The REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE ACT, 1950

PRELIMINARY

Section 1 — Short title.

This Act may be called the Representation of the People Act, 1950.

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  1. 1.Short title.
  2. 2.Definitions.
  3. 3.Allocation of seats in the House of the People.
  4. 4.Filling of seats in the House of the People and Parliamentary Constituencies.
  5. 5.[Omitted.]
  6. 6.[Omitted.]
  7. 7.Total number of seats in Legislative Assemblies and Assembly Constituencies.
  8. 7A.Total number of seats in the Legislative Assembly of Sikkim and Assembly Constituencies.
  9. 8.Consolidation of delimitation orders.
  10. 8A.Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies in the States of Arunchal Pardesh, Assam, Manipur or Nagaland.
  11. 9.Power of Election Commission to maintain Delimitation Order up-to-date.
  12. 9A.[Omitted.]
  13. 9B.[Omitted.]
  14. 10.Allocation of seats in the Legislative Councils.
  15. 11.Delimitation of Council constituencies.
  16. 12.Power to alter or amend orders.
  17. 13.Procedure as to orders delimiting constituencies.
  18. 13A.Chief electoral officers.
  19. 13AA.District election officers.
  20. 13B.Electoral registration officers.
  21. 13C.Assistant electoral registration officers.
  22. 13CC.Chief electoral officers, district election officers, etc., deemed to be on deputation to Election Commission.
  23. 13D.Electoral rolls for parliamentary constituencies.
  24. 14.Definitions.
  25. 15.Electoral roll for every constituency.
  26. 16.Disqualifications for registration in an electoral roll.
  27. 17.No person to be registered in more than one constituency.
  28. 18.No person to be registered more than once in any constituency.
  29. 19.Conditions of registration.
  30. 20.Meaning of “ordinarily resident”.
  31. 20A.Special provisions for citizens of India residing outside India.
  32. 21.Preparation and revision of electoral rolls.
  33. 22.Correction of entries in electoral rolls.
  34. 23.Inclusion of names in electoral rolls.
  35. 24.Appeals.
  36. 25.Fee for applications and appeals.
  37. 25A.Conditions of registration as elector in Sangha constituency in Sikkim.
  38. 26.[Omitted.]
  39. 27.Preparation of electoral rolls for Council Constituencies.
  40. 27A.Constitution of electoral colleges for the filling of seats in the Council of States allotted to Union territories.
  41. 27B.[Omitted.]
  42. 27C.[Omitted.]
  43. 27D.[Omitted.]
  44. 27E.[Omitted.]
  45. 27F.[Omitted.]
  46. 27G.Termination of membership of electoral college for certain disqualifications.
  47. 27H.Manner of filling of seats in the Council of States allotted to Union territories.
  48. 27-I.[Omitted.]
  49. 27J.Power of electoral colleges to elect notwithstanding vacancies therein.
  50. 27K.[Omitted.]
  51. 28.Power to make rules.
  52. 29.Staff of local authorities to be made available.
  53. 30.Jurisdiction of civil courts barred.
  54. 31.Making false declarations.
  55. 32.Breach of official duty in connection with the preparation, etc., of electoral rolls.
  56. SCH-THE FIRST SCHEDULE.THE FIRST SCHEDULE
  57. SCH-THE SECOND SCHEDULE.THE SECOND SCHEDULE
  58. SCH-THE THIRD SCHEDULE.THE THIRD SCHEDULE
  59. SCH-THE FOURTH SCHEDULE.THE FOURTH SCHEDULE
  60. SCH-THE FIFTH SCHEDULE.—[Omitted.].THE FIFTH SCHEDULE.—[Omitted.]
  61. SCH-THE SIXTH SCHEDULE.—[Omitted.].THE SIXTH SCHEDULE.—[Omitted.]
  62. SCH-THE SEVENTH SCHEDULE.—[Omitted.].THE SEVENTH SCHEDULE.—[Omitted.]