The Bihar State Council of Ayurvedic and Unani Medicines (Electoral Rolls and the Conduct of Elections and Election Petition) Rules, 1953

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    "slug": "the-bihar-state-council-of-ayurvedic-and-unani-medicines-electoral-rolls-and-the-conduct-of-elections-and-election-petition-rules-1953",
    "title": "The Bihar State Council of Ayurvedic and Unani Medicines (Electoral Rolls and the Conduct of Elections and Election Petition) Rules, 1953",
    "short_title": "The Bihar State Council of Ayurvedic and Unani Medicines (Electoral Rolls and the Conduct of Elections and Election Petition) Rules, 1953",
    "act_number": "Published vide Framed under Section 55(2)(a) of th",
    "act_year": 1953,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Bihar",
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    "enactment_date": null,
    "description": "The Bihar State Council of Ayurvedic and Unani Medicines (Electoral Rolls and the Conduct of Elections and Election Petition) Rules, 1953",
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    "sections": [
        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "2. Definitions.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) \"the Act\" means the Bihar Development of Ayurvedic and Unani System of Medicine Act, 1951;\n(b) \"appendix\" means an appendix appended to these rules;\n(c) \"attesting officer\" means a Magistrate or any other Gazetted Officer in the employment of the State Government or in the Central Government;\n(d) \"corrupt practice\" means any of the practices specified in Parts I and II of Schedule to these rules;\n(e) \"form\" means a form appended to these rules;\n(f) \"registration officer\" or \"returning officers, in relation to any matter relating to the preparation of electoral rolls or the conduct of elections\", means the Registrar of the Council;\n(g) \"section\" means a section of the Act;\n(h) all words and expressions used in these rules and not defined therein and defined in the Act shall have the same meaning as respectively assigned to them by the Act.\n3.\n4.\n(ii) On the expiry of the period specified in the notice under sub-section (1) for receiving claims and objections, the registration officer shall consider the claims and objections so received and revise the electoral roll in accordance with any order which may be passed by him on such claims and objections. The electoral roll as so revised shall be deemed to be final and conclusive. A copy of the revised electoral roll shall be kept in the office of the Registration Officer and the District Magistrate for inspection and a notice that it has been finally published and kept in the office of Registration Officer and the District Magistrate and will be available for inspection shall be published in the Bihar Gazette.\n(iii) For the purpose of election to the Council under clauses (i) and (k) of Section 3 the State shall be divided by the President into suitable constituencies for Hakims and Vaidyas in accordance with the numbers of Hakims and Vaidyaslo be elected under the above clauses.\n5.\n(ii) In the case of other electorates any person whose name is on the electoral rolls and who is not disqualified under Section 5 may be nominated as a candidate for election from his respective constituency. Such nominations shall be supplied by the Returning Officer free of cost.\n6.\n(ii) On receipt of each nomination paper, the Returning Officer shall forthwith endorse tho-eon the date and hour of receipt.\n(iii) Any nomination paper which is not received by the Returning Officer before the date and time appointed therein shall be rejected.\n7.\n8.\n9.\n10.\n11.\n12.\n13.\n14.\n15.\n16.\n(a) the receipt of nomination papers and their scrutiny;\n(b) the sending of voting papers;\n(c) the receipt of voting papers and the scrutiny and counting of votes.\n17.\n18.\n(i) that the elected candidate induced by fraud, intentional misrepresentation, coercion or threat of injury to any voter to give or to refrain from giving a vote;\n(ii) that the elected candidate offered or gave money or valuable consideration or any place of employment or held out any promise of individual advantage or profit to any voter;\n(iii) that the elected candidate procured the giving of a vote in the name of voter who is not a person giving such vote;\n(iv) that the elected candidate was declared to be elected by reason of the improper rejection or admission of one or more vote or for any other reason was not duly elected by a majority of valid votes.\n19.\n(ii) The petition shall be accompanied by a deposit of two hundred rupees as security of costs and a list signed and verified in like manner setting forth full particulars of the corrupt practice which the petitioner alleges.\n20.\n(a) on the ground that the name of any person qualified to vote has been omitted from or the name of any qualified person has been inserted in the electoral roll;\n(b) on the ground of any non-compliance with any rule or any mistake in the forms required thereby or any error or irregularity or informality on the part of the Returning Officer unless such non-compliance, mistake, error, irregularity or informality has materially affected the result of the election.\n21.\n22.\n23\nForm I\nForm I\nElectoral Roll\nList of persons qualified to vote under Section 3, sub-section (1) clauses (e), (f), (g), (h), (i), (j) or (k) of the Development of Ayurvedic and Unani Systems of Medicine Act, 1951\nList of persons qualified to vote under Section 3, sub-section (1) clauses (e), (f), (g), (h), (i), (j) or (k) of the Development of Ayurvedic and Unani Systems of Medicine Act, 1951\nSerial No.\nRegistration No. in case of persons qualified to\n\t\t\t\tvote under sub-sections (i), (j), (k)\nName\nFather's name\nAddress\nRegistrar,\nCouncil of Ayurvedic and Unani Medicines, Bihar",
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    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "bh120",
        "Act Number": "Published vide Framed under Section 55(2)(a) of the Bihar Development of Ayurvedic and Unani Systems of Medicine Act, 1951 (Bihar Act 31 of 1951) vide Notification No. 1344/ L.S.G., dated 7th December, 1953.",
        "Enactment Date": "",
        "Act Year": "1953",
        "Short Title": "The Bihar State Council of Ayurvedic and Unani Medicines (Electoral Rolls and the Conduct of Elections and Election Petition) Rules, 1953",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Bihar"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:19"
}