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Representation of the People Act, 1951 Section 52

Title : Death of a Candidate of a Recognised Political Party Before Poll

State : Central

Year : 1951

.....candidate and a report of his death is received before the commencement of the poll, the returning officer shall, upon being satisfied about the fact of the death of the candidate, by order, announce an adjournment of the poll to a date to be notified later and report the fact to the Election Commission and also to the appropriate authority: Provided that no order for adjourning a poll should be made in a case referred to in clause (a) except after the scrutiny of all the nominations including the nomination of the deceased candidate. (2) The Election Commission shall, on the receipt of a report from the returning officer under sub-section (1), call upon the recognised political party, whose candidate has died, to nominate another candidate for the said poll within seven days of issue of such notice to such recognised political party and the provisions of sections 30 to 3 7 shall, so far as may be, apply in relation to such nomination as they would apply to other nominations: Provided that no person who has given a notice of withdrawal of his candidature under sub-section (1) of section 37 before the adjournment of the poll shall be ineligible for being nominated as a.....

Visva Bharati Act, 1951 Preamble 1

Title : Vishva-bharati Act, 1951

State : Central

Year : 1951

THE VISHVA-BHARATI ACT, 1951 [Act, No. 29 Of 1951] [9th May, 1951] PREAMBLE An Act to declare the institution known as "Visva-Bharati" to be an institution of national importance and to provide for its functioning as a unitary teaching and residential university. BE it enacted by Parliament as follows :

Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial Act, 1951 Section 8

Title : Validity of Acts of Trustees Not to Be Questioned by Reason of Vacancy Etc.

State : Central

Year : 1951

No act of the Trustees shall be deemed to be invalid merely by reason any vacancy in, or any defect in the constitution of, the body of Trustees.

The Punjab Development of Damaged Areas Act, 1951 Complete Act

State : Haryana

Year : 1951

.....Pakistan of the newspapers publish in India is banned, in which case both papers shall be such as have circulation in India, stating:- (a) the fact that the scheme has been framed; (b) the boundaries of the locality comprised in the scheme; and (c) the place where at the time when details of the scheme including a statement of the land proposed to be acquired and a general map of the locality comprised in the scheme, may be inspected. (2) Such notice shall also prescribe the period during which objections to the scheme will be received. 5. Decision of objections and publication of the sanctioned scheme. (1)After considering the objections, if any, which may be received by the Trust during the period prescribed, the Trust may approve the scheme with or without modifications. (2) As soon as the scheme has been approved by the Trust, it shall submit the scheme and a statement of objections received to the State Government, and the State Government may modify the scheme, if necessary. (3) The State Government shall then notify the scheme, either in original or as modified by it and the scheme so published shall be deemed to be the sanctioned scheme. (4) The.....

Representation of the People Act, 1951 Complete Act

Title : Representation of the People Act, 1951

State : Central

Year : 1951

.....and requirements for a valid nomination Section33A - Right to information Section33B - Candidate to furnish information only under the Act and the rules Section34 - Deposits Section35 - Notice of nominations and the time and place for their scrutiny Section36 - Scrutiny of nominations Section37 - Withdrawal of candidature Section38 - Publication of list of contesting candidates Section39 - Nomination of candidates at other elections Section39A - Allocation of equitable sharing of time Chapter II Section40 - Election agents Section41 - Disqualification for being an election agent Section42 - Revocation of the appointment, or death, of an election agent Section43 - Effect of default in appointment of election agent under section 42 [Repealed] Section44 - Duty of the election agent to keep accounts [Repealed] Section45 - Functions of election agents Section46 - Appointment of polling agents Section47 - Appointment of counting agents Section48 - Revocation of the appointment or death, of a polling agent or counting agent Section49 - Functions of polling agents and counting agents Section50 - Attendance of a contesting candidate or his election agent at polling.....

Representation of the People Act, 1951 Section 100

Title : Grounds for Declaring Election to Be Void

State : Central

Year : 1951

.....vote or the reception of any vote which is void, or (iv) by any non-compliance with the provisions of the Constitution or of this Act or of any rules or orders made under this Act, 2[the High Court] shall declare the election of the returned candidate to be void.] 5[(2) If in the opinion of2[the High Court], a returned candidate has been guilty by an agent other than his election agent, of any corrupt practice6[***] but2[the High Court] is satisfied- (a) that no such corrupt practice was committed at the election by the candidate or his election agent, and every such corrupt practice was committed contrary to the orders, and7[without the consent], of the candidate or his election agent; 8[***] (c) that the candidate and his election agent took all reasonable means for preventing the commission of corrupt9[***] practices at the election; and (d) that in all other respects the election was free from any corrupt9[***] practice on the part of the candidate or any of his agents, then2[the High Court] may decide that the election of the returned candidate is not void. ______________________ 1. Substituted by Act 27 of 1956, Section 55, for sub-sections (1) and (2) .....

Representation of the People Act, 1951 Section 160

Title : Requisitioning of Premises, Vehicles, Etc., for Election Purposes

State : Central

Year : 1951

.....the poll at such election. (2) The requisition shall be effected by an order in writing addressed to the person deemed by the State Government to be the owner or person in possession of the property, and such order shall be served in the prescribed manner on the person to whom it is addressed. (3) Whenever any property is requisitioned under sub-section (1), the period of such requisition shall not extend beyond the period for which such property is required for any of the purposes mentioned in that sub-section. (4) In the section-- (a) "premises" means any land, building or part of a building and includes a hut, shed or other structure or any part thereof; (b) "vehicle" means any vehicle used or capable of being used for the purpose of road transport, whether propelled by mechanical power or otherwise.

Companies Donations to National Funds Act 1951 Preamble 1

Title : Companies (Donations to National Funds) Act, 1951

State : Central

Year : 1951

THE COMPANIES (DONATIONS TO NATIONAL FUNDS) ACT, 1951 [Act, No. 54 of 1951] [17th October, 1951] PREAMBLE An Act to enable companies to make donations to national funds. BE it enacted by Parliament as follows:--

Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial Act, 1951 Preamble 1

Title : Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial Act, 1951

State : Central

Year : 1951

THE JALLIANWALA BAGH NATIONAL MEMORIAL ACT, 1951 [Act, No. 25 of 1951] [1st May, 1951] PREAMBLE An Act to provide for the erection and management of a National Memorial to perpetuate the memory of those killed or wounded on the 13th day of April, 1919, in Jallianwala Bagh it enacted by Parliament as follows:--

Representation of the People Act, 1951 Section 33B

Title : Candidate to Furnish Information Only Under the Act and the Rules

State : Central

Year : 1951

1[33B. Candidate of furnish information only under the Act and the rules.- Notwithstanding anything contained in any judgment, decree or order of any court or any direction, order or any other instruction issued by the Election Commission, no candidate shall be liable to disclose or furnish any such information, in respect of his election, which is not required to be disclosed or furnished under this Act or the rules made thereunder.] ______________________ 1. Inserted by The Representation Of The People (Third Amendment) Act, 2002 (72 Of 2002)