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Sub Learning Objective 14.5: To list down major legal provisions with respect to conduct of elections
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2. Sub Learning Point 14.5. Representation Of The People Act, 1950
This Act contains 32 Sections in 5 Parts.
THE PARTS ARE AS FOLLOWS
Part I – (Sec. 1 and 2)
gives the title and definitions
Part II (Sec. 3 to 13)
provides for allocation of seats and delimitation
of Constituencies in the Lok Sabha and the State
Legislative Assemblies and Councils.
Part IIA (Sec.13A, 13AA, 13B, 13C and 13CC)
Details the officers connected with the
preparation of Electoral Rolls.
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3. Sub Learning Point 14.5: Representation Of the People Act, 1950
Part IIB (Sec. 13D)
provides for Electoral Rolls of Parliamentary
Constituencies
Part III (Sec. 14 to 25A)
provides for Electoral Rolls for Assembly
Constituencies
Part IV (Sec.27)
provides for Electoral Roll Council
Constituencies.
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4. Sub Learning Point 14.5: Representation Of the People Act, 1950
Part IVA (Sec.27A to 27K)
provides for the manner of filling seats in the
Council of States
Part V (Sec. 28 to 32)
gives general provisions with regard to the
jurisdiction of Civil Courts; making available staff
from local authorities, etc.
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5. Sub Learning Point 14.5: Representation Of the People Act, 1950
Section 2
defines “Election Commission”
as the Commission appointed by
the President under Article 324
of the Constitution of India.
Section 13B(1)
provides for designation or
nomination of ERO by ECI
Section 13A
provides for a Chief Electoral Officer
in each State.
Section 13B(2)
The ERO can employ various persons
for the preparation and revision of the
Electoral Roll for the AC.
Section 13AA
provides for the nomination by the
ECI of an officer to be the District
Election Officer.
Section 13C
provides for appointment of one or
more AEROs to assist EROs. AEROs
are competent to perform all or any
of the functions of EROs and are
subject to the control of EROs.
IMPORTANT SECTIONS
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6. Sub Learning Point 14.5: Representation Of the People Act, 1950
Section 13CC
CEO, DEO, ERO, AERO and all
other officers or staff employed for
preparation, revision and correction
of Electoral Rolls or conduct of
elections are deemed to be on
deputation to the ECI.
Section 18
No person can be registered
more than once in any Constituency.
Section 16
provides for reasons for
disqualification for registration in
Electoral Roll.
Section 19
gives the criteria for entitlement
for registration, i.e. 18 years of age
on qualifying date and ordinarily
resident in a Constituency.
Section 17
No person can register in more than
one Constituency.
Section 20
gives the meaning of
“ordinarily resident”.
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7. Sub Learning Point 14.5: Representation Of the People Act, 1950
Section 21
gives the provisions for various
kinds of revision of Electoral Rolls.
Section 30
provides for a bar on the jurisdiction
of Civil Courts to adjudicate upon the
question whether a person is or
is not entitled to be registered in the
Electoral Roll. The Civil Courts
cannot question the legality of any
action taken by or under the authority
of an ERO for the revision of any Roll.
Section 22
provides for the powers of
ERO/AERO for amending,
transposing or deleting
an entry in the Electoral Rolls.
Section 23
provides for the powers of the
ERO/AERO to include names in the
Electoral Rolls.
Section 31
is a penal clause for making false
declarations.
Section 29
provides for making available the staff
of local authorities to ERO for the
work related to the preparation and
revision of Electoral Rolls.
Section 32
is the penal clause for being guilty of
any act or omission in breach of
official duty by ERO, AERO or any
other person required to perform any
official duty in connection with the
preparation or revision of an
Electoral Roll.
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Did you know?
In first general elections, many women in northern India were reluctant to register under their own names, wishing instead to identify themselves as A’s mother or B’s wife. However EC was reluctant to add their names as A's wife or B's mother. Therefore, nearly 2.8 million eligible women voters who refused to cooperate with EC, or whose husbands would not permit them to do so, had to be struck off the rolls.
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