Title : Requisitioning of Premises, Vehicles, Etc., for Election Purposes
State : Central
Year : 1951
(1) If it appears to the State Government that in connection with an election held within the State (a) any premises are needed or are likely to be needed for the purpose of being used as a polling station or for the storage of ballot boxes after a poll has been taken, or (b) any vehicle, vessel or animal is needed or is likely to be needed for the purpose of transport of ballot boxes to or from any polling station, or transport of members of the police force for maintaining order during the conduct of such election, or transport of any officer or other person for performance of any duties in connection with such election, the Government may by order in writing requisition such premises, or such vehicle, vessel or animal, as the case may be, and may make such further orders as may..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Powers of Entry into and Inspection of Premises, Etc.
State : Central
Year : 1951
(1) Any person authorized in this behalf by the State Government may enter into any premises and inspect such premises and any vehicle, vessel or animal therein for the purpose of determining whether, and if so in what manner, an order under section 160 should be made in relation to such premises, vehicle, vessel or animal, or with a view to securing compliance with any order made under that section. (2) In this section the expressions "premises" and ''vehicle" have the same meanings as in section 160. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Release of Premises from Requisition
State : Central
Year : 1951
(1) When any premises requisitioned under section 160 are to be released from requisition, the possession thereof shall be delivered to the person from whom possession was taken at the time when the premises were requisitioned, or if there were no such person, to the person deemed by the Stale Government to be the owner of such premises, and such delivery of possession shall be a full discharge of the State Government from all liabilities in respect of such delivery, hut shall not prejudice any rights in respect of the premises which any other person may be entitled by due process of law to enforce against the person to whom possession of the premises is do delivered. (2) Where the person to whom possession of any premises requisitioned under section 160 is to be given under..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Power to Make Rules
State : Central
Year : 1951
(1) The Central Government may, after consulting the Election Commission, by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules1 for carrying out the purposes of this Act. (2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:-- 2 [(a) the form, of affidavit under sub-section (2) of section 33A;] 3 [(aa)] the duties of presiding officers and polling officers at polling stations; 4 [(aaa) the form of contribution report;] (b) the checking of voters by reference to the electoral roll; 4 [(bb) the manner of allocation of equitable sharing of time on the cable television network and other electronic media;] (c) the manner in which votes are to be given both generally and in the..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Disqualification on Conviction for Certain Offences
State : Central
Year : 1951
[(1) A person convicted of an offence punishable under-- (a) section 153A (offence of promoting enmity between different groups on ground of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc., and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony) or section 171E (offence of bribery) or section 171F (offence of undue influence or personation at an election) or sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) of section 376 or section 376A or section 376B or section 376C or section 376D (offences relating to rape) or section 498A (offence of cruelty towards a woman by husband or relative of a husband) or sub-section (2) or sub-section (3) of section 505 (offence of making statement creating or promoting enmity, hatred or ill-will between classes or offence relating to such statement in any..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : General Duty of the Returning Officer
State : Central
Year : 1951
It shall be general duty of the returning officer at any election to do all such acts and things as may be necessary for effectually conducting the election in the manner provided by this Act and rules or orders made thereunder. 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 : 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 section