 the representation of the" people (amendment) bill, 1955(as introduced in lok sabha)  the representation of the people (amendment) bill, 1955 (as introduced in lok sabha) abill turther to amend the representation of the people act, 1950, and to make certain consequential amendments in the govemtnent of part c states act, 195! be it enacted by parliament in the sixth year of the republic of inn ia as follows:-1 (1) this act may be called (amendment) act, 1955 the represenhtio:l 'jf the people short title and ccjlft mencement l2) it shall come into force on the 1st day of january, 1956 5 z in section 2 of the representation of the people act, 1950afen~:lt (hereafter in this act referred to as the principal act), in sub-section~ 8 on (1),-(a) in clause (b), for the words and figure "by order made under section 9", the words "by law" shall be substituted; 10 (b) in clause (cc), for the words "council of states", the words lcelectoral college" shall be substituted; is 20 (c) in tlause (f), for the words and figure "by section 6 or by order made thereunder", the words "by h\w" shall be substituted; (d) after clause (h), the following clause shall be added at the end, namely:-"(i) 'state government', in relation to a part c state, means the lieutenant·governor or chief commissioner thereof" 3 in section 3a of omitted the principal act, sub-section (2) shall be amendment of section ,9a t section 5 of the principal act shall be omitte<l omiaaion of aection s 5 section 8 of the principal act shall be omitted omiuion of section 8 ~en~t 6 in section 9 of the principal act, in clause (a), after the words tecbon 9· "each state", the words "specified in the second schedule" shall be inserted s insertion of 7 after part ii of the principal act, the following parts shall i:~ p:j be inserted, namely: _   i ii-b  "part ii-a officerschief electoral officen 13a (1) there shall be for each state a chief electoral officer 10 who shall be such officer of government as th~ el~ction commission may, in consultation with that government, designate or nominate in this behalf (2) subject to the superintendence, direction and control of the election commission, the chief electoral officer shall super-is vise the preparation and revision of all electoral rolls in the s'tate under this act electoral re-,iltrauon ofticm l3b (1) the electoral roll for each parli&mentary constituency, assembly constituency, electoral college constituency and council constituency shall be prepared and revised by an elec- 20 toral registration officer who ihall be such officer of government or of a local authority as the election commission may, in consultation with the government of the state in which the constituency is situated, designate or nominate in this behalf aiiitaut electoral rep-tration officer  (2) an electoral registration officer may, subject to any 25 prescribed restrictions, employ such persons as he thinks fit for the preparation and revision of the electqral roll for the constituency ; 13c (1) the election commission may appoint one or more persons as assistant electoral registration officers to assist any 30 electoral registration officer in the performance of his functions (2) every assistant electoral registration oftk-er shall"  jubject to the control of the electoral registration officer, be' competent to perform all or any of the functions of the electoral registration officer ,35  part ii-b eltcooltal rolls for parliamentary constitt1inci£s13d the electoral roll for every parliamentary constituency blcc:toral roil shall consist of the electoral rolls of 80 much of all the assembly for  ~liamen_  cod-s constituencies or, as the case may be, electoral college constitu- ltituendet encif>s as aie comprised within that parliamentary constituency; and it shall not be necessary to prepare or revise separately the electoral roll for any such parliamentary constituency" 8 in part iii of the principal act, for the heading, the following substitu~ 10 heading shall be substituted, namely:-:,nr:r ~e -heading of  "flectoftal nolls for assembly and electoral college 'part in constituencies" •is 9 for section 14 of the principal act, the following section shall !;bstitudon be substituted, namely: -tiod ~ :: don 140 "14 in this part, unless the context otherwise requires,-definitions (a) 'constituency' means an assembly constituency or an electoral college constituency; (b) 'qualifying date', in relation to the preparation or revision of every electoral roll under this part, means the 1st day of march of the year in which it is so prepared or revised" 10 in section 17 of the principal act, after the word 'consti- amendment tuency', the words 'in the same state' shall be inserted of'iecdoa 17· 11 for section 19 of the principal act, the following section shall substitution 25 be substituted, namely: -~~nn;: :-reistration "19 subject to the foregoing provisions of this person who, on the qualifying date-p t tion 19· ar , every conditiod of 30 (a) is not less than 21 years of age,' and (b) is ordinarily resident in a constituency, shall be entitled to be registered in the electoral roll for that constituency" 12 in section 20 of the principal act,-35 (a) for sub-section (3), the following sub-section shall be amendment substituted, namely: -_ of iectioa 20 "(3) a member of the armed forces of the union shall be deemed to be ordinarily resident on any date in the eonstituency in which, but for his service in the ah1\ed forces, he would have been ordinarily resident on that date"; (b) in sub-section (4), the words "during any period or" and the words "during that period or" shall be omitted; (c) in sub-section (5), the words "during any period ar" shall s be omitted; (d) in sub-section (6), the words "during any period" and the words "during that period" shall be omitted; and (e) sub-section (7) shall be omitted sufbatitutiod 13 for sections 21 to 25 of the principal act, the following sections 10 o dew lec- tions for shall be substituted, namely:-lections 21 to 25 - preparatjgn   and lwisiud   of elec:tore1   rou       "21 (1) the electoral roll for each constitut!ncy shall be prepared in the prescribed manner by referen~e to the qualifying date and shall come into force immediately upon its final publi-cation in accordance with the rules made under this act                                                                                    is       (2) the said electoral roll shall thereafter be revised in every subsequent year in the prescribed manner by reference to the qualifying date:    provided that if for any reason the electoral roll is not revised in any year the validity or continued operation of the 20 electoral roll shall not thereby be affected:     provided further that it shall not be necessary to revise in the year 1956 the electoral roll for any assembly constituency provided by order made under section 9 of this act or sub-section (2) of section 4 of the government of part c states act, 1951' 25 xlix of itsi       (3) notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (2), the election commission may at any time, for reasons to be recorded, direct a special revision of the electoral roll for any constituency or part of a constituency in such manner as it may think fit: 30     provided that subject to the other provisions of this act, the electoral roll for the constituency, as in force at the time of tht! issue of any such direction, shall continue to be in force until the completion of the sp,ecial revision so directed correctfoa of entries in el· ectoral rolll 22 (1) the electoral registration officer for a constituency, 35 on application made to him for the correction of an existing entry in the electoral roll of the constituency, shall, if he is satisfied after such inquiry as he thinks fit, that the entry relates to the applicant and is erroneous or defective ill any particular, amend the entry accordjngly (2) any person whose name is entered in the electoral roll of a constituency may apply to the erectoral registration officer s for transposing the entry to another place in the same electoral roil and if the electoral registratic;1d officer, after making such enquiry as he thinks fit, is satisfied that the applicant is entitled lo have his name shown in that other place, he shall amend the electoral roll accordingly 10 23 (1) any person whose name is not included in the idduuod of electoral roll of a constituency may apply in the manner herein-: in after provided for the inclusion of his name in that roll rolla is (2) where an application under sub-section (1} is made at ilny time after the issue of a notification ~alling upon that constituency or the parliamentary constituency within which that con~tituency is comprised, to elect a member or members and before the completion of that election, it shall be made to the chief electoral officer; and in any other case, it shall be made to the electoral registration officer of that constituency - 20 (3} the chief electoral officer or, as the case may be, the electoral registration officer shall, if satisfied that the applicant is entitled to be registered in the electoral roll, direct his name to be inclu~d therein: provided that if the applicant is registered in the electoral 25 roll of any other constituency in the same state, the chief electoral officer or, as the case may be, tbe electoral registration officer shall inform the electoral registration officer of that constituency and that officer shall on receipt of the information strike off the applicant's name from that electoral toll 30 (4) where an application made under this section is rejected an appeal shall lie to the election commission within -h time and in such manner as may be prescribed (5) every application al1d appeal under t1,is section shall be accompanied by the prescribed fee which shall in no case be 35 refunded" 1« in part iv of the principal act, for the heading, the follow- subatitutioa ing heading shall be substituted, namely: -f!an;: !b~ beadtl!f of part lv  iielectoral rolls for cot1ncil constitt1j:ncn:s" ~!6 of u sectio~ 26 of the principal act shall be omi~ted amendment 16 in section 27 of the principal act,- of aectioo 27'(a) for sub-section (2), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:-"(2) for the purpose of elections to the legislative s council of a state in any local authorities' constituency-(a) the electorate shall consist of members of such local authorities exercising jurisdiction in any place or area within the limits of that constituency as are specified in relation to that state in the fourth schedule; 10 (b) every member of a local authority within a local authorities' constituency shall be entitled to be registered in the electoral roll for that constituency; - (c) the electoral registration officer for every local authorities' constituency shall maintain in his is office in the prescribed manner and form the electoral roll for that constituency corrected up-to-date; (d) in order to enable the electoral registration officer to maintain the electoral roll corrected up-to-date the chief executive officer of every local authority (by ~ whatever designation such officer may be known) shall immediately inform the electoral registration officer about every change in the membership of that local authority; and the electoral registration officer shall, on receipt of the information, strike off from the electoral 2s roll the names of persons who have ceased to be, and in· elude therein the names of persons who have become members of that local authority; and (e) the provisions of sections 15, 16, 18, 22 and 23 shall apply in relation to local authorities' constituencies 30 as they apply in relation to assembly constituencies"; (b) for sub-section (4), the following sub-sectlon shall be substituted, namely:-"(4) the provisions of sections 15, 16, 18, 21 [excludinl( the second proviso to sub-section (2)], 22 and 23 shall apply 3s in relation to graduates' constituencies an'd teachers' constitu· encies as they apply in relation to assembly constituencies"; (e) in sub-section (5), clause (a) shall be omitted, and clauses (b) and (c) shall be re-lettered respectively as clauses (a) and (b); (d) tor sub-section (6), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:-u(6) for the purposes of sub-sections (4) and (5) the qualifying date shall be the 1st day of january ~f the year , in which the electoral roll is prepared or revised" u in section 27a of the principal act, in sub-section (1), the amen""'-' 0( 1ccti~ words "or group of states" and the proviso shall be omitted 27a 18 in sections 27b and 27c of the principal act, for the words ameadmmt "council of states constituencies" wherever: they occur, the words ~b=~c;c 10 "electoral college constituencies" sqall be substituted 19 section 27f of the principal act shall be omitted omijlioa of acction 27f 20 in section 27h of the principal act, the words uor group of amendmedt states" shall be omitted of iectjod 27h 21 in section 28 of the principal act, in sub-section (2), for clause amendment '1 (h), the following clause shall be substituted, namely: -of lcction 28 u(h) the revision of electoral rollsj" 22 for section 29 of the principal act, the following section shall substitutiod be substituted, namely: -:on'fbr-:;' dod 29 u29 every local authority in a state shall, when so requested staft'of local 30 by the chief electoral officer of the state make available to any :tho,!~: to electoral registration officer such staff as may be necessary for aviu e the perfol'il\ance of any duties in connection with the preparation and revision of electoral rolls" 23 in the fourth schedule to the principal act,-amendment octbefourlh i, (a) under the sub-heading "bihar", for item u5 the patna schedule administration committee", the following item shall be substituted, namely:-u5 the patna municipal corporation"j and (b) under the sub-heading "madras", in item 4, for the words 30 "major panchayats", the words and figure uclass i panchayats" shall be substituted ~muai,~ u the sixth and seventh schedules to the principal act shall aa'd scvedth be omitted sc:bedulel  s in the govemment of part c states act, 1951,-(a) in section 2,-coniequentl8l aineodmcoliid the goyemment ocpartc sisla aj:t 1951•  (i) in sub-section (1), in clause· (b), for the words, s brackets and figures "by order made under sub-section (2) of section 4", the words "by law" shall be substituted; (ii) suthection (2) shall be omitted; (b) ill section 4, sub-6ection (1) shall be omitted; (c) section 6 shah be omitted; (d) the first and second schedules shall be omitted  statement of objects and reasonsthe proposals in this bill for the amendment of the representation of the people act, 1950, have been fonnulated in the light of the e>cperience gained by the election commission as well as the government in the working of the act during the last five years the changes proposed are explained below:-clause 2-the parliamentary constituencies provided under section 6 and the assembly constituencies provided under section 9 of the act will continue in force only until the dissolution of the house of the people or the legislative assembly of the state but after such dissolution new parliamentary and assembly constituencies as formed by the delimitation commission will come into force it is accordingly proposed to amend the definitions of "parliamentary constituency" and "assembly constituency" in such a way as to cover both the existing constituencies and the new constituencies the name "council of states constituency" is misleading it is not a constituency for the election of a member to the council of states, but a constituency for electing to an electoral college in kutch, manipur or tripura hence it is proposed to change the name to "electoral college constituency" the proposed definition of "state government" is intended to facilitate the administration of the act in part c states clauses 3 and 24-ln view of the amendments made in articles 341 and 342 of the constitution by the constitution (first amendment) act, 1951, sub-section (2) of section 3-a of the act and the sixth and· seventh schedules to that act are superfiuous the scheduled castes and scheduled tribes in relation· to each of the part c states have already been listed by orders of the president it is accordingly, proposed to omit sub-section (2) of section 3-a as well as the sixth and seventh schedules clauses 4 and 5-sections 5 and 8 of the act appear to be superfluous under articles 81 and 170 read with article 325 of the constitution, there cannot be any constituency for the house of th~ people or the legislative assembly of the state other than a territorial constituency as provided by law it is, therefore, proposed to omit these two sections clause 6-the amendment proposed in this clause is consequential upon the proposed integration of tbe election provisions of the  government of part c states act with the provisions 01 the representation of the people actsclauses 7, 8 and 9-by clause 7 it is proposed to insert two new parts in the act, namely, part ii-a and part ii-b in part ii-a, it is proposed to make provision for the administrative machinery for the preparation and revision of the electoral rolls, namely, the chief electoral officer, electoral registration officers and assistant electoral registration officers parts iii and iv of the act contain provisions for the preparation of electoral rolls in all the states the scheme is that in every state there are separate rolls for parliamentary constituencies and for assembly constituencies despite the fact that each parliamentary constituency consists of an integral number of assembly constituencies an electoral registration officer has to be appointed for each parliamentary constituency as well as for each of the assembly constituencies comprised in that parliamentary constituency the electoral rolls have to be formally published, both at the time of preliminary publication and at the time of final publication, for each one of these parliamentary and assembly constituencies separately this leads to unnecessary duplication of work and expenditure which could be easily avoided by making the electoral rou for an assembly constituency the unit and providing that the electoral roll for a parliamentary constituency shall consist of the appropriate number of component units merely put together in the three part c states of kutch, manipur and tripura where there are no legislative assemblies there are what are known as council of states constituencies (proposed to be re-named electoral college constituencies) for the purpose of electing 30 members to an electoral college each of these three states has at present two parliamentary constituencies each of which comprises 15 electoral college constituencies in these states the electoral roll for an electoral college constituency should be the unit and the electoral roll for a parliamentary constituency should consist of 15 of these component electoral rolls put together it is accordingly proposed to provide in the new part ii-b that the electoral roll of every parliamentary constituency shall consist of electoral roll of so much of all the assembly constituencies or, as the case may be, electoral college constituencies as are comprised within that parliamentary constituency and it shall not be necessal'j' to prepare or revise separately the electoral roll of any parliamentary constituency; part til will be limited to the preparation and revision pf electoral rolls for assembly and electoral college constituencies by amending the definition of constituency in section 14 clause l1-8ection 19 of the act lays down two conditions for registration in any constituency, namely, (a) the person should have been ordinarily resident in the constituency for not less than 180 days during the preceding calendar year, and (b) he should not aave been less than 21 years of age on the 1st of march of the year in which the roll is prepared or revised in practice, however, owing to paucity of staff it has not been possible to make anything like a thorough inquiry on the first point, and the authorities responsible for the annual revision of the electoral rolls have mostly been content with ascertaining whether the elector ordinarily resides in the constituency at the time of revision there seems no great advantage in finding out whether an elector has been resident in a constituency for any particular period it is therefore proposed in clause 11 of the bill that the law should be simplified by relating "ordinary residence" to the "qualifying date" rather than to any "qualifying period" clause 12-8ub-section (3) of section 20 of the act distinguishes between members of the armed forces who live in "a barrack, building or place belonging to or provided by the government" and those who are permitted to live in private quarters these latter ate comparatively very few it is desirable to have a uniform rule for all members of the armed forces in order to avoid any discrimination and also to facilitate the administrative work which this provi-·sion throws on the various headquarters it is therefore proposed that the sub-section should be simplified as in clause 12 of the bill the amendments proposed in sub-clauses (b), (c) and (d) are consequential upon the proposed omission of all references to 'the qualifying period' in relation to 'ordinary residence' sub-section (7) of section 20 of the act is now spent and is proposed to be omitted "' clause 13-8ection 23 of the act requires that the electoral roll for each constituency shall be 'prepared' every year in the prescribed manner with reference to the qualifying date in view of the enormous size of the rolls and the expense incurred in the preparation of the first electoral rolls the election commission has decided not to attempt anything like a completely fresh preparation of the rolls every year except in a few localities a house to house inquiry and re-writing of the rolls every year will be unduly expensive and almost impracticable all that is feasible is an annual revision rather than actual preparation of the rolls and it is accordingly proposed that the provisions of existing section 23 of the act should be amended so as to provide for both preparation as well as revision of the electoral roll with reference to the qualifying date it is also proposed that a specific provision saould be made in the section itself relating to the coming into force of the rolls since general elections to the house of the people and the state legislative assemblies (except three) are due in the beginning of 1957, it would not be worth while revising the electoral rolls for the existing parliamentary and assembly constituencies during the year 1956 the election commission would in that year be preparing the rolls for the new constituencies as formed by the delimitation commission hence the second proviso to the new section 21 (2) at present there is no provision in the act for the inclusion of names in electoral rolls such a provision is important enough to find a place in the act itself and this is done in the new section 23 ~cept when an election has been announced in the constituency, the application for inclusion in the electoral roll will lie to the electoral registration officer during the period when an' election is in progress the application will lie only to the chief electoral officer of the state it is also proposed to provide for an appeal to the election commission from an order rejecting an application for inclusion of names clause 16-under section 27 of the act, the qualifying date in the ~sc of the electoral roll of a council constituency is the 1st of april of the year in which the roll is prepared in the case of election by a local authorities' constituency this may give rise to an anomaly because the names of persons who have ceased to be members of local authorities at the time of biennial elections to the legislative council of a state may continue in the electoral rolls and it may not be possible to register in the electoral rolls the names of persons who are members of local authorities at the time of such biennial elections there is hardly any necessity for a qualifying date for the preparation and revision of electoral rolls of local authorities' constituencies it is accordingly proposed to provide for the maintenance of electoral rolls of local authorities' corl'ltituencies up-to-date so that at the time of biennial elections to legislative councils only members (and not ex-members) of local authorities may exercise their franchise clausp 19-as it is proposed to include in part iii of the act, provisions relating to electoral rolls of electoral college constitueneies section 27-f will not be necessary clause 22-jt is desirable that the staff of local authorities should be made available to electoral registration officers for work in connection with the preparation and revision of, electoral 1'ol1s as they are now made available to :returning officers under section 159 of the 1951-act for work in connection with elections for this purpose a new section is proposed clause 23-the old patna city municipality and the p~tna administration committee have merged into the patna municipal corporation established under the patna municipal corporation act "major panchayats" in madras are now known as "class i panchayats" hence this amendment clause 25-the amendments proposed in this clause are consequential upon the proposal to integrate the election provisions of the government of part c states act, 1951 with the provisions of the representation of the people acts h v pataskar new delhi; the 28th july, 1955 - - - - - - definitions z (1) in this act, unless the context otherwise ,requires,--   - -  - (b) "~ssembly constituency" means a constituency provided by order made under section 9 for the purpose of elections to the legislative assembly of a state, - - - - - - (cc) "council of states constituency" means a constituency provided by order made under section 27~ for the purpose of election of members to the electoral college for any part c state specified in the first column of the fifth schedule; - - - - - - (f) "parliamentary constitueney" means a constituency provided by section 6 or by order made thereunder for the purpose of elections to the house of the people; - - - - - ", relcrvatiod 3a (1) of the seats in the house of the people allotted under ~:ate if seclion 3 to each of the states of delhi, himachal pradesh and the p'!~l~ vindhya pradesh, one shall be reserved for the scheduled castes; f~r ~~d~ and of the seats so allotted to each of the states of manipur and §cbeduled vindhya pradesh, one shall be reserved for the scheduled tribes ~bes~cc~ (2) for the purposes of this act, the castes specified in the sixth sra", schedule shall be the scheduled castes in relation to the part c state under which they are so specified, and the tribes specified in  the sev~nth schedule shall be the scheduled tribes in relation to the part c state under which they are so specified - - - - - - paruameni for the purpose of elections to the house of the people, there =:~i shall be the consti~uencies as provided by section 6 or by order ~ade thereunder, and no other constituencies - - - - - - alsembly cofttiluen cles • for the purpose of elections to a legislative assembly, there shall be the constituencies provided by order under section 9, and no other constituencies  9 & soon as may be, after the ~ommeneement of this aa~t the ,oclimltation   of alsembly president shau, by order, determineconltitucn-(a) the constituencies into which each state shall be divid- cici ed for 'the purpose of elections to the legislative assembly of that state; ·      part iii     registration of parliamentary electors -        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19 subject to the foregoing provisions of this part, every person conditionl who-                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     :'                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 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                              lit                                                                                   (3) a member of the armed forces of the union while living in any barrack, building or place belonging to, or provided by, the government shall not be deemed to be ordinarily resident in the constituency within which such barrack, building or place is situate, but shall be deemed to be ordinarily resident during any period or on any date in the constituency in which, but for his service in the armed forces, he would have been ordinarily resident during that period or on that date    (4) any person holding any office in indi~ declared by the pre-sident in consultation with the election commission to be an office to which the provisions of this sub-section apply, or any pe'rson who is employed under the government of india in, a post outside india, shall be deemed to de ,ordinarily resident during any periap or on ilny date in the constituency in which, but for the holding of any                                           16 weh offiee or employmeftt, he would have been ordinarily resident during that period or on that date    (5) the statement of any such person as is referred to in sub-section (3) or sub-section (4) made in the prescribed form and veri-fied in the prescribed manner, that but for his service in the armed forces or but for his holding any such office or being employed in any such post as is referred to in sltb-section (4) he would have been ordinarily resident in a specified place during any period or on any date, shall, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, be conclusive evidence of that fact    (6) the wife of any such person as is referred to in sub-section (3) or sub-section (4) shall, if she be ordinarily residing with such person during any period, be deemed to be ordinarily resident dur-ing that perioo in the constituency specified by such person under sub-section (5)     (7) for the purpose of the electoral rolls first prepared under this act, ·a person who is a citizen of india and has migrated from the territory of pakistan into the territory of india before the 25th day of july, 1949, on account of disturbances or fear of disturbances in his former place of residence shall be deemed to have been ordinarily resident during any period or on any date in the consti-tuency in which he was resident on the said day or, if any other constituency is specified by him in this behalf in the prescribed form and manner, in that other constituency, ~ali!~~ of               21 for the purpose of this part, the qualifying  qu ·/in              'l'f'                          'od                                                                    date and the date"       and qua 1 ymg pen -"q~ifyjna period"                    (a) in the case of electoral rolls first prepared under this               act, shall be the 1st day of march, 1950, and the period begin-              ning on the 1st day of april, 1947 and ending on the 31st day of               december, 1949, respectively; and                    (b) in the case of every electoral roll subsequently pre-              pared under this act, shall be the 1st day of march of the year               in which it is prepared, and the year immediately preceding               thar year, respectively hlectom re-               u (1) the electoral roll for each constituency shall be prepared p"ration            by an electoral registration officer, who shall be such officer of officers            government 01' of a local authority as the election commission may,            in consultation with the government of the state in which the con-           stituency is situated, designate or -nominate in this ,behalf    (2) an electoral registration officer may, subject to any pres-cribed restrictions,  employ such persons as                                               he thinks fit in the preparation or the electoral roll for the constituency                                 i'   !!a (1) notwithstanding anything contained in the foregoing s~jai p~ provisions of this part the first electoral rolls under this act shall ::;/ds w;~ be prepared in relation to such areas (referred to in this act as electoral 'electoral units') in each state as the election commission may, rolls                                                                    dfirat                                                                prepare un-m consultation with the government of that state, direct                                                               der the act     (2) an electoral roll prepared under sub-section (1) shall be pub-lished in such manner and at such places as may be prescribed by reference to the electoral units for which the roll has been prepared for the purpose of inviting claims for inclusion in, or objection to, such roll     (3) for the purpose of the preparation of electoral rolls under sub-section (1) and the claims and objections referred to in sub-section (2), the provisions of sections 15, 17, 18, 19, 20 and 22 shall have effect as if for any reference to a constituency in the said sec-tions there were substituted a reference to an electoral unit                                                           (4) after the constijuencies in a state have been determined under part ii and after the claims and objections in respect of the electoral rolls for all the electoral units or parts thereof comprised in a constituency so determined have been disposed of in accord-ance with the rules made in that behalf under section 28 and such electoral rolls have been altered in accordance with the decisions given on such claims and objections, the electoral rolls for all such electoral units and parts thereof so altered shall be republished in the manner prescribed as the electoral roll for such constituency and shall, on such republication, be deemed                                                                to be the electoral roll prepared under this act for that constituency     23 the electoral roll for each constituency shall be prepared annual pre-every year in the prescribed manner by reference to the qualifying ~e:!~~ of date:                                                                                                 rou   provided that it shall not be necessary to prepare any roll during the year 1951     24 (1) subject to the other provisions of this act, the electoral roll period of for any constituency first prepared under this act shall come into operation of f                       di t i                                't fin i                                              bli ti                                                                                                                                            electoral  orce lmme a e y upon i s                                       a pu                                                 ca on 10                                                               accordance with rolls the rules made under this act and shall remain in force until the 30th day of september, 1952; and every electoral roll subsequently prepared under this act shall come into force on the 1st day of october next after the qualifying date by reference to which that roll is prepared and shall remain in force until the 30th day of sep-tember next following     (2) if for any reason, the electoral roll for any constituency or part of a constituency is in any year not finally published in the                                     18 prescribed manner before the 1st day of october, then, until the day on which it is so published, the electoral roll in force imine diately before the said 1st day of october shall continue in force as the electoral roll for that constituency, or, as the case may be, that part of the constituency | revision    | or                                             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a constituency, on application made to him for the correction of an existing entry in the electoral roll of the constituency for the time being in force shall, if he is satisfied after such inquiry as he thinks fit that the entry relates to the applicant and is erroneou~ or defective in any particular, amend, or cause the roll to be amended, accordingly  part iv registration of electors for state ll:gisuturis'r~arati°l 26 the provisions of sections 15 to 25 (including the special pro-~lf to~1s- visions co~tained in section 22a) shall apply in relation to assembati llcmbly - con- ly constituencies as they apply in relation to parliamentary constituencles t  uencles 27 (1)  - - - - preparatilm of electoral roll for council con-, - tituenciet (2) for' the purpose of elections to the legislative council of a state in any local authorities' constituency, the electorate shall consist of members such local authorities exercising jurisdiction in any place or area within the limits of that constituency as are specified in relation to that state in the fourth schedule  - -  - -  (4) the provisions of sections is, 16, 18, 20, ~2, 23 (excluding the proviso), 24 and 25 shall apply in relation to council constituencies as they apply in relation to parliamentary constituencies (5) subject to the foregoing provisions of this section,-(a) every person who on the qualifying date, was a member of any such local authority within a local authorities' constituency as is referred to in sub-section (2) shall be entitled to be registered in the electoral roll for that constituency; - - - - - (6) for the purpose of this section, the qualifying date in the case of every electoral roll shall be the 1st day of april of the year in which the roll is prepared  part iva manner of filling seats in the council of state's to be filled byrepresentatives of part c states 27a (1) for the purpose of filling any seat or seats in the constitution council of states allotted to any part c state or group of such :ll:~~tora~r states in the fourth schedule to the constitution there shall be an the filling of electoral college for each such state or group of states: ~~n~il ~f provided that for the purppse of filling the' seat allotted to the !~tes p allo~ states of ajmer and coorg or to the states of manipur and tri- stat~~ art pura, there shall be an electoral college for each of the said states - - - - - 2m for the purpose of election of members to the electoral ~o~cil of  college for any state specified in the fix:st column of the fifth sti~~ci:~­schedule there shall be the constituencies provided by order under section 27c and no other constituencies 27c as soon as may be after the commencement of this act, the delimitation president shall by erder determine- ~f cs':: (a) the constituencies into which each state specified in :nstituen the first column of the fifth schedule shall be divided for the ci purpose of election of members to the electoral college for such state; (b) the extent of each constituency; and (c) the number of seats allotted to each constituencies - - - - - z7f (1) for the purpose of election of members to the electoral electoral 11 f s fied ' h fi  rolls for co ege or any tate speci in t erst column of the fifth council of schedule there shall be an electoral roll for every council of states s~ates ron- s stituenclcs constituency in that tate (2) so much of the roll or rolls for any parliamentary constituency or constituencies for the time being in force under part iii as relate to the areas comprised within a council of states constituency shall be deemed to be the electoral roll for th at council of states constituency - - - - - m~nner of 2'70 save as otherwise provided in section 271 the seat or seats ~~~n ~~e in the council of states allotted to any part c state or group of council of such states in the fourth schedule to the constitution shall be ~~t:~ ~c filled by a person or persons elected by the members of the states electoral college for such state or group of states in accordance with the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote - - - - -  part v general28 (1) power to make rules - - - - - (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:-- - - - - , (h) the revision or correction of an electoral roll under section 25 and the final publication of the list referred to in that section; - - - - - validation 29 all things done, and all steps taken, before the commence-~~~~u~onfo ment of this act with a view to facilitating the provisional prepathe com- ration of electoral rolls for the purpose of elections to the house :re:he~t of the people or to the legislatures of states· shall, in so far as they are in conformity with the provisions of this act, be deemed to have been done or taken under this act as if it was in force at the time such ttlings were done or such steps were taken - - - - - - the fourth schedule [see section 27 (2)] - - - - - - bihar - - - - - - 5 the patna administration committee - - - - - - madras - - - - - - 4 major panchayats, that is to say, panchayats notified by the state government in the offici,al gazette as panchayats which exercise jurisdiction over an area containing a population of not less than five thousand and whose income for the financial year immediately preceding the date of the notification was not less than ten thousand rupees - - - - - - - - - - 2 (1) in thjs act, unless the context otherwise requires,-, - - - - - (b) "assembly constituency" means a constituency provided by order made under sub-section (2) of section 4 for the purpose of elections to the legislative assembly of a state; - - - - - (2) for the purposes of this act, the castes specified in the first schedule shall be the scheduled castes in relation to the part c state under which they are so specified, and the tribes specified in the second schedule shall be the scheduled tribes in relation to the part c state under which they are so specified - - - - - 4 (1) for the purpose of elections to the legislative assembly dclimitadqll of a state, there shall be constituencies as provided by order made of coilititlaunder sub-section (2) and no other constituencies: eadc •• - - - - - 6 (1) for the purpose of elections to the legislative assembly electoral of a state, there shall be an electoral roll for every assembly a:m~ constituency ! ~dtucd-- (2) so much of the roll or rolls for any parliamentary constitu- cici ency or constituencies for the time being in force under part m of the representation of the people act, 1950 (xliii of 1950), as relate to the areas comprised within an assembly constituency shall be deemed to be the electoral roll for that assembly constituency - - - - - - a bill further to amend the representafon of the people act, 1950 and to make certain consequential amendments in the government of part c states act, 1951   , (shri h v pataska" minis1er in the ministry of lar1j~) ~  