Haryana Panchayati Raj Election Expenditure (Maintenance and Submission of Accounts) Order, 1996

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    "title": "Haryana Panchayati Raj Election Expenditure (Maintenance and Submission of Accounts) Order, 1996",
    "short_title": "Haryana Panchayati Raj Election Expenditure (Maintenance and Submission of Accounts) Order, 1996",
    "act_number": "Published vide Haryana Gazette, (Extra.) dated 10.",
    "act_year": 1996,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Haryana",
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    "description": "Haryana Panchayati Raj Election Expenditure (Maintenance and Submission of Accounts) Order, 1996",
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        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "1. Short title, extent, application and commencement.",
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            "number": "2",
            "title": "2. Definition and Interpretation.",
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            "content": "(a) \"Act\" means the Haryana Panchayati Raj Act, 1994 (Haryana Act No. 11 of 1994);\n(b) \"Election Expenditure\" means any expenditure incurred or authorised by a candidate or his election agent in connection with the election between the date on which he has been nominated and the date of declaration of results thereof, both days inclusive;\n(c) \"Panchayat\" means an Institution of Self-Government constituted under Article 243-B for the rural areas and includes Gram Panchayat, Panchayat Samiti and Zila Parishad;\n(d) \"Rule\" means the Haryana Panchayati Raj (Elections) Rules, 1994;\n(e) \"Selection\" means the Section of the Haryana Panchayati Raj Act, 1994;\n(f) \"State Election Commission\" means the State Election Commission, Haryana constituted under Article 243-K of the Constitution read with Section 212 of the Haryana Panchayati Raj Act, 1994;\n(g) \"Sub-paragraph\" means a sub-paragraph of the paragraph in which the word occurs; and",
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        {
            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. Notification by State Election Commission to prescribe the election expenditure limit.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. Maintenance of election expenditure account.",
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            "number": "5",
            "title": "5. The Election expenditure shall be maintained in accordance within the procedure laid down below.",
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            "content": "(b) Failure to produce this register on demand by the authority mentioned (a) above will be considered as a major default.\n6.\n(b) The Deputy Commissioner-cum-District Election Officer (Panchayat) or the officer specified in sub-para (a) above shall within 2 days from the date on which the account of election expenses has been lodged by a candidate under sub-para (a) above, cause a notice to be affixed to the notice board of his office specifying :-\n(i) the date on which the account has been lodged;\n(ii) the name of the candidate; and\n(iii) the time and place at which such accounts can be inspected.\n(c) Any person shall on payment of a fee of Rs. 5 be entitled to inspect any such account and on payment of such fee as may be fixed by the State Election Commission in this behalf be entitled to obtain attested copies of such account or of any part thereof.\n7.\n(b) Each candidate while lodging the returns of his election expenditure shall also file an affidavit on oath as in Annexure III that the expenditure shown as nil, if any, on items listed in the proforma or left blank therein has not been incurred by him. The affidavit will also clearly state that the election expenditure on listed items relating to thereto has been completely and unexceptionally included in the return and there is nothing that has not been disclosed.\n8.\n9.\n10.",
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        {
            "number": "11",
            "title": "11. Disqualification for failure to lodge account of election expenses.",
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            "content": "(a) has failed to lodge an account of election expenses within the time and in the manner required under this order; and\n(b) has no good reason or justification for the failure, the State Election Commission shall, by order published in the official Gazette, declare him to be disqualified and any such person shall be disqualified for a period of three years from the date of the order.\n12.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "13",
            "title": "13. Power of State Election Commission to issue instructions and directions.",
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            "content": "(a) for the clarification of any of the provisions of this order;\n(b) for the removal of any difficulty which may arise in relation to the implementation of any such provisions; and\n(c) in relation to any matter with respect to the maintenance and submission of election expenditure return, by the contesting candidates, for which this order makes no provisions or make, insufficient provisions and provisions is in the opinion of the State Election Commission necessary for smooth and orderly conduct of elections.\n14.\n15.",
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    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "hl540",
        "Act Number": "Published vide Haryana Gazette, (Extra.) dated 10.6.1996",
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        "Act Year": "1996",
        "Short Title": "Haryana Panchayati Raj Election Expenditure (Maintenance and Submission of Accounts) Order, 1996",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Haryana"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:19"
}