Representation of the People Act,1951
Act No : 43
Section :
Special procedure for preventing personation of electors.
2[61.Special procedure for preventing personation of electors. With a view to preventing personation of electors provision may be made by rules made under this Act :- (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; (b) for the production before the presiding officer or a polling officer of 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 rules made in that behalf under the Representation of the People Act, 1950, (43 of 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Sub.by Act 47 of 1960 s. 33, for sub-clauses (i), (iii) and (iv). Sub-clause (ii) was Omitted by Act 58 'of 1958, a. 24. 2 Subs. by Act 58 of 1958, s. 25, for s. 61. 3 Ins. by Act 30 of 1999, s. 2 (w.e.f. 21-7-1999). --------------------------------------------------------------------- 67 (c) for prohibiting the delivery of any ballot paper to any person for voting at a polling station if at the time such person applies 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.] 4[61A. Voting machines at elections. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act or the rules made thereunder, the giving and recording of votes by voting machines in such manner as may be prescribed, may be adopted in such constituency or constituencies as the Election Commission may, having regard to the circumstances of each case, specify. Explanation.-For the purpose of this section, "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 as including a refer- ence to such voting machine wherever such voting machine is used at any election'.]
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