Title : Declaration of Donation Received by the Political Parties
State : Central
Year : 1951
(1) The treasurer of a political party or any other person authorised by the political party in this behalf shall, in each financial year, prepare a report in respect of the following, namely:-- (a) the contribution in excess of twenty thousand rupees received by such political party from any person in that financial year; (b) the contribution in excess of twenty thousand rupees received by such political party from companies other than Government companies in that financial year. (2) The report under sub-section (1)shall be in such form as may be prescribed. (3) The report for a financial year under sub-section (1) shall be submitted by the treasurer of a political party or any other person authorised by the political party in this behalf before the due date for furnishing a..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Appointment of Dates for Nominations, Etc.
State : Central
Year : 1951
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 date for the withdrawal of candidatures, which shall be4[the second day] after the date for the..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Public Notice of Election
State : Central
Year : 1951
On the issue of a notification under section 30, the returning officer1[***] shall give public notice of the intended election in such form and manner as may be prescribed, inviting nominations of candidates for such election and specifying the place at which the nomination papers are to be delivered. ______________________ 1. The words "for the constituency" omitted by Act 47 of 1966, Section 28 w.e.f. 14-12-1966. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Nomination of Candidates for Election
State : Central
Year : 1951
Any person may be nominated as a candidate for election to fill a seat1 [***]if he is qualified to be chosen to fill that seat under the provisions ofConstitution and this Act 2 [***] 3 [or under theprovisions of the Government of Union Territories Act, 1963 (20 of 1963), as thecase may be]. ______________________ 1.The words "in any constituency" omittedby Act 27 of 1956, Section 15. 2.Certain words Inserted by Act 27 of 1956,Section 15 and omitted by the Adaptation of Laws (No.2 3.Inserted by Act 20 of 1963, Section 57 andSecond Schedule View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Notice of Nominations and the Time and Place for their Scrutiny
State : Central
Year : 1951
The returning officer shall, on receiving the nomination paper1[under sub-section (1) or, as the case may be, sub-section (1 A) of section 33], inform the person or persons delivering the same of the date, time and place fixed for the scrutiny of nominations and shall enter on the nomination paper its serial number, and shall sign thereon a certificate stating the date on which and the hour at which the nomination paper has been delivered to him; and shall, as soon as may be thereafter, cause to be affixed in some conspicuous place in his office a notice of the nomination containing descriptions similar to those contained in the nomination paper, both of the candidate and of2[the proposer]. ______________________ 1. Substituted by Act 10 of 1976, Section 2 Schedule, for certain..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Withdrawal of Candidature
State : Central
Year : 1951
(1) Any candidate may withdraw his candidature by a notice in writing which shall contain such particulars as may be prescribed and shall be subscribed by him and delivered before three O'clock in the afternoon on the day fixed under clause (c) of section 30 to the returning officer either by such candidate in person or by his proposer,1[***] or election agent who has been authorised in this behalf in writing by such candidate. 1[***] (2) No person who has given a notice or withdrawal of his candidature under subsection (1) shall be allowed to cancel the notice. 2[(3) The returning officer shall, on being satisfied as to the genuineness of a notice or withdrawal and the identity of the person delivering it under sub-section (1), cause the notice to be affixed in some conspicuous..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Publication of List of Contesting Candidates
State : Central
Year : 1951
1[38. Publication of list of contesting candidates. - (1) Immediately after the expiry of the period within which candidatures may be withdrawn under sub-section (1) of section 37, the returning officer shall prepare and publish in such form and manner as may be prescribed a list of contesting candidates, that is to say, candidates who were included in the list of validly nominated candidates and who have not withdrawn their candidature within the said period. 2[(2) For the purpose of listing the names under sub-section (1), the candidates shall be classified as follows, namely:-- (i) candidates of recognised political parties; (ii) candidates of registered political parties other than those mentioned in clause (i); (iii) other candidates. (3) The categories mentioned in..... 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 : Allocation of Equitable Sharing of Time
State : Central
Year : 1951
1[39A. Allocation of equitable sharing of time.-- (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, the Election Commission shall, on the basis of the past performance of a recognised political party, during elections, allocate equitable sharing of time on the cable television network and other electronic media in such manner as may be prescribed to display or propagate any election matter or to address public in connection with an election. (2) The allocation of equitable sharing of time under sub-section (1), in respect of an election, shall be made after the publication of list of contesting candidates under section 38 for the election and shall be valid till forty-eight hours before the hour fixed for poll for such election. (3) The..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Election Agents
State : Central
Year : 1951
1[40. Election agents. - A candidate at an election may appoint in the prescribed manner any one person other than himself to be his election agent and when any such appointment is made, notice of the appointment shall be given in the prescribed manner to the returning officer.] ______________________ 1. Substituted by Act 27 of 1956, Section 23, for section 40. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this section