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 : Manner of Voting at Elections
State : Central
Year : 1951
At every election where a poll is taken votes shall be given by ballot in such manner as may be prescribed,1[and, save as expressly provided by this Act, no votes shall be received by proxy]. 2[Provided that the votes at every election to fill a seat or seats in the Council of States shall be given by open ballot.] ______________________ 1. Substituted for "and no votes shall be received by proxy" by The Election Laws (Amendment) Act, 2003 (24 of 2003) w.e.f. 22.09.2003 2. Inserted by Act No. 40 of 2003 View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Special Prodecure for Voting by Certain Classes of Persons
State : Central
Year : 1951
1[60. Special prodecure for voting by certain classes of persons. - Without prejudice to the generality of the provisions contained in section. 59, provision may be made, by rules made under this Act, for enabling-- (a) any of the persons as is referred to in clause (a) or clause (b) of sub-section (8) of section 20 of the Representation of the People Act, 1950 (43 of 1950)(hereafter in this section referred to as the 1950-Act) to give his vote either in person or by postal ballot or by proxy, and not in any other manner, at an election in a constituency where poll is taken; (b) any of the following persons to give his vote either in person or by postal ballot, and not in any other manner, at an election in a constituency where a poll is taken, namely:-- (i) any person as is..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Special Procedure for Preventing Personation of Electors
State : Central
Year : 1951
1 [61. Specialprocedure for preventing personation of electors. - With a view to preventing personation ofelectors provision may be made by rules made under this Act:-- (a)for the making with indelible ink of the thumb or any other finger of everyelector who applies for a ballot paper or ballot papers for the purpose ofvoting at a polling station before delivery of such paper or papers to him; (b) for the production before the presidingofficer or a polling officer of a polling station by every such elector asaforesaid of the identity card before the delivery of a ballot paper or ballotpapers to him if under rules made in that behalf under the Representation of thePeople Act, 1950 (43 of 1950), electors of the constituency in which the pollingstation is situated have been supplied..... 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 : Account of Election Expenses and Maximum Thereof
State : Central
Year : 1951
(1) Every candidate at an election shall, either by himself or by his election agent, keep a separate and correct account of all expenditure in connection with the election incurred or authorized by him or by his election agent between 1 [the date on which he has been nominated] and the date of declaration of the result thereof, both dates inclusive. 2 [Explanation 1.--For the removal of doubts, it is hereby declared that-- (a) the expenditure incurred by leaders of a political party on account of travel by air or by any other means of transport for propagating programme of the political party shall not be deemed to be the expenditure in connection with the election incurred or authorised by a candidate of that political party or his election agent for the purposes of this..... 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 : Procedure Before the High Court
State : Central
Year : 1951
(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act and of any rules made thereunder, every election petition shall be tried by the High Court, as nearly as may be, in accordance with the procedure applicable under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908) to the trial of suits: Provided that the High Court shall have the discretion to refuse, for reasons to be recorded in writing, to examine any witness or witnesses if it is of the opinion that the evidence of such witness or witnesses is not material for the decision of petition or that the party tendering such witness or witnesses is doing so on frivolous grounds or with a view to delay the proceedings, (2) The provisions of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (1 of 1872), shall subject to the provisions of this Act, be deemed to apply in..... 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 section