is ordinarily resident in the State. ______________________ 1. Certain words omitted by the Adaptation of Laws (No.2) Order, 1956. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this section