 8m no s of i" the repr'hsentation of the people (amendment) bill, i9st a billfurthe-r to amend the representatton of the people act} 1950, and the representation of the people act, 1951 be it enac,ted by parliament in the fifteenth year of the republic of india 8s follows:-1 this act may be called the representation of the people short (amendment) act, 1964 title 2 in section 20 of the representation of the people act, 1950-(a) in sub-section (3) ,-amend ment of section 20 of act 41 ot 1950 fo (i) after the words "a member of 1he armed forees of the union", the words "or, a member of an armed police force of a state who is serving outside that state," shall be inserted; (ii) after the words "in the armed forces", the words "or, as the case may be, in that armed police force" shall be inserted; (b) in sub-section (5), after the words "anned forces", the is words "or, as the case may be, the armed police force" shall be inserted 3 in section 60 of the representation of the people act, 1951, in amendb  h mentol su -clause (\) of clause (a), after the words "armed forces of t e section 60 union", the words "or, as the case may be, of an armed police force of ac\ 43 i'0 of a state," shall be inserted of 195   stahment of objects anb reasonsa member of the armed forces of the union is, by virtue of seqi tion 20 (3) of the representation· of the people act, 1950, deemed to be ordinarily resident in his home constituency and, therefore, is eligible for registration as a voter in the electoral roll for such constltuency, although on account of exigencies of service he may be away from, and not ordinarily resident in, the home constituency at the time of the preparation or revision of the electoral roll as a corollary to this, a member of the armed forces of the union is, by virtue of section 60 of the representation of the people act, 1951, entitled to give his vote by postal ballot 2 such facilities are not, however, available to the members of the armed police forces of a state, when they are employed on duty outside the state this is anomalous it is proposed to remove this anomaly by bringing such members of the· armed police forces· of a state on a par with the members of the armed forces of the union 3 the bill seeks to achieve this object by amending section 20 of the representation of the people act, 1950 and section 60 of the representation of the people act 1951 new dblhi; a k sen the 27th august, 1964  extracts from the representation of the people act, 1950 (43 or 1850) - • -  - •20 -   - - - meaning of "ordf- narily resi-(3) a member of the armed forces of the uruon shall be deemed dent" to be ordinarily resident on any date in the constituency in which, but for his service in the armed fo~ces, 4e would have been ordinarily resident on that date -  - - - - (5) the statement of any such person as is referred to in subsection (3) or sub-section (4) made in the prescribed form and verified in the prescribed manner, that but for his service in the armed forces or but for his holdine any such office or being employ- ed in any such post as is referred to in sub-section (4) he would have been ordinarily resident in a specified place on any date, shall, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, be conclusive evidence of that fact '   - - - - - -  extract from the rilpresentation of the people act, 1951 (43 of 1951)  - - - - 60 without prejudice to the ~efterahty of the provisions contain- speeial ed in section 59, provision may be made by rules made under this f~~edure act for enablingvotln" by , certain (a) any of the following persons to give his vote by postal classes of ballot, and not in any other manner, at an election in a consti- persons tuency where a poll is taken, namely;-48 of 1~1io (i) a member of the armed forces of the union to whom the provisions of subsection (3) of section 20 of the representa·tion of the people act, 1950 apply - - - - - - a bill funher to amend the representation of the people act, 1950, and the representation of the people act, 1951 (shri asoke k sen, minister of ltlfj)) 