 the representation of the people (amendment) bill, 1960(as introduced in lok sabra on 18th april 1960) (as introduced in lok sabha)  a billfurther to amend the representation of the people act, 1950 43 of 1950 be it enacted by parliament in the eleventh year of the republic of india as follows:-1 this act may be called the representation of the people short title (amendment) act, 1960   amendment s 2 section 12 of the representation of the people act, 1950 of section 12 10 (hereinafter referred to as the principal act) shall be re-numbered as sub-section (1) of that section and after that sub-section as so re-numbered, the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:-"(2) an order under sub-section (1) may contain provisions for the allocation of any member representing any council constituency immediately before the making of the order to any constituency delimited anew or altered by the order and for such other incidental and consequential matters as the president may deem necessary" 15 3 in section 28 of the principal act, in sub-section (2), clause amendment ( d) shall be omitted ofsectlon 28 4 for section 31 of the principal act, the following section shall substitution be substituted namely'-of new ,  section for section 31 "31 if any person makes in connection with-making 20 (a) the preparation, revision or correction of an elec- fa1~e declarattons toral roll, or (b) the inclusion or exclusion of arty entry in or from an electoral roll, a statement or declaration in writing which is false and which he either knows or believes to be false or does not believe to be true, he shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term 5 which may extend to one year, or with fine, or with both"  5 in the fourth schedule to the principal act,-amendment of fourth schedule (a) under the heading "andhra pradesh", for the entry "2 district boards", the entry "2 zilla parishads" shall be substituted; 10 (b) under the heading "uttar pradesh", for the entry "2 district boards", the following entry shall be deemed to have been substituted with effect from the 1st day of february, 1960, namely:-"2 zilla parishads including antarim zilla parishads" is  statement of objects and reasonsthe main reason for bringing forward this bill is the urgent need to amend the lists of local authorities in relation to the states of andhra pradesh and uttar pradesh as given in the fourth schedule to the representation of the people act, 1950, for the purposes of the impending biennial elections to the legislative councils of these two states district boards have been abolished in both these states and in their places zilla parishads have been set up in andhra pradesh under the andhra pradesh panchayat samithis and zilla parishads act, 1959 and anoorim zilla parishads have been set up in uttar pradesh under the uttar pradesh antarim zilla parishad act, 1958 antarim zilla parishads in uttar pradesh will be replaced by regular zilla parish ads in due course in view of the impending hiennial elections to the andhra pradesh and the uttar pradesh legislative councils from local authorities constituencies it is urgently necessary to amend the lists of local authorities for these two states by substituting for district boards these new bodies as in clause 5 of the bill the amendment in relation to uttar pradesh is proposed to be given retrospective effect from the 1st february, 1960 as the members of the antarim zilla parishads have already been included in the electoral rolls for local authorities constituencies, as they had to be, based on the view that the antarim zilla parishads are district boards to all intents and purposes this opportunity has been taken to propose certain minor amendments in sections 12, 28 and 31 of the act as suggested by the election commission in the absence of any specific provision, an order under section 12 altering or amending a delimitation order made under section 11 may not contain any provisions relating to incidental or consequential matters such as allocation of any sitting member to any constituency altered or newly created by the amending order it is proposed to insert a new provision in section 12 for such incidental and consequential matters as in clause 2 of the bill though under the act, electoral registration officers are charged with the duty of preparation and revision of electoral rolls, claims and objections in respect of entries in thc draft tous are disposed of by a separate category of officers, namely, revising authorities appointed in pursuance of rules made under section 28 this dual system besides being unduly cumbrous and dilatory results in making the electoral registration officers only nominally responsible for the accuracy of the electoral rolls it is accordingly proposed to do away with this dual system and place the responsibility for disposing of claims and objections in respect of entries in the draft rolls on the electoral registration officers themselves and for that purpose to omit clause (d) of sub-section (2) of section 28 of the act, as in clause 3 of the bill because of its limited scope, section 31 does not fully serve the purpose for which it was enacted under clause (a) of this section a person commits an offence only if he makes a false statement or declaration in writing in or in connection with a claim or application to include his own name in the electoral roll but not when he does so in respect of some other person furthermore, the section appears to be applicable only to statements made in claims and objections made before revising authorities or in applications made under section 23 of the act for inclusion of names but not to statements made before any other persons, as for example, enumerators at the stage of the initial preparation or annual revision of the rolls experience has shown that false statements are made at this stage also in quite a number of cases it is accordingly proposed to widen the scope of section 31 as in clause 4 of the bill r m hajarnavis new delhi; the 13th april, 1960  annexureextracts from the representation of the people act, 1950 (43 of 1950) - - - - - - - - - 12 the president ,may, from time to time, after consulting the power to alt-election commission, by order, alter or amend any order made by er or amerul orders him under· - - section 11 - - - - - - - - - 28 (1) the central government may, after consulting the elec- power' to tion commission, by notification in the official gazette, make rules m:ke rule • for carrying out the purposes of this act (2) in particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:-- - - - - - (d) the constitution and appointment of revising authorities to dispose of claims and objections; - - - - 31 if any person makes in or in connection with-making (if false declarll-(a) a claim or' an application for the inclusion in an electoral tions roll of his name, or - (b) an objection to the inclusion therein, or an application for the exclusion or deletion therefrom, of the name of any other person, a statement or declaration in writing which is false and which he either knows or believes to be false or does not believe to be true he shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine or with both  - - - - - - - -  the fourth schedule[see section 27 (2) j local authorities for purposes of elections to legislative councils andhra pradesh - - - - - 2 district boards  - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 district boards - - - - - a bill further to amend the representation of the people act, 1950 (shr': rm hajarnam, deputy minister of law) 