Title : Declaration of Results
State : Central
Year : 1951
When the counting of the votes has been completed, the returning officer1[shall, in the absence of any direction by the Election Commission to the contrary, forthwith declare] the result of the election in the manner provided by this Act or the rules made thereunder. ______________________ 1. Substituted by Act 47 of 1966, Section 35, for "shall forthwith declare" w.e.f.14-12-1966. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Vacation of Seats when Elected to Both Houses of Parliament
State : Central
Year : 1951
(1) Any person who is chosen a member of both the Houses of the People and the Council of States and who has not taken his seat in either House may, by notice in writing signed by him and delivered to the Secretary to the Election Commission1[within ten days from the date, or the later of the dates, on which he is so chosen, intimate] in which of the Houses he wishes to serve, and thereupon, his seat in the House in which he does not wish to serve shall become vacant. (2) In default of such intimation within the aforesaid period, his seat in the Council of States shall, at the expiration of that period become vacant. (3) Any intimation given under sub-section (1) shall be final and irrevocable. 2[(4) For the purposes of this section and of section 69, the date on which a person is..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Publication of Results of Elections to the Council of States and of Names of Persons Nominated by the President
State : Central
Year : 1951
1[71. Publication of results of elections to the Council of States and of names of persons nominated by the President. - After the elections held in any year in pursuance of the notifications issued under section 12, there shall be notified by the appropriate authority in the Official Gazette the names of members elected by the elected members of the Legislative Assemblies of the Stales and by the members of the electoral colleges for the various2[Union territories] at the said elections together with the names of any persons nominated by the President to the Council of States under sub-clause (a) of clause (1) of article 80 or under any other provisions. ______________________ 1. Substituted by act 27 of 1956, Section 41, for sections 71 to 75. 2. Substituted by the Adaptation..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Publication of Results of General Elections to the House of the People and the State Legislative Assemblies
State : Central
Year : 1951
Where a general election is held for the purpose of constituting a new House of the People or a new State Legislative Assembly, there shall be notified by1[the Election Commission] in the Official Gazette, as soon as may be after2[the results of the elections in all the constituencies] [other than these in which the poll could not be taken for any reason on the date originally fixed under clause (d) of section 30 or for which the time for completion of the election has been extended under the provisions of section 153] have been declared by the returning officer under the provisions of section 53 or, as the case may be section 66, the names of the members elected for those constituencies]3[***] and upon the issue of such notification that House or Assembly shall be deemed to be duly..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Publication of Results of Elections to the State Legislative Councils and of Names of Persons Nominated to Such Councils
State : Central
Year : 1951
After the elections held1[in pursuance of the notifications issued under section 15A or] in any year in pursuance of the notifications issued under section 16, there shall be notified by the appropriate authority in the Official Gazette the names of the members elected for the various Council constituencies and by the members of the Legislative Assembly of the State at the said elections together with the names of any persons nominated by the Governor2[* * *] under sub-clause (e) of clause (3) of article 171.] ______________________ 1. Inserted by Act 37 of 1957, Section 13. 2. The words "or Rajpramukhk, as the case may be" omitted by the Adaptation of Laws (No.2) Order. 1956. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Declaration of Assets and Liabilities
State : Central
Year : 1951
(1) Every elected candidate for a House of Parliament shall, within ninety days from the date on which he makes and subscribes an oath or affirmation, according to the form set out for the purpose in the Third Schedule to the Constitution, for taking his seat in either House of Parliament, furnish the information, relating to-- (i) the movable and immovable property of which he, his spouse and his dependant children are jointly or severally owners or beneficiaries; (ii) his liabilities to any public financial institution; and (iii) his liabilities to the Central Government or the State Government, to the Chairman of the Council of States or the Speaker of the House of the People, as the case may be. (2) The information under sub-section (1) shall be furnished in such form and in..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Contents of Petition
State : Central
Year : 1951
1 [83. Contents of petition.- (1) An election petition- (a) shallcontain a concise statement of the material facts on which the petitionerrelies; (b)shall set forth full particulars of any corrupt practice that the petitioneralleged including as full a statement as possible of the names of the partiesalleged to have committed such corrupt practice and the date and place of thecommission of each such practice; and (c)shall be signed by the petitioner and verified in the manner laid down in theCode of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908) for the verification of pleadings: 2 [Providedthat where the petitioner alleges any corrupt practice, the petition shall alsobe accompanied by an affidavit in the prescribed form in support of theallegation of such corrupt practice and the..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Procedure in Case of an Equality of Votes
State : Central
Year : 1951
If during the trial of an election petition it appears that there is an equality of votes between any candidates at the election and that the addition of a vote would entitle any of those candidates to be declared elected, then- (a) any decision made by the returning officer under the provisions of this act shall, in so far as it determines the question between those candidates, be effective also for the purposes of the petition; and (b) in so for as that question is not determined by such a decision1[the High court] shall decide between them by lot and proceed as if the one on whom the lot then falls had received an additional vote. ______________________ 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 sectionTitle : Withdrawal of Election Petitions
State : Central
Year : 1951
1[109. Withdrawal of election petitions. - (1) An election petition may be withdrawn only by leave of the High Court. (2) Where an application for withdrawal is made under sub-section (1), notice thereof fixing a date for the hearing of the application shall be given to all other parties to the petition and shall be published in the Official Gazette. ______________________ 1. Substituted by Act 47 of 1966, Section 46, for section 109 and 110 w.e.f. 14-12-1966. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Abatement of Election Petitions
State : Central
Year : 1951
1[112. Abatement of election petitions (1) An election petition shall abate only on the death of a sole petitioner or of the survivor of several petitioners. (2) Where an election petition abates under sub-section (1), the High Court shall cause the fact to be published in such manner as it may deem fit. (3) Any person who might himself have been a petitioner may, within fourteen days of such publication, apply to be substituted as petitioner and upon compliance with the conditions if any, as security, shall be entitled to be so substituted and to continue the proceedings upon such terms as the High Court may deem fit.] ______________________ 1. Substituted by Act 47 of 1966, Section 48, for section 112 to 115 w.e.f. 14-12-1966. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this section