 bill no xv  of  2014 the representation of the people (amendment) bill, 2014 a bill further to amend the representation of the people act, 1951be it enacted by parliament in the sixty-fifth year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the representation of the people (amendment) act, 2014short title and commencement(2) it shall come into force on such date, as the central government may, bynotification in the official gazette, appoint43 of 19515amendment of section29a2 in section 29a of the representation of the people act, 1951 (hereinafter referred toas the principal act), in sub-section (7), after the existing proviso, the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:—10"provided further that no association or body shall be registered as a political party under this sub-section, if the association or body by its conducts propagates or preaches, directly or indirectly any communal hatred or sectarian views against the people in violation of spirit of constitution; or amendment of section 303 in section 30 of the principal act, after clause (e), the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:—"provided that election commission shall not make model code of conduct, applicable or enforceable, before the first day fixed for filing of nomination for elections conducted by the commission"5 statement  of  objects  and  reasonsthe recognition to an association or body of citizen as political party is given by election commission under section 29a of the representation of the people act, 1951 an association or body which propagates communal hatred or sectarian views may apply for grant of recognition under section 29a the copy of rules and regulations and memorandum of association, they file in the office of election commission do not necessarily represent their true intent during elections, their true agenda comes in open and their language and actions tend to be in total violation of principles enunciated in the constitution of india and in total disregard to the oath the candidates of these parties take before the respective returning officers election commission lays stress on the code of conduct instead of provisions of indian penal code and the provisions of the representation of the people actwithdrawal of recognition has been made a part of the election symbols (reservation and allotment) order, 1968 rather making a statutory provision with respect to the same as of now, there is no clear provision in the law for such association of citizen in order to bring purity and respectability to the election campaign and to ensure that the provisions of the constitution of india are obeyed in letter and spirit, amendments to section 29a of the parent act is proposed to stop the entry of such association or body into partiesfurther as per the practice, the election commission makes the model code of conduct applicable by holding a press conference on the same day on which the entire schedule of dates of filing of nomination, scrutiny of nomination and withdrawal of candidature, etc last general elections were held in nine phases and the model code of conduct was made applicable quite ahead of the first date fixed for filing of nomination in the first phase and had been in force till the final phase was completed and announcement of results many development works undertaken by the appropriate governments suffer immensely on account of long and unjustified duration of enforcement of code of conduct the legality of code of conduct is a grey area as there is no law to deal with this subject election commission is of the view that code of conduct was voluntarily arrived at by political parties and thereby the authorities cannot act, if it is violated in fact it is not voluntary but every para of code of conduct is covered under the sections of indian penal code and representation of the people act, 1951 and other related laws as a result to restrict the total period during which the commission can make the code applicable amendment is proposed to section 30 of the parent acthence, this billshantaram  naik rajya  sabha————— a bill further to amend the representation of the people act, 1951—————(shri shantaram naik, mp)gmgipmrnd—1760rs(s3)—25072014