Cantonments Act,1924
Act No : 2
Section : POWER TO MAKE RULES REGULATING ELECTIONS
SECTION 31: POWER TO MAKE RULES REGULATING ELECTIONS
Thee[Central Government] may, either generally or specially for any cantonment or group of cantonments, after previous publication, make rules consistent with this Act to regulate all or any of the following matters for the purpose of the holding of elections under this Act, namely :-
(a) the division of a cantonment into wardsa[* * *];
(b) the determination of the number of members to be elected by each wardb[* *]
c[(c) * * * * *];
(d) the preparation, revision and final publication of electoral rolls;
(e) the registration of electors, the nomination of candidates, the time and manner of holding elections and the method by which votes shall be recorded;
(f) the authorityd[(which may be an officer of thef[State] Government)] by which and the manner in which disputes relating to electoral rolls or arising out of elections shall be decided, and the powers and duties of such authority and the circumstances in which such authority may declare a casual vacancy to have been created or any candidate to have been elected;
g[(fa) "the fee to be paid for admission and consideration of any application relating to election or election disputes;]
(g) any other matter relating to elections or election dispules in respect of which thee[Central Government] is empowered to make rules under this Chapter or in respect of which this Act makes no provision or makes insufficient provision and provision is, in the opinion of thee[Central Government], necessary.
OBJECTS AND REASONS Act 15 of 1983. Clause 19.- At present there is no provision insection 31of the Act to make rules for the levy of fee for admission and.consideration of any application relating to election or election disputes. The Committee on Subordinate Legislation has recommended that the power to levy fees of such a nature should flow from the statute itself. Accordingly. a new clause is being inserted in that section to enable the levy of fees. - Gaz. of Ind., 9-7-1982, Pt.II, S. 2, Ext" p. 47 (No. 26).
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