thb goa, dal1ij~ a1\jd diu (jpi:-jion poll) bill, 1966 (to be/as introduced in lok §abha) 1 page 3, line '1 2,-after "elector of" i::sdrt "the" 2 page 6, line 22,-for "hour" read "hours" 3 page 6, line 37,-~ ''hour'' read ''hours'' 4 page 7, line 7,-for "provisions" !:us "the prov1~1ons~~ 5 p "7 1" '1'1'''' ,' ,,\  ,',', - age , ~ne ,-",,' ':"~''','' i ' ':""'~:~i,~'~i'!"~'k' '"""/i~'~tcft,:;ii~'je;::i,,~~·a~ tr~bt;~~''_~~~~~;·'" ""'i,,,,~  i ";;i\_~+  ~ \-, - i' 6 page 8, line 32,-" aft,er "vot'es" omit 'i shall " 7 page 10, line 8,-fqr /land orders" na!l "or orders!' 8 page 13, line 1,-for "recomm~jmtionsn ~ j'recomm'dndationu 9 page 14, line 9,-qfter "goa" for "," r~32d nand" 10 - p ag e 14, 1 in e 1 6 , -fe!: "vehiclec" read "vehicles" i~3\01 nmhi; november 18, 1966 kartika 27, 1888 (saka)  the goa, daman and diu (opinion poll) bill, 1966 arrangement of clausesclausj!3 1 short title and commencement 2 definitions 3 opinion poll to ascertain the future status of goa, damn and diu 4 5 6 7 8 '" 9 10 11 12 13 14 persons entitled to vote at opinion poll conduct of opinion poll under the superintendence, direction and control of chief election commissioner opinion poll commissioner assistant opinion poll commissioners opinion poll commissioner to include assistant opinion poll eommissioners performing the functions of opinion poll commissioner general duty of opinion poll commissioner provision of polling stations appointment of presiding officers for polling stations general duty of presiding officer duty of a polling officer staff of every local authority to be made available for work in connection with opinion pou 15 notification for opinion poll 16 fixing time for opinion poll 17 adjournment of opinion poll in emergencies 18 fresh opinion poll in case of destruction, etc, of ballot boxes 19 manner of voting at opinion poll 20 special procedure for voting by certain classes of persons  21 special procedure for preventing personation of elector~  clal1sis22 voting at an opinion poll counting of votes 23 s 25 26 ~atructiod,loss, etc, of ballot papers at the time of counting detjarqtiqn of results report of the result 27 28 29 30 offences at opinion poll fresh opinion poll in case of extensive prevalence of offences referred 'tb""'i11'sectioll 27 other electoral offences :j application of certain provisions of act 43 of 1951 delegation of functiolls 01: chief e~oli' 'cmmrttssionl!1"~ power to make rules 31 32 ~saictttm of emf coutts barrett removal of difficulties 34 but no 81 01 i", 51' g,,! 4:,;; '(j  a billto prov~e for the t~kitvg of all opinion poll to ~ertai" tj&e wilhft of the electors of goa, daman and diu with regard to the ~",rc status thereof and for matters connected therewith ~ it enacted by parliament in the seventeenth yeart of the republic of india as follows:- 1 (1) this act may be called the g~, d8iil1plawl :qui ~(~inlon short title poll) ac;t, 1966 i and comm8dce-5 (z)~it shall come int()'force on such date 'as thec~dtral'~~ ment mejlt may, by notification' in the oftlcial gazette appolflt,1 and ·duferent dates may be appointed for different provisions of··this ·aet~  2 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires,-defini_ tions (a) "administrator" means the administrator of the union territory of goa, daman and diu, appointed by the president under article 239 of the constitution; (b) "chief election commissioner" means the chief election s commissioner appointed by the president under article 324 of the constitution; (c) "daman" means the area comprised in the daman assembly constituency; (d) "diu" means the area comprised in the diu assembly 10 constituency; (e) "elector" means-(i) in relation to goa, a person whose name is entered in the electoral roll of an assembly constituency for the time being in force in goa; and is (ii) in relation to daman and diu, a person whose name is entered in the electoral roll of an assembly constituency for the time being in force either in daman or in diu; '   -' (f) "goa'" m:eans the area comprised in the assembly constitue~:aies o( th~ union territory other than the areas comprised 20 in the daman assembly cpnstituency and the diu assembly constituency; (g) "opinion poll" means a poll taken to ascertain the wishes of the electors in pursuance of the provisions of this act; (h) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this 2' act; (i) "union territory" means the union territory of goa, daman and diu; - j cl') all other words and expressions used but not defined in this act and defined in the representation of the people act, 30 1950 or, as the case may be, in the representation of the people 43 of iho act, 1951 shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them 43 of 1951 in those acts 3 an opinion peil shall be taken for the purpose of ascertaining-(a) the wishes of the electori of goa as to whether goa should merge in the state of maharashtra or should continue to be union territory; s opinion poll to ascertain the future status of goa, daman and diu (b) the wishes of ·the electors of daman and diu as to whether daman and diu should merge in the state of gujarnt or should continue to be union territory 4 subject to the provisions of section 22-persons  entitled (a) every elector of an assembly constituency m goa, and tovoteal 10 no other person, shall be entitled to vote at the opinion poll taken opinion in relation to goa; poll (b) every elector of daman assembly constituency and the diu assembly constituency and do other person, shall be entitled to vote at the opinion poll taken in relation to daman and diu is 5 the opinion poll shall be conducted under the superintendence, conduct direction and control of the chief election commissioner c::pinion poll under the superintendence, direction and control of chief election commissioner opinion poll commissioner & the chief election commiaaioner shall designate or nominate one' opinion poll commissioner in relation to the opinion poll in goa and one opinion poll commissioner in relation to the opinion poll in 20 daman and diu and each such opinion poll commissioner shall be an officer of government 7 (1) the chief election commissioner may appoint one or more assistant persons to assist the opinion poll commissioner in the performance opinion of his functions, and every such person shall be an officer of govern- poh com-- missioners 2, ment and shall be called an 8ssistadt pod commissioner (2) every assistant opinion poll commisstoner shall, sabjed to the control of the opinion poll commimioder, be competeat to perform all or any of the functions of the opinion poll commiuioner opi~oa· poucpmmilj8ioner to include a baferences in this act to the opinion poll commissioner shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be deemed to include an assis  tant opinion poll commissioner performing any function which he is competent to perform under sub-section (2) of section 7 assis~t opinion pollc~­missioners performing the functions of -op~od poll commissioner· • itlshnl:(~ltke)genemudu~tof tjae opinion poll conunissioner 5 ) general duty of opinion poll com_ tqr4~:all suqh act~ and,~things as may be necessary! for' ei!eotually conwjcpj)g; the, i qpijl~on· poll in the manner provided· in this act and the rules or orders made thereunder mis~j: provw~ of polling sta~ 10 the opinion poll commissioner of goa and the opinion poll commissioner of daman and diu shall, with the previous approval of the 10 chief election commissioner provide a sufficient number of polling stations re5pectively for goa and for daman and diu and shall publish, in such manner as the chief election commissioner may direct, a list showing the polling stations so provided and the polling areas or groups of voters for which they have respectively been provided is appeint 11 (1) the opinion poll commissioner of goa and the opinion poll men~ ~f-'- commissioner of daman and diu s~n appoint a pretidiolomcet" r pmresulil}sr each· polimg station respectively in goa and in damao and diu and o eers  om ffi h·  ii  for polling s~h pollmg ecor or 0 eers as t e opmlon po colddllssoner constations ceme~thinks necessary, but he shall not appoint any person who has 20 been eaaployeti,by, or on behalf· of, or has been otherwise workingjor, any political party: provided that if a polling omcer is absent from the pqljing statwo, the presiding ofticer ma~ appoint any pel'sc)n who is pj;esent at the pojhng station other than a ,person who has- been employed by, or -25 on behalf of, or has been otherwise working for, any political party to be a polling officer during the absence of the former officer, and inform the opinion poll commissioner concerned accordingly: ~wefl ,twl tlult· d~tlliag in· this su  seetion shall prevent the opinion potl~  isner froid appeidtidg the same person to be the 30 presiding olicer' for more than one polling station in the  sa~ premises (2) apelling ,&fficer shall, if so directed,by the presiding eticer, perform '811 or any of the fundions of the presiding officer under this s act-and-any rules or orders made thereunder (3) if the presididg officer, owing to illness or other unavoidable cause,is obliged to ·absent himself frem the polling,station, his func~ tions sltall be performei by such polling offiter asbas been previously authorised by the opinion poll commissioner to perform suc~ f~c~ 10 tiods during any such absence (4) references in this act to the presiding omcer sball, unlessl the ~~n~~x~ oth~rwise r~quires,' be deemed to include, any' penon perform  ilig any functions which' he is 'directed or authorised'to penorm weier ~uh-sectf()n (2) or' su b:~ttirin (3) l as the case may' be     r [5 : 12" it shail be th'e'g~n'eral'duty of the presiding 'offi'celr at a' 'polling general station to keep order thereat' and to see that' the~opjnibu poll' is ,fairly dut~ o! tak· presiding en officer 13 it' shall be the duty of the polling officers at a po1ling station duty of a toassi'st the presiding offi~er for such station in the performance of polling 20 'lifs' functions' \  "r' 1    "  " ' officer 14 every local authority in the union' territory sliall~ when so ~ sf, req~emm,rbyr the'~i~wmcemm;s&ioouro,'the ~ion pon eftlf· ,, ~~i9percomemed, uavailawe tosuch opinion poll commis- joc:!, ~h,sfdawd8y, ~decllissarytin theperiermanceofl8llf duties :,be n~: zs ja{,ogqectiod with the opi~ pod made ::~  available for work in connec tionwitb opinion poll 15 the president shall, in consultation with the chief election notifica-commissioner, by notification published in the gazette of india fix tion for the date or dates on which an opinion pon shall be taken in secor op~on dance with the provisions of this act and the rules or orders maae po 30 thereunder in relation to goa or ae; the case mav be daman and diu rt6 the chief e>iection commissioner shall fix the hours ~uring f'lxing whith th~ opinion poll will· ~ taken: and, the hours so·bed shall be t~e for nublished in such manner' as may be prescribed: opini ll on ~   po provided that the total period allotted on anyone day for polung at an opinion poll shall not be less than eight hours adjournmentof opinion poll in emergencies 17 (1) if, at an opinion poll, the proceedings at any polling station provided under section 10 are interrupted or obstructed by any riot or open violence, or if it is not possible to conduct the poll at any 5 polling station on accmlnt of any natural calamity or any other sufficient cause, the presiding officer for such polling station shall announce an adjournment of the opinion poll to a date to be notified later, and where the opinion poll is so adjourned by a presiding officer, he shall forthwith inform the opinion poll commissioner 10 c'oncerned ' , , 1 '7'~' '!i" "8 !w!w, (2) whenever an opinion poll is adjourned under sub-section (1), the opinion poll commissioner shall immediately report the circumstances to the chief election commissioner and shall, as soon as may be, with the previous approval of the chief election commissioner, 15 appoint the day on which the opinion poll sliall recommence and fix the polling station at which and the hours during which the opinion poll will be taken and shall not count the votes cast at such opinion poll until such adjourned opinion poll shall have been completed (3) in every such case as aforesaid, the opinion poll commissioner 20 shall ndtify, in such manner as the chief election commissioner may direct, the date, place and hour of polling ftxed under sub-section (2) 18 (1) if at any opinion poll,-(a) any ballot box used at a polling station is unlawfully taken ~ut of the custody of the presiding officer or is accidental- 25 'y'or intentionally destroyed or lost, or is damaged or tampered witli, to such an extent, that the result of the opinion pod at that polling station cannot be ascertained, or fresh opinion poll in case of destruction, etc, of ballot boxes (b) any such error or irregularity in procedure as is likely to vitiate the poll is committed at a polling station, 30 the opinion poll cominissioner shall forthwith report the matter to the chief election commissioner (2) thereupon, the chief election commissioner shall, after taking all material circumstances into account, either-(a) declare the opinion poll at that poning station to be void, 35 appoint a day and, fix the hours, for taking a fresh opinion poll at that polling station and notify the day so appointed and the hour fq fixed in such 'ni~ilner as he may deem flt, or ' (b) if satisfied that the result of a fresh opinion poll at that polling station will riot; in any way, affect the result of the opinion poll! or that the error or irregularity in procedure is not material, issue such directions to the opinion poll commissioner s as he may deem proper for the further conduct and completion of the opinion poll ,'! ' (3) provisions of this act and the rules or orders made thereunder shall apply to every such fresh opinion poll as they apply to the original opil)ion poil~  , ' ii;': ~ ~ 10 19 at the opintori poll, votes shall be given by ballot in such manner as may b  prescribed, and no vote shall be received by proxy  , , i -  : : i ~ ~ ~ manner of voting at opinion is  ' , 1" '('l}ri'~"'i'j " poll 20 wi~ 'prej"'d~ l~ the gejleniity of the provisions containe" special in section 19, 'provision may be made by rules m!"dc unti  tit,  ,,~, procedure for ernabling-" for voting by certain  classes of (a) any of the following persons to give his vote by postal persons ballot, and not in any other manner, at an opinion poll, nainely:-(i) a member of the armed forces of the union or, as the 'case ma,y be, of an armed police force of the union terri tory~to' whom the p~ov~ods of sub·section (3) of section 2,~ /' ~1950 20 ;,ort~~ rep,resentation' of the peop~e'act, 1950, apply;' '                                                                                                         ,                                                                                                                        i·                                                                                                                                                                   ~ i                                                                                                                                                                                  ;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   ,  t,:       (ii) a person who is employed under the govemmellt'ot: india in a post outside india;                                                                             ; - i, '( til)' iifu, '; ~i~ i ~f' 'any: such person as is referred to in  subclau~~s (i) and (ii) to whom the provisions of subsedion (6) of the said sec,tion 20 apply; :, (b) any persoil' subjeded to prevellt!"e detention under any law for the time being in force, to give his vote by postal banot, and not in' any other'manner, at an opinion pou, subject to the fulfilment of such requirements as may be specified in those rules may ~ ~de by rules m~de under this act,-50 21 with a view '!o preventing personation of electors, provision special procedure for preventing persona tion of electors (a) for the marking with indelible ink on the tjtutnb ~r'any other' fidger, of' every eleetor who applies for a ballot paper for , the:p1jl'po$e' 'ofi votinll at a polling station before delivery of such , , paper to him; 35  ':" 'f' ~~ fm;(i~ip, ~t1i~jir~ ~l~;:~~~~t ~" to any person for voiidg:atyq polling station,if at·the time such,person appij~~~" \~~i~r he has ake~ 5u(b,~ mar~ i~ his thumb or an1 othe~ fiqger ' "  :! 1; i' i' ;' i : ~i' , '!1 b j') [j h no') til j  i: ~ ,' ' "'  , ;  : " '1 t" '-22 (1) no pers'on 'shbll ~oteat an opinio~:;pp»"iji:'·~ wpion ~ territory, if he is subject to any of the disqualifications referred to in voting at an opinion poll section~~o~~~~~tw:t~~~ qf,th:e p~~~,!~~a50-i' :':') '(2) n~'b~rsdi1i~m, r~l(1ak~pirrion poh, '~6te ~b~~i~~on~~,~~~; withstanding that his name may have been registered 'in tlie electorj~  r~r~~~fr ~~pr~n~~ ~~;tf ~s ~r~"s~~~~e, ffl~f!~·~t,yrwl~ smllt~ ltd  ~ '~3rnd ~1~glf18aif'~gfe';~~v ~ri' ~p~hi~ftd~)fl¥ fig l:rgoit'iia~~¥lf any prison, w~ether und~r a sentence ~f imp~sonment or ~!anspor­tatibii 'oti ·oth~twls\ij,\:ot:flslih·ltikra\vful :eustoaydof'tf& tp'ormjl' ,~ - - - 0··  i,  , ;'''''~'r "i f, "'! orf ·,;m l~oi  i'/01u fll ui)l1'j~~ l1i provided that nothing in this sub-section shall apply-tw{,tip~rsahl , ~~2~~t~it~jl?~eyi~r~!~~u ~?:t~~~~?~,,~~~!~ft111~1yj ~f~h~ ~~e being iii in ior"e  i j f --',~":j i;t)l) 'f~j :!~'qu l1f; " ,"j /111 ;,1 '~lll :::ll 1) •• ;\ counting of votes destruction,loss, etc, of ballot papers at the time of counting 24 (1) if, at any time before the counting of votes is completed, arty'b'alldt   ,  rs us~· iat" a  011' station ~re' ~lawfudj taken out of'fim" c~a of'tii~:opbit6h ~p~~ '~f~d~~~et' '~r~'mj~:~~~4entany 2~, or intentionally destroyed or lost' or are"aamagecv'or tampered with,  -to such an,ext~ • qat the result·elf ~u·pmm~ pqu a~,that,polling station cannot b~ asce~ained, the  opin~"poq ~iqjjjf/,an forthwith ~ ·-th~ mat~f t~,t~ ~,j;j~ ~mpwi""'!:  i ' ~ 11/ "~"lij ill ii ~;ii:i·)': '~'d ;;,,~, • i "i;t(~:lll':! (1'h" itl 'ii'iiii,i"u, (2) thereupon, the chief election commissioner shall, after tat  30 ing ~1 ~ate~a,1- ~cumstances into account, ~i~er-:-:-"  ,,;1;/ t ,~ (a) direct that the courittiig'orvo~jl~h~f;6e ~~: j~li:eul +h •• na)'l"+ n,t -,11i  t¥>n +- l ~ wvj_ a cia 'fj~lqjnmmt ~ r~ ~,,, ,~i "' '",·>!""1ifinojmi y, and fix the :40u~ ·for ·taking a freah·opioigl),p9llm,qat:j1olhng " ~am09-'~'1n~tify)!t~ d~y; ~int~:land:h6'h'"qo!l4xe6 in 35 ~\l~' ~~~~ ~~ ~ ma! deem fit, or ;wid i)) '1;(i·~q lo (t>)1 ill satisfied that, the res\llt of· a fresh· opinion poll ~t tba~ polling· stamontwill' not, in my way ajfect the result of the opiniod poll,· issu,ei such, di~ods to the opinion pqll commii-t sioner as he may ,deem··proper for the resumption and completiqil s of the counting and for the further conduct and completion of the opinion par in relation to which the votes have been coujllted (a): tbe  provisioijsjoi this act and any rules or orders made ther~~ under'shailapplyttoevery sueh fresh opinion poll as they apply t01 the original opiriion poll l 10 25~" w~n ,t~, ,c0':l~~~n& of, ymes has been completed, the opinion declara-pqu co~~~joyfi:, shall,: unless otherwise directed by the chief tion of ~ ,r  -, el~tion coi]lffijs~io'~~~" ~rth~-ith declare th~ result of the opinion results poll' in' til~ ~ariiler"provided, by' tfiisact~c,)~jhe,r~jes made th~e-("~ under  !'"" , ,  ; ~ i t is 28 as  $p~;~,m~y~;~ter the result ,of, the opinion poll has been report d~ ~~ pqll com~sioner shaj) report ,the r~ul~ tp the of the a~ ~i(tqitp~i,clji~tj elec~i0:ll  gq~i~io~r, ~  the result administrator shall cause the same to be published in the official :j':" 20 : 21 •• secuoft; '~17l'b~ ,(dealing, with the oifencer· of briberh; seetic:a"olfenees 17w; (dea1idgfwdb! theofiedoe)ofundue'lnftuellcft at elections);; sectiod·~l"bpihiorr 171d (dealing with"tbejoflehce~;of personationatelections), sadiad potl" " 171e (dealing with punishment for bribery) and section 171f (deal-, m~\vhw~~ff6fj1ihdfie"ftuid~e,-,0or;npe~bri)(jlt·f1an ~50f1860 2f·eit!ettow) ~t~ lntfiw~£rcba~'~·apply;i1i:·relatf~n·ta' ail ~ otji!lfonltdtltlakel\itwtae¥~tliis aci'subyect· itfthe ·fouowidg modiftca  , tiomt;;naitnhf,l::  ' ",;" :     (a) any reference to a candidate shall be omitted; (0) adi' refer~llceto election shall be construed as a reference to opinid,ll poll~ (c) anyreler~c~ to el~toral right shau' be construed as,8 reference'to tjie'rigftt of a person to vote or refrain from voting at an opinion poll  '/, -' :    ~~!"q";~:~i~"'f'c:'·;  28 (l~ if th~ chief el~ti,!w commissioner, on recei~t of a report fresh j5 fram tfie1bpihiori poli"~ommissjoner' or otherwise, is satisfied tbat the op~d opinion poll taken at any polling station or stations has not been a poll m free one by reason that any of the offences referred to in section 27 has been extensively committed in connection with such poll, he may make a report to the president recommending that a fresh opinion poll be taken at such polling station or stations case of extensive preval_ ence of offences referred to in (2) the president may, after considering the report of the chief 5 ~"~ction 27 election commissioner, direct that a fresh opinion poll shall be taken at such polling station or stations in accordance with the provisions of this act and the rules and orders made thereunder and give such further directions for the com4>letion of the opinion poll as he considers necessary 10 other 43 of 1951 ~ie('toral offences 29 the provisions of sections 125 to 132 and 134 to 136 of· the representation of the people act, 1951, shall, so far as may be apply to an opinion poll as they apply to an election under that act, and any reference in those provisions to-is (a) the chief electoral officer shall be omitted; (b) a returning officer and an assistant returning officer shall be construed as a reference to an opinion poll commissioner and an assistant opinion poll commissioner respectively 30 the provisions of sections 160 to 167 of the representation of the people act, 1951, shall apply, so far as may be, to and in 20 relation to an opinion poll as they apply to and in relation to an election and any reference to the state government in those sections shall be construed as a reference to the administrator application of certain provisions of act 43 of 1951 31 the functions of the chief election commissioner under this act or under the rules made thereunder may, subject to such general 25 or special directions, if any, as may be given by the chief election commissioner in this behalf, be performed also by a deputy election commissiuner or by the secretary to the election commission delegation of functions of chief election commis_ sioner power to make rules 32 (1) the central government may, after consultation with the chief election commissioner, by notification in the official gazette, 30 make rules for carrying out the purposes of this act (2) in particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregooing power, such rules may provide for all or any of the fo11o\,-ing matters, namely:-(a) the duties of the opinion poll commissioner; 35 (b) the duties of presiding officers and polling officers at polling stations; l: ~ : ' t·: (c) the manner in which votes are to be given both generally and in the case of illiterate voters or voters under physical or other disability and of the persons specified under section 20; (d) the manner of publication of the hours during which the 5 opinion poll will be taken; (e) the procedure as to voting to be followed at an opinion poll to prevent personation of electors; (f) the manner of declaration of the result of the opinion poll; 10 (g) any other matter required to be prescribed by, or provided for by rules under, this act 33 no civil court shall have jurisdiction to question the legality jurisdic-01 any action taken or of any decision given by the chief election tion of commissioner or by the opinion poll commiesioner or by any other civil 15 person appointed under this act in connection with an opinion poll ~= 34 if any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this remcvaj 01 act, the central government may, by order published in the offi- difficulties cial gazette, do anything not inconsistent with- such provisions which appears to it to be necessary or expedient for the purpose of re-20 moving the difficulty  stateme~tbi ;b:e~ts and rlasons{h)a, namiiti 'an~fljiri:wereli&oiistituted'int(f a' ubion· territory with effect from the 20th december, 1961 'k:le~itn~e:assembiyi'and a ,-council of ministers' w~re i oojiuftituted in tbe ,union, turitory in december, 1963 there pa&;been ,a demadcl: f:rod)j~seations of ~~~tr:'mah~r~jrrt~;r~~e'~~!u:b~:::~~i~cir;~p:ed:,;= its continuance as a separate entity with a view to taking ii'debision -oijlltll¥ it"'-tjtti1scoqqsidead~",ti:jijdeerwd  vtilhes of the i electors ~f this union territor,~tlljxii:tg1nailnapinicjd pilh,dnijtiw\,question whether the goa area should merge in the adjoining state of m~sbtrarqlt~ddb and' whethell thet ,diailaa ,dol)ilrj areas slfuuld ! " , -- d;lerg~'in, tbe'adjoinitlg"8aiat81oi:igli:jarat or aouy''diisibilll,seek;s to ~ n~saar,-lpmrisioir1dmejtakihg tbe:opinioij poll generauy on the ij~ ,tu[,;he oocrespondililg; "}1s11ij\1isftinipof:;fte "''ljaw:!qq:: iifi'! tlc{ (1 cla~,~~: l?j~tt~~ :~hlj~~m~ow~~ u~e pre~~dent tq" fix the· d~ or , ,,' dat~s on wliicii \ne opldlon d~l~an pertajte~" gi~~~+ l>,l"9vld~s that electdts16f:>~~~~1~hl~0 'v~htu~h1i~ ~lli',¢~" '~~h· 'b~ aattljed"to ~6t~ l~et}ie;'61rfi6h'u-: 'l~j ~f{ i:l31{' r' ,·ih~ ~l~oil~:',"'! ab  )1  ,j» ", 'iu, shan'be{e~i;dsru y§le ~p~~~q~~on'poif'~~~~~:;~~3:'~:~ provides that the opinion poll shall be conducted under the superintendence, direction and control of the chief election commissioner clause 27 provides that sectionsl7lb, 171c, 171d, 171e and 171f of the indian penal code relating to the offences of bribery, undue influence and personation, shall apply in relation to the opinion pol1 as they apply in relation to an election similarly, clause 29 provides that certain provisions of the representation of the people act, 1951, relating to other electoral offences shall apply to the opinion poll as they apply to an election under that act the bill also makes provision for the appointment of opinion poll commissioners, assistant opinion poll commissioners, presiding officers, polling officers and for other matters connected with the taking of the poll, the result of the poll being declared after the counting of votes and for the publication of the result in the official gazette new delhi; the 14th november, 1966 y b chavan  president's rec~ndat10ns_rit>:'article 117 of , ' "the ,ccl)ntsfilitl'tireion of: -du)ia '-~ , , : 11 ~: )dj ii [j'i i', t\"'t [; (t fcopy'of-letter no f3/j2/fi6sr, dat2d ;ui1l-jn~l'iembel',frl9&filn from shri y b chavan, minister of home affairs to the s~cret~ lok)sabhaj" i:; ''< 'i '" :')2n2'r'''~'1 1,1 '-,,:u,;/) ,l!1:j~itlo the preshtent 'having be-eh informed 61 ih~' stthj~cf thgtt~t--'olfi~ iff bill to'provide'for the nt1{fng of an opinion pon to ascett1iin'the'~~';' of the' '~l~c'tonf 'tlcgoi(, dath11n' and '1jm'witli '1igs'rlf jtdl)tjtei 'f\itucr~'li status ther~fand 'for' matters connected: tm~e'mth;'\~ctlirt~ds1111 the 'consi~raflcm:6f'th~'bfn in·t'fie·lok'silbl\a\tih~er~ at~ml~, ~1~~ ,,>[ of ,the cotts'ffttitibn ';, '! 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[la: 'jr-!; 1u ~::: bw; o~· q; :: q c92usb chiw bs~n !:f: 9(!1jsi~ nlt~~1rj'))j f)1r~rl1 rl~:j/ :-:<u :,,~ en j~ :11~mln~:)vo~ lbl;rl~'_) ',rj; 'jbgm 9d '{sen 29iu'i rbi:2 rbat'll 10 jj9qg~j1 ni 21sjjf>m srit 219jl£m 219[[oi2gjmmo~ iioq cioiniqr <'c t c • i9isub 9rlt ,nlj) 1!,;jni 1'~t:ui~cii :':':0"1 !!:->:rlw oi '!~nnfmjfi~:,ls,~,) a!1:r'oq bl1s ~1'j')mo gnibi291q ~cu jn9'l91q (lj iioq non:qo 1c ~rrj;v (,! i;£ s:ub9:0-:rq uu ,n~,v[a sd u£da :)j9 ,cio;1sci021~q 2i9j1sm 91s sbsm sj '{hm 2'3!ll1 c:~:rlw 10 !:9q291 nl 219tjem !ldt 10 ctoitss9l9b 9ch ri~u2 2s bus 9'lub~~:11q bns est9b· s'lijslteinimba·lo   19t:>slsd:> !sanotl s 10 al 1!)woq 'vus121a,1  a ~ 1 lito provide fo: tbe takint: of an opinion poll to ascertain tl:e wishes of the eleetos of goo, daman and diu with regard to the fu'ture sratus thereoi and fo!" matters connected therewith (shn' y b chavan, minister of home affairs) 