Title : Other Offences and Penalties Therefor
State : Central
Year : 1951
(1) A person shall be guilty of anelectoral offence if at any election he-- (a) fraudulentlydefaces or fraudulently destroys any nomination paper; or (b) fraudulentlydefaces, destroys or removes any list, notice or other document affixed by orunder the authority of returning officer; or (c) fraudulentlydefaces or fraudulently destroys any ballot paper or the official mark on anyballot paper or any declaration of identity or official envelop used inconnection with voting by postal ballot; or (d) without dueauthority supplies any ballot paper to any person 1 [or receives anyballot paper from any person or is in possession of any ballot paper]; or (e)fraudulently puts into any ballot box anything other than the ballot paper whichhe is authorised by law to put in; or (f)without..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Presentation of Petitions
State : Central
Year : 1951
(1) An election petition calling in question any election may be presented on one or more of the grounds specified in1[sub-section (1)] of section 100 and section 101 to the2[High Court] by any candidate at such election or any elector3[within forty-five days from, but not earlier than the date of election of the returned candidate or if there are more than one returned candidate at the election and dates of their election are different, the later of those two dates]. Explanation.-In this sub-section, "elector" means a person who was entitled to vote at the election to which the election petition relates, whether he has voted at such election or not. 4[***] 5[(3) Every election petition shall be accompanied by as many copies thereof as there are respondents mentioned in the..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Disqualification Arising out of Conviction and Corrupt Practices
State : Central
Year : 1951
1[(1)] If any person, after the commencement of this Act,- 2[***] is convicted of an offence punishable under section 171E or section 171F of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860), or under section 125 or section 135 or clause (a) of sub-section (2) of section 136 of this Act,3[***] 4[***] he shall, for a period of six years from the date of the conviction or from the date on which the order takes effect, be disqualified for voting at any election. 5[(2) Any person disqualified by a decision of the President under sub-section (1) of section 8A for any period shall be disqualified for the same period for voting at any election. (3) The decision of the President on a petition submitted by any person under subsection (2) of section 8A in respect of any disqualification for being..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Nomination of Candidates at Other Elections
State : Central
Year : 1951
1 [39. Nomination of candidates at other elections (1) As soon as the notification calling upon the elected members or the members of the Legislative Assembly of a State or the members of the electoral college of a 2 [Union territory] to elect a member or members is issued, the Election Commission shall, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint- (a) the last date for making nominations, which shall be the 3 [seventh day] after the date of publication of the first-mentioned notification or, if that day is a public holiday, the next succeeding day which is not a public holiday; (b) the date for the scrutiny of nominations, which shall be 4 [the day immediately following] the last date for making nominations or, if that day is a public holiday, the next succeeding day which..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Conduct of Elections
State : Central
Year : 1951
Chapter I - NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES Section 30 - Appointment of dates for nominations, etc. 1[30. Appointment of dates for nominations, etc. - As soon as the notification calling upon a constituency to elect a member or members is issued, the Election Commission shall, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint- (a) the last date for making nominations, which shall be the2[seventh day] after the date of publication of the first mentioned notification or, if that day is a public holiday, the next succeeding day which is not a public holiday; (b) the date for the scrutiny of nominations, which shall be3[the day immediately following] the last date for making nominations or, if that day is public holiday, the next succeeding day which is not a public holiday; (c) the last..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : General
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 : Disputes Regarding Elections
State : Central
Year : 1951
Chapter I - INTERPRETATION Section 79 - Definitions In this Part and in1[Part VII] unless the context otherwise requires,- 2[(a) any reference to a High Court or to the Chief Justice or Judge of a High Court shall, in relation to a Union territory having a Court of the Judicial Commissioner, be construed as a reference to the said Court of the Judicial Commissioner or to the Judicial Commissioner or any Additional Judicial Commissioner, as the case may be;] 3[(b) "candidate" means a person who has been or claims to have been duly nominated as a candidate at any election;] (c)"costs" means all costs, charges and expenses of, or incidental to, a trial of an election petition; (d) "electoral right" means the right of a person to stand or not to stand as, or4[to withdraw or not to..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Disqualifications
State : Central
Year : 1951
Chapter I - DISQUALIFICATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP Section 139 - [Repealed] [Rep. by the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1966 (47 of 1966), Section 62] Section 140 - [Repealed] [Rep. by the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1966 (47 of 1966), Section 62] Section 140A - [Repealed] [Rep. by the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1966 (47 of 1966), Section 62] REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE ACT, 1951Chapter II - DISQUALIFICATIONS FOR VOTING Section 141 - [Repealed] [Rep. by the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1966 (47 of 1966), Section 62] Section 142 - [Repealed] [Rep. by the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1966 (47 of 1966), Section 62] Section 143 - [Repealed] [Rep. by the Representation of the People..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Disqualifications for Voting
State : Central
Year : 1951
[Rep. by the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1966 (47 of 1966), Section 62] Section 142 - [Repealed] [Rep. by the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1966 (47 of 1966), Section 62] Section 143 - [Repealed] [Rep. by the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1966 (47 of 1966), Section 62] Section 144 - [Repealed] [Rep. by the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1966 (47 of 1966), Section 62] View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Representation of the People Act, 1951
State : Central
Year : 1951
THE REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE ACT, 1951 [Act, No. 43 of 1951] [17th July, 1951] PREAMBLE An Act to provide for the conduct of elections to the Houses of Parliament and to the House or Houses of the Legislature of each State, the qualifications and disqualifications for membership of those Houses, the corrupt1[***] practices and other offences at or in connection with such elections and the decision of doubts and disputes arising out of or in connection with such elections. BE it enacted by Parliament as follows: - ______________________ 1. The words "and illegal" omitted by Act 27 of 1956, section. 2 View Complete Act List Judgments citing this section