The Representation of People Act
1 TO BE INTRODUCED IN THE RAJYA SABHA
Bill No. LVIII of 2010
THE REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2010
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BILL further to amend the Representation of the People Act, 1950. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Sixty-first Year of the Republic of India as follows:— 1. (1) This Act may be called the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2010. (2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification 5 in the Official Gazette, appoint.
43 of 1950. Short title and commencement.
2. In the Representation of the People Act, 1950 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), after section 20, the following section shall be inserted, namely:— “20A. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, every citizen of India,— 10 (a) whose name is not included in the electoral roll; (b) who has not acquired the citizenship of any other country; and
Insertion of new section 20A. Special provisions for citizens of India residing outside India.
2 (c) who is absenting from his place of ordinary residence in India owing to his employment, education, or otherwise outside India (whether temporarily or not), shall be entitled to have his name registered in the electoral roll in the constituency in which his place of residence in India as mentioned in his passport is located. (2) The time within which the name of persons referred to in sub-section (1) shall be registered in the electoral roll and the manner and procedure for registering of a person in the electoral roll under sub-section (1) shall be such as may be prescribed. (3) Every person registered under this section shall, if otherwise eligible to exercise his franchise, be allowed to vote at an election in the constituency.”. 10
Amendment of section 22.
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3. In section 22 of the principal Act,— (a) after the words “amend, transpose or delete the entry”, the words “after proper verification of facts in such manner as may be prescribed” shall be
Bill No. LVIII of 2010
THE REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2010
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BILL further to amend the Representation of the People Act, 1950. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Sixty-first Year of the Republic of India as follows:— 1. (1) This Act may be called the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2010. (2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification 5 in the Official Gazette, appoint.
43 of 1950. Short title and commencement.
2. In the Representation of the People Act, 1950 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), after section 20, the following section shall be inserted, namely:— “20A. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, every citizen of India,— 10 (a) whose name is not included in the electoral roll; (b) who has not acquired the citizenship of any other country; and
Insertion of new section 20A. Special provisions for citizens of India residing outside India.
2 (c) who is absenting from his place of ordinary residence in India owing to his employment, education, or otherwise outside India (whether temporarily or not), shall be entitled to have his name registered in the electoral roll in the constituency in which his place of residence in India as mentioned in his passport is located. (2) The time within which the name of persons referred to in sub-section (1) shall be registered in the electoral roll and the manner and procedure for registering of a person in the electoral roll under sub-section (1) shall be such as may be prescribed. (3) Every person registered under this section shall, if otherwise eligible to exercise his franchise, be allowed to vote at an election in the constituency.”. 10
Amendment of section 22.
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3. In section 22 of the principal Act,— (a) after the words “amend, transpose or delete the entry”, the words “after proper verification of facts in such manner as may be prescribed” shall be