Bihar District Boards and Municipal Preparation of Electoral Rolls and Conduct of Elections (Barring of Courts Jurisdiction) Act, 1951

Q: What does Section 2 of Bihar District Boards and Municipal Preparation of Electoral Rolls and Conduct of Elections (Barring of Courts Jurisdiction) Act, 1951 say?

(a) "executive" in relation to a district board or of a municipality means the Chairman or Vice-Chairman of a district board or of a municipality, as the context in each case may require and include the President of a municipality; and (b) all words and expressions used in this Act and not defined have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the Bihar and Orissa Local Self-Government Act, of 1885 and the Bihar and Orissa Municipal Act, 1922, and the rules made under clause (a) of Section 1

Q: What does Section 3 of Bihar District Boards and Municipal Preparation of Electoral Rolls and Conduct of Elections (Barring of Courts Jurisdiction) Act, 1951 say?

(a) to entertain or adjudicate upon any question whether any person is or is not entitled to be registered in an electoral roll for an electoral circle of a district board or a ward of a municipality, or (b) to question the legality of any action taken by or under the authority of a registration officer or of any decision given by any authority appointed by or under any such enactment for the revision of any such roll, or (c) to question the legality of any action taken or of any decision given

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Sections

1. Short title.

Section 1

2. Definitions.

Section 2

3. Bar of jurisdiction of Courts in all matters appertaining to preparation of electoral rolls of electoral circles of district boards and wards of municipalities and conduct of elections thereto.

Section 3

4. Amendment of Section 19 of the Bihar and Orissa Municipal Act, 1922.

Section 19

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