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 sectionTitle : 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 sectionTitle : Functions of Polling Agents and Counting Agents
State : Central
Year : 1951
(1) A polling agent may perform such functions in connection with the poll as are authorised by or under this Act, to be performed by a polling agent. (2) A counting agent may perform such functions in connection with the counting of votes as are authorised by or under this Act to be performed by a counting agent. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Adjournment of Poll in Emergencies
State : Central
Year : 1951
(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 not possible to take the poll at any polling station or such place on account of any natural calamity, or any other sufficient cause the presiding officer for such polling station or the returning officer presiding over such place, as the case may be, shall announce an adjournment of the poll to a date to be notified later, and where the poll is so adjourned by a presiding officer, he shall forthwith inform the returning officer concerned. (2) Whenever a poll is adjourned under sub-section (1), the returning officer shall immediately report the..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Right to Vote
State : Central
Year : 1951
(1) No person who is not, and except as expressly provided by the Act, every person who is, for the time being entered in the electoral roll of any constituency shall be entitled to vote in that constituency. (2) No person shall vote at an election in any constituency if he is subject to any of the disqualifications referred to in section 16 of the Representation of the People Act, 1950 (43 of 1950). (3) No person shall vote at a general election in more than one constituency of the same class, and if a person votes in more than one such constituency, his votes in all such constituencies shall be void. (4) No person shall at any election vote in the same constituency more than once, not withstanding that his name may have been registered in the electoral roll for the constituency..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Publication of Results of Elections for the Reconstitution of Electoral Colleges for Certain Union Territories [Repealed]
State : Central
Year : 1951
[Rep. by the Territorial Councils Act, 1956 (103 of 1956), Section 66]. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Special Provision as to Certain Elections
State : Central
Year : 1951
1[73A. Special provision as to certain elections. - Notwithstanding anything contained in section 73 or in any other provision of this Act, with respect to the general election for the purpose of constituting a New House of the People upon dissolution of the Ninth House of the People,-- (a) the notification under section 73 may be issued without taking into account the Parliamentary constituencies in the State of Jammu and Kashmir; and (b) the Election Commission may take the steps in relation to election from the Parliamentary constituencies in the Stale of Jammu and Kashmir separately and in such manner and on such date or dates as it may deem appropriate.] ______________________ 1. Substituted by Act 31 of 1991, Section 2, for sections 73a and 73AA w.e.f. 18-4-1991. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : High Court to Try Election Petitions
State : Central
Year : 1951
1[80A. High Court to try election petitions.- (1) The Court having jurisdiction to try an election petition shall be the High Court. (2) Such jurisdiction shall be exercised ordinarily by a single Judge of the High Court and the Chief Justice, shall, from time to time, assign one or more Judges for that purpose: Provided that where the High Court consists only of one Judge, he shall try all election petitions presented to that Court. (3) The High Court in its discretion may, in the interests of justice or convenience, try an election petition, wholly or partly, at a place other than the place of seat of the High Court.] ______________________ 1. Inserted by Act 47 of 1966, Section 38 w.e.f. 14-12-1966. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Secrecy of Voting Not to Be Infringed
State : Central
Year : 1951
No witness or other person shall be required to state for whom he has voted at an election. 1[Provided that this section shall not apply to such witness or other person where he has voted by open ballot.] ______________________ 1. Inserted by Act No. 40 of 2003 View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Expenses of Witnesses
State : Central
Year : 1951
The reasonable expenses incurred by any person in attending to give evidence may be allowed by1[the High Court] to such person and shall, unless1[the High Court] otherwise directs, be deemed to be part of the costs. ______________________ 1. Substituted by Act 47 of 1966, Section 42, for "the Tribunal" w.e.f.14-12-1966. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this section