Title : Statements Made by Person to the Election Commission
State : Central
Year : 1951
No statement made by a person in the course of giving evidence before the Election Commission shall subject him to, or be used against him in, any civil or criminal proceeding except a prosecution for giving false evidence by such statement: Provided that the statement-- (a) is made in reply to a question which he is required by the Commission to answer, or (b) is relevant to the subject-matter of the inquiry. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Procedure to Be Followed by the Election Commission
State : Central
Year : 1951
The Election Commission shall have the power to regulate its own procedure (including the fixing of places and times of its sittings and deciding whether to sit in public or in private.) View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Casual Vacancies in the House of the People
State : Central
Year : 1951
(1) When the seat of a member elected to the House of the People becomes vacant or is declared vacant or his election to the House of the People is declared void, the Election Commission shall, subject to the provisions of sub-section (2) by a notification in the Gazette of India, call upon the Parliamentary constitutency concerned to elect a person for the purpose of filling the vacancy so caused before such dale as may be specified in the notification, and the provisions of this Act and of the rules and orders made thereunder shall apply, as for as may be, in relation to the election of a member to fill such vacancy. (2) If the vacancy so caused be a vacancy in a seat reserved in any such constituency for the Scheduled Castes or for any Scheduled Tribes, the notification issued..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Term of Office of Members of State Legislative Councils
State : Central
Year : 1951
(1) The term of office of a member of the Legislative Council of a State, other than a member chosen to fill a casual vacancy, shall be six years, but upon the first constitution of the Council the Governor1[***] shall, after consultation with the Election Commission, make by order such provision as he thinks fit for curtailing the term of office of some of the members then chosen in order that, as nearly as may be, one-third of the members holding seals of each class shall retire in every second year thereafter. (2) A member chosen to fill a casual vacancy shall be chosen to serve for the remainder of his predecessor's term of office. ______________________ 1. The words "or the Rajpramukh, as the case may be" omitted by the Adaptation of Laws (No.2) Order, 1956. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : 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 sectionTitle : Candidate to Furnish Information Only Under the Act and the Rules
State : Central
Year : 1951
1[33B. Candidate of furnish information only under the Act and the rules.- Notwithstanding anything contained in any judgment, decree or order of any court or any direction, order or any other instruction issued by the Election Commission, no candidate shall be liable to disclose or furnish any such information, in respect of his election, which is not required to be disclosed or furnished under this Act or the rules made thereunder.] ______________________ 1. Inserted by The Representation Of The People (Third Amendment) Act, 2002 (72 Of 2002) View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Effect of Default in Appointment of Election Agent Under Section 42 [Repealed]
State : Central
Year : 1951
[Rep. by the Representation of the People (Second Amendment) Act, 1956 (27 of 1956), Section 25]. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Free Supply of Copies of Electoral Rolls
State : Central
Year : 1951
(1) The Government shall, at any electionto be held for the purposes of constituting the House of the People or theLegislative Assembly of a State, supply, free of cost, to the candidates ofrecognsied political parties such number of copies of the electoral roll, asfinally published under the Representation of the People Act, 1950(43 of 1950) and such other material as may be prescribed. (2) The material referred to in sub-section (1) shallbe supplied,-- (i) subject to such conditions as may be imposed by the Central Governmentin consultation with the Election Commission with respect to the reduction ofthe maximum expenditure which may be incurred by the candidate under section 77; and (ii) through such officers as may be specified by the ElectionCommission who shall act in..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Supply of Certain Items to Candidates, Etc.
State : Central
Year : 1951
(1) The Election Commission shall, at any time between the date of publicationof the notification calling the election for the purposes of constituting theHouse of the People or the Legislative Assembly of a State and the date on whichthe poll is to be taken, supply or cause to be supplied, such items as theCentral Government may, by order, determine in consultation with the Election Commission, to theelectors in the constituencies concerned or to the candidates set up by therecognised political parties. (2) Where the ElectionCommission supplies the items to the candidates under sub-section (7), the Central Government may, in consultationwith the Election Commission, impose conditions with respect to the reduction ofthe maximum expenditure which may be incurred by the candidate under..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : 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