Arunachal Pradesh Municipal Elections Act, 2009

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    "slug": "arunachal-pradesh-municipal-elections-act-2009",
    "title": "Arunachal Pradesh Municipal Elections Act, 2009",
    "short_title": "Arunachal Pradesh Municipal Elections Act, 2009",
    "act_number": "(Act No. 4 of 2009)",
    "act_year": 2009,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Arunachal Pradesh",
    "law_status": "unknown",
    "enactment_date": null,
    "description": "Arunachal Pradesh Municipal Elections Act, 2009",
    "preamble": "",
    "section_label": "Section",
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        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "1. Short title, extent, & commencement.",
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            "number": "2",
            "title": "2. Definitions.",
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            "content": "(a) \"article\" means an article of the Constitution ;\n(b) \"a citizen\" means a citizen of India as defined under Article 5 of the Constitution of India ;\n(c) \"Commission\" means the Arunachal Pradesh State Election Commission constituted under section 104 of the Arunachal Pradesh Panchayat Raj Act, 1997 (Act No. 5 of 2001);\n(d) \"Constituency\" means a ward of a Municipality;\n(e) \"Constitution\" means the Constitution of India;\n(f) \"election\" means the election to fill a seat in a Municipality;\n(g) \"elector\" , in relation to a constituency of a Municipality, means the person whose name is entered in the electoral roll of that Municipality for the time being in force and who is not subject to any of the disqualification mentioned in section 16 of the Representation of the people Act, 1950;\n(h) \"member\" means a person elected at an election to fill a seat, in a Municipality;\n(i) \"Municipal area\" means the territorial area of a Municipality;\n(j) \"Municipality\" has the same meaning as in clause (e) of Article 243P of the Constitution;\n(k) \"notification\" means a notification published in the Official Gazette ;\n(l) \"order\" means an order published in the Official Gazette ;\n(m) \"ordinarily resident\" has the same meaning as assigned to it in section 20 of the Representation of the People Act, 1950;\n(n) \"Panchayat\" has the same meaning as in clause (e) of Article 243 of the Constitution;\n(o) \"person\" does not include a body of persons;\n(p) \"prescribed\" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;\n(q) \"public holiday\" means any day which is a public holiday for the purposes of section 25 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 ;\n(r) \"Qualifying date\" means the date specified as such by the Commission by notification for the purposes of this Act ;\n(s) \"sign\" , in relation to a person who is unable to write his name, means to authenticate in such manner as may be prescribed;\n(t) \"voting machine\" means any machine or apparatus, whether operated electronically or otherwise, used for giving, or recording of, votes, and any reference to a ballot-box or ballot-paper in this Act or the rules made thereunder shall, save as otherwise provided, be construed to include a reference to a voting machine used at any election;\n(u) \"ward\" means an administrative division of a Municipality;\n(v) Other expressions have the meaning respectively assigned to them in the Arunachal Pradesh Municipal Act, 2008.",
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        {
            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. Power to delimit Municipal area into wards.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Chapter-II\nOfficers",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. Officers.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 3
        },
        {
            "number": "5",
            "title": "5. Co-ordination and supervision.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "6",
            "title": "6. Preparation and revision of electoral roll.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 5
        },
        {
            "number": "7",
            "title": "7. Functions of Assistant Municipal Electoral Registration Officer.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 6
        },
        {
            "number": "8",
            "title": "8. General duties of District Municipal Election Officer.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 7
        },
        {
            "number": "9",
            "title": "9. Municipal Returning Officer.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 8
        },
        {
            "number": "10",
            "title": "10. Assistant Municipal Returning Officer.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "11",
            "title": "11. General duty of the Municipal Returning Officer.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 10
        },
        {
            "number": "12",
            "title": "12. Provision of polling stations for constituencies.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 11
        },
        {
            "number": "13",
            "title": "13. Appointment of Presiding Officers and Polling Officers for Polling stations.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "14",
            "title": "14. General duty of the Presiding Officer and Polling Officer.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 13
        },
        {
            "number": "15",
            "title": "15. Observers.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Chapter-III\nElectoral rolls for Municipalities",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 14
        },
        {
            "number": "16",
            "title": "16. Officers/ officials shall be subject to the control and discipline of the State Election Commission.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 15
        },
        {
            "number": "17",
            "title": "17. Electoral rolls for Municipalities and adoption of electoral rolls.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 16
        },
        {
            "number": "18",
            "title": "18. Condition for registration as a voter.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) is not less than 18 years of age on the qualifying date, and\n(b) is ordinarily resident in a Municipal area shall be entitled to be registered in the electoral roll for that municipal area.",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 17
        },
        {
            "number": "19",
            "title": "19. Disqualifications for registration.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "20",
            "title": "20. Dispute as to whether a person is ordinarily resident.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 19
        },
        {
            "number": "21",
            "title": "21. Preparation and revision of electoral rolls.",
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            "content": "(a) unless otherwise directed by the Commission, for reasons to be recorded in writing, be revised in the prescribed manner by reference to the qualifying date,\n(b) before each general election to the Municipality, and\n(c) before each bye-election to fill a causal vacancy in a seat allotted to the constituency, and",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "22",
            "title": "22. Correction of entries in electoral rolls.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) is erroneous or defective in any particular,\n(b) should be transposed to another place in the electoral roll on the ground that the person concerned has changed his place of ordinary residence within the jurisdiction of the Municipality, or\n(c) should be deleted on the ground that the person concerned is dead or has ceased to be ordinarily resident within the jurisdiction of the Municipality or is otherwise not entitled to be registered in that electoral roll, the Municipal Electoral Registration Officer shall, subject to such general or special directions, if any, as may be given by the Commission in this behalf, amend, transpose or delete the entry :",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "23",
            "title": "23. Inclusion of names in electoral rolls.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 22
        },
        {
            "number": "24",
            "title": "24. Appeal.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 23
        },
        {
            "number": "25",
            "title": "25. Fee for applications and appeals.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Chapter-IV\nGeneral",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 24
        },
        {
            "number": "26",
            "title": "26. Power to make rules.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) the particulars to be entered in the electoral roll;\n(b) the preliminary publication of electoral rolls;\n(c) the manner in which and the time within which claims and objections as to entries in electoral rolls may be preferred;\n(d) the manner in which notices of claims or objections shall be published;\n(e) the place, date and time at which claims or objections shall be heard and disposed off ;\n(f) the final publication of electoral rolls;\n(g) the revision and correction of electoral rolls and inclusion of names therein;\n(h) any other matter required to be prescribed by this Act.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 25
        },
        {
            "number": "27",
            "title": "27. Staff of local authorities.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 26
        },
        {
            "number": "28",
            "title": "28. Making false declarations.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) the preparation, revision or correction of an electoral roll, or\n(b) the inclusion or exclusion of any 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 which may extend to one year, or with fine up to rupees five thousand, or with both.",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "29",
            "title": "29. Breach of official duty in connection with the preparation etc. of electoral rolls.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Chapter - V\nElections",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 28
        },
        {
            "number": "30",
            "title": "30. Allotment/ Reservation of seats.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 29
        },
        {
            "number": "31",
            "title": "31. General disqualifications for membership of a Municipality.",
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            "content": "(a) has been adjudged by a competent court to be of unsound mind; or\n(b) is under twenty-one years of age on the day of filing of nomination; or\n(c) is an un discharged insolvent; or\n(d) being a discharged insolvent, has not obtained from the court a certificate that his insolvency was caused by misfortune without any misconduct on his part; or\n(e) holds any office of profit under the Municipality; or\n(f) has, directly or indirectly by himself or by his partner or employer or any employee, any share or interest in any contract or employment with, by, or on behalf of, the Municipality; or\n(g) is in the service of, or receives remuneration from, the Central or the State Government or the Municipality; or Panchayat or any Government aided society or organization as a regular or adhoc or contractual or contingency employee.\n(h) has been elected to, or appointed as a member under, any other Municipality or Panchayat: or village authority as Gaon Bura, Gaon Buri or Head Gaon Bura by whatever name called.\n(i) any lease, sale or purchase of land or any agreement for the same; or\n(ii) any agreement for the loan of money or any security for the payment of money only; or\n(iii) any newspaper in which any advertisement relating to the affairs of the Municipality is inserted; or\n(iv) any incorporated or registered company which contracts with, or is employed by, the Municipality.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 30
        },
        {
            "number": "32",
            "title": "32. Election of ineligible persons and disqualification subsequently incurred.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 31
        },
        {
            "number": "33",
            "title": "33. Disqualification for dismissal for corruption or disloyalty.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 32
        },
        {
            "number": "34",
            "title": "34. Disqualification for failure to lodge account of election expenses.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) has failed to lodge an account of election expenses within three months (ninety days) from the date of declaration of results and in the manner required by or under this Act and rules made thereunder and\n(b) has no good reason or justification for such failure, the Commission shall, by order published in the Official Gazette , declare him to be disqualified, and such person shall be disqualified for a period of three years from the date of the order.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 33
        },
        {
            "number": "35",
            "title": "35. Disqualification arising out of conviction and corrupt practices.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 34
        },
        {
            "number": "36",
            "title": "36. Notification for general election to a Municipality.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Chapter - VI\nConduct of Elections",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 35
        },
        {
            "number": "37",
            "title": "37. Appointment of dates for nominations etc.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) the last date for making nominations, which shall be seventh day after the date of publication of the first mentioned notification or, if that day is a public holiday, the next succeeding day which is not a public holiday ;\n(b) the date for the scrutiny of nominations, which shall be the second day after the last day of making nominations or, if that day is a public holiday, the next day which is not a public holiday :\n(c) the last date for the withdrawal of candidatures, which shall be the third day after the last date for the scrutiny of nominations or, if that day is a public holiday, the next day which is not a public holiday ;\n(d) the date or dates on which a poll shall, if necessary, be taken, which or the first or which shall be a date not earlier than the fourteenth day after the last date for the withdrawal of candidatures ; and\n(e) the date before which the election shall be completed.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 36
        },
        {
            "number": "38",
            "title": "38. Public notice of election.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 37
        },
        {
            "number": "39",
            "title": "39. Nomination of candidates for election.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 38
        },
        {
            "number": "40",
            "title": "40. Presentation of nomination paper and requirements for valid nomination.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 39
        },
        {
            "number": "41",
            "title": "41. Deposits.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 40
        },
        {
            "number": "42",
            "title": "42. Notice of nominations and the time and place for their scrutiny.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 41
        },
        {
            "number": "43",
            "title": "43. Scrutiny of nomination.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) that on the date fixed for the scrutiny of nominations the candidate either is not qualified or is disqualified for being chosen to fill the seat under this Act :\n(b) that there has been a failure to comply with any of the provisions of section 40 or section 41 ; or.\n(c) that the signature of the candidate or the proposer on the nomination papers is not genuine.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 42
        },
        {
            "number": "44",
            "title": "44. Withdrawal of candidature.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 43
        },
        {
            "number": "45",
            "title": "45. Mention of symbol in nomination paper/ Allotment of symbol.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) The National Parties and the State parties recognized by the Election Commission of India shall be recognized under the very same name by the Commission.\n(b) The National Parties and the State Parties recognized by the Election Commission of India shall use only those very symbols which are reserved for them by the Election Commission of India and not any other symbol.\n(c) The facsimiles of the symbols thus allowed shall not be different from the facsimiles prescribed and recognized by the Election Commission of India.\n(a) allot a different symbol to each contesting candidate in conformity, as far as practicable, with his choice; and\n(b) if more contesting candidates than one have indicated their preference for the same symbol, decide by lot (including computerized random draw) to which of such candidate the symbol will be allotted.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 44
        },
        {
            "number": "46",
            "title": "46. Publication of list of contesting candidates.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(i) candidates of recognized political parties\n(ii) candidates of registered political parties other than those mentioned in clause (i);\n(iii) other candidates.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 45
        },
        {
            "number": "47",
            "title": "47. Election agents.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 46
        },
        {
            "number": "48",
            "title": "48. Disqualification for being an election agent.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 47
        },
        {
            "number": "49",
            "title": "49. Revocation of appointment, or death, of election agents.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 48
        },
        {
            "number": "50",
            "title": "50. Functions of election agents.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 49
        },
        {
            "number": "51",
            "title": "51. Appointment of polling agents.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 50
        },
        {
            "number": "52",
            "title": "52. Appointment of counting agents.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 51
        },
        {
            "number": "53",
            "title": "53. Revocation of appointment, or death, of polling agent or counting agent.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 52
        },
        {
            "number": "54",
            "title": "54. Functions of polling agents and counting agents.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 53
        },
        {
            "number": "55",
            "title": "55. Attendance of contesting candidate or his election agent at polling stations and performance by him of the functions of polling agent or counting agent.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 54
        },
        {
            "number": "56",
            "title": "56.  Non attendance of polling or counting Agents.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 55
        },
        {
            "number": "57",
            "title": "57. Death of candidate before poll.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 56
        },
        {
            "number": "58",
            "title": "58. Procedure in contested and uncontested election.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 57
        },
        {
            "number": "59",
            "title": "59. Eligibility of members of Scheduled Tribes or women to hold unreserved seats.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Chapter-VII\nThe Poll",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 58
        },
        {
            "number": "60",
            "title": "60. Fixing time for poll.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 59
        },
        {
            "number": "61",
            "title": "61. Adjournment of poll in emergencies.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 60
        },
        {
            "number": "62",
            "title": "62. Fresh poll in the case of destruction etc. of ballot boxes.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) any ballot box used at a polling station or at a place fixed for the poll is unlawfully taken out of the custody of the Presiding Officer or the Municipal Returning Officer or is accidentally or intentionally destroyed or lost, or is damaged or tampered with to such extent that the result of the poll at that polling station or place can not be ascertained, or\n(b) any voting machine develops a mechanical failure during the course of giving, or recording of vote; or\n(c) any such error or irregularity as is likely to vitiate the poll is committed at a polling station or at a place fixed for the poll, the Municipal Returning Officer shall forthwith report the matter to the Commission.\n(a) declare the poll at that polling station or place to be void, appoint second or third day, and fix the hours, for taking a fresh poll at that polling station or place and notify the date so appointed and the hours so fixed in such manner as it may deem fit, or\n(b) issue such directions to the Municipal Returning Officer as it may deem proper the further conduct and completion of the election, provided the Commission is satisfied that the result of a fresh poll at that polling station or place will not, in any way, affect the result of the election or that the error or irregularities in procedure is not material.",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 61
        },
        {
            "number": "63",
            "title": "63. Adjournment of poll or countermanding of election on the ground of booth capturing.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) booth- capturing has taken place at a polling station or at a place fixed for the poll in such manner that the result of the poll at that polling station or place cannot be ascertained, or\n(b) booth - capturing takes place in any place for counting of votes in such manner that the result of the counting at that place cannot be ascertained, The Municipal Returning Officer shall forthwith report the matter to the Commission.\n(a) declare that the poll at that polling station or place be void, appoint a day, and fix the hours, for taking fresh poll at that polling station or place and notify the date so appointed and hours so fixed in such manner as it may deem fit, or\n(b) countermand the election in that constituency, provided the Commission is satisfied that in view of the large number of polling station or place involved in booth capturing, the result of the election is likely to be affected or that booth-capturing had affected counting of votes in such manner as to affect the result of the election.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 62
        },
        {
            "number": "64",
            "title": "64. Manner of voting elections.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 63
        },
        {
            "number": "65",
            "title": "65. Special Procedure for preventing personation of electors.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) for the marking with indelible ink of the thumb or any other finger of every elector who applies for a ballot paper or ballot papers for the purpose of voting at a polling station before delivery of such paper or papers to him;\n(b) for the production before the presiding officer or a Polling Officer or a polling station by every such elector as aforesaid of his identity card before the delivery of a ballot paper or ballot papers to him if, under the rules made in that behalf under the Representation of the People Act, 1950, electors of the constituency in which the polling station is situated have been supplied with identity cards with or without their respective photographs attached thereto; and\n(c) for prohibiting the delivery of any ballot paper to any person for voting at a polling station if, at the time such person applied for such paper, he has already such a mark on his thumb or any other finger or does not produce on demand his identity card before the Presiding Officer or a Polling Officer of the polling station.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 64
        },
        {
            "number": "66",
            "title": "66. Right to vote.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 65
        },
        {
            "number": "67",
            "title": "67. Counting of votes.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 66
        },
        {
            "number": "68",
            "title": "68. Destruction, loss, etc., of ballot papers.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) direct that the counting of votes shall be stopped, declare the poll at that polling station or place to be void, appoint a day, and fix the hours, for taking a fresh poll at that polling station or place and notify the date so appointed and hours so fixed in such manner as it may deem fit, or.\n(b) issue such directions to the Municipal Returning Officer as it may deem proper for the resumption and completion of the counting and for the further conduct and completion of the election in relation to which the votes have been counted, provided that the Commission is satisfied that the result of a fresh poll at that polling station or place will not, in any way, affect the result of the election.",
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            "number": "73",
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            "number": "74",
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            "content": "Chapter VIII\nDisputes regarding election",
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            "number": "75",
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            "content": "(a) on the ground that the name of any person qualified to vote has been omitted from the electoral roll, or\n(b) on the ground that the name of any person not qualified to vote has been inserted in the electoral roll :",
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            "number": "77",
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            "content": "(a) a candidate has committed any corrupt practice within the meaning of section 123 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, or\n(b) the result of the election has been materially affected by any act or omission in violation of the provisions of this Act or the rules made thereunder, or.\n(c) the result of the election has been vitiated by any offence punishable under any law for the time being inforce.",
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            "number": "78",
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            "number": "79",
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            "number": "80",
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            "number": "81",
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            "number": "82",
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            "number": "83",
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            "number": "84",
            "title": "84. Casual vacancies in the Municipality.",
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            "number": "85",
            "title": "85. Extension of time for completion of election.",
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            "number": "86",
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            "number": "87",
            "title": "87. Staff of every local authority to be made available for election work.",
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            "number": "88",
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            "number": "89",
            "title": "89. Power to make rules.",
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            "content": "(a) the duties of Presiding Officer and Polling Officers at polling stations ;\n(b) the checking of voters by reference to the electoral roll ;\n(c) the manner in which votes are to be given both generally and in the case of illiterate voter or voters under physical or other disability ;\n(d) the manner in which votes are to be given by a Presiding Officer, Polling Officer, polling agent or any other person, who being an elector for a constituency is authorized or appointed for duty at a polling station at which he is not entitled to vote.\n(e) the procedure to be followed in respect of the tender of vote by a person representing himself to be an elector after another person has voted as such elector ;\n(f) the manner of giving and recording of votes by means of voting machines and the procedure as to voting to be followed at polling stations where such machines are used;\n(g) the procedure of counting of votes recorded by a voting machine ;\n(h) the scrutiny and counting of votes including cases in which a recount of the votes may be made before the declaration of the result of the election ;\n(i) the safe custody of ballot boxes, voting machines, ballot papers and other election papers, the period for which such papers shall by preserved and the inspection and production of such papers ;\n(j) any other matter required to be prescribed.",
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            "number": "90",
            "title": "90. Jurisdiction of Civil Court barred.",
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            "number": "91",
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        "Act Number": "(Act No. 4 of 2009)",
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        "Act Year": "2009",
        "Short Title": "Arunachal Pradesh Municipal Elections Act, 2009",
        "Type": "STATE",
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    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:18"
}