Cantonments Act,1924
Act No : 2
Section : QUALIFICATION OF ELECTORS
SECTION 27: QUALIFICATION OF ELECTORS
a[ (1) Every person who, on such date as may be fixed by the Central Government in this behalf by notification in the official Gazette (hereinafter in this section referred to as "the qualifying date"), is not less than twenty-one years of age and who has resided in the cantonment for a period of not less than .six months immediately preceding the qualifying date shall, if not otherwise disqualified, be entitled to be enrolled as anelector.
(2) A person, notwithstanding that he is otherwise qualified, shall not be entitled to be enrolled as an elector if he on theb[qualifying date]-
c[(i) is not a citizen of India]; or
d[(ii) * * *]
(iii) has been adjudged by a competent Court to be of unsound mind, or
(iv) is an undischarged insolvent, or
(v) has been sentenced by a Criminal Court to imprisonment for a term exceedinge[two years] or to transportationf[for an offence which is declared by thei[Central Government] to be such as to unfit him to become an electorg[* * * *] or has been sentenced by a Criminal Court for any offence under Chapter 9A of the Indian Penal Code: Provided that thei[Central Government] may by order in writing, remove any disqualification incurred by a person under clause (v):h[Provided further that any disqualification incurred by a person under clause (v) shall terminate on the lapse of three years from the expiry of the sentence or order.]
(3) If any person having been enrolled as an elector in any electoral roll subsequently becomes subject to, any of the disqualifications referred to in clauses (i), (iii), (iv) and (v) of sub-section (2), his name shall be removed from the electoral roll unless, in the case referred to in -cl. (v), the disqualifications is removed byi[Central Government].
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