Title : Jurisdiction of Civil Courts Barred
State : Central
Year : 1951
No civil court shall have jurisdiction to question the legality of any action taken or of any decision given by the returning officer or by any other person appointed under this Act in connection with an election. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : 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 sectionTitle : Application of Chapter
State : Central
Year : 1951
1[76. Application of Chapter. - This Chapter shall apply only to the elections to the House of the People and to the Legislative Assembly of a State.] ______________________ 1. Substituted by act 27 of 1956, Section 42, for section 76 to 78. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Security for Costs from a Respondent
State : Central
Year : 1951
No person shall be entitled to be joined as a respondent under sub-section (4) of section 86 unless he has given such security for costs as the High Court may direct. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Restriction on Publication and Dissemination of Result of Exit Polls, Etc
State : Central
Year : 1951
1[(1) No person shall conduct any exit poll and publish or publicise by means of the print or electronic media or disseminate in any other manner, whatsoever, the result of any exit poll during such period, as may be notified by the Election Commission in this regard. (2) For the purposes of sub-section (1), the Election Commission shall, by a general order, notify the date and time having due regard to the following, namely:-- (a) in case of a general election, the period may commence from the beginning of the hours fixed for poll on the first day of poll and continue till half an hour after closing of the poll in all the States and Union territories; (b) in case of a bye-election or a number of bye elections held together, the period may commence from the beginning of the hours..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Penalty for Misconduct at the Polling Station
State : Central
Year : 1951
(1) Any person who during the hours fixed for the poll at any polling station misconducts himself or fails to obey the lawful directions of the presiding officer may be removed from the polling station by the presiding officer or by any police officer on duty or by any person authorized in this behalf by such presiding officer. (2) The powers conferred by sub-section (1) shall not be exercised so as to prevent any elector who is otherwise entitled to vote at a polling station from having an opportunity of voting at that station. (3) If any person who has been so removed from a polling station re-enters the polling station without the permission of the presiding officer, he shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months, or with fine, or with both. ..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Liquor Not to Be Sold, Given or Distributed on Polling Day
State : Central
Year : 1951
(1) No spirituous, fermented or intoxicating liquors or other substances of a like nature shall be sold, given or distributed at a hotel, eating house, tavern, shop or any other place, public or private, within a polling area during the period of forty-eight hours ending with the hour fixed for the conclusion of the poll for any election in that polling area. (2) Any person who contravenes the provisions of sub-section (1), shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months or with fine which may extend to two thousand rupees, or with both. (3) Where a person is convicted of an offence under this section, the spirituous, fermented, or intoxicating liquors or other substances of a like nature found in his possession shall be liable to confiscation and the..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Commencement of the Term of Office of Members of the Council of States
State : Central
Year : 1951
(1) The term of office of a member of the Council of States whose name is required to be notified in the Official Gazette under section 71 shall begin on the date of such notification. (2) The term of office of a member of the Council of Stales whose name is not required to be notified under section 71 shall begin on the date of publication in the Official Gazette of the declaration containing the name of such person as elected under section 67 or of the notification issued under sub-clause (a) of clause (1) of article 80 or under any other provision announcing the nomination of such person to the Council of States, as the case may be. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Power to Obtain Information
State : Central
Year : 1951
The State Government may with a view to requisitioning any property under section 160 or determining the compensation payable under section 161, by order, require any person to furnish to such authority as may be specified in the order such information in his possession relating to such property as may be so specified. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Penalty for Contravention of Any Order Regarding Requisitioning
State : Central
Year : 1951
If any person contravenes any order made under section 160 or section 162, he shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year or with fine or with both. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this section