section 118
No. civil Court shall have jurisdiction- Jurisdiction of
The Arunachal Pradesh Panchayat Raj Act, 1997(a) to entertain or adjudicate upon any Civil Courts barred question whether any person is or is not entitled to be registered in an electoral roll for a constituency ; or (b) to question the legality of any action taken by or under the authority of the Electoral Registration Officer, or of any decision given by any authority appointed under this Act for the preparation or revision of any such roll. 119. (1) No. person who is not (except as Bar to vote. expressly provided by this Act) entered in the electoral roll of any constituency, shall be entitled to vote at an election in that constituency : Provided that no person shall vote at an election in any constituency if he ; | (a) has been adjudged by a competent court to be unsound mind ; (b) has voluntarily acquired the citizenship of a foreign State : or (c) has been sentenced by a criminal court for an electoral offence punishable under this Act or has been disqualified under any other law from exercising any electoral right on account of corrupt practices in connection with an election and six years have not elapsed from the date of such sentence or disqualification, provided that the disqualification under this clause may, at any time, be removed by the State Government if it thinks fit. (2) No person shall vote at an election in more than one constituency and if a person votes in more than one constituency, his vote in all such constituencies shall be void. (3) No person shall, at any election, vote in the same constituency more than once notwithstanding that his name may have been registered in the electoral roll for that constituency more than once and if he does so all his votes in that constituency shall be void. (4) No person shall vote at any election if he is confined imprison whether under a sentence of imprisonment or otherwise or is under the lawful custody of the Police. (5) Every elector shall have the right to give only one vote in a constituency where the number of member to be elected is one. 120. (1) A person shall not be qualified to Qualifications for be chosen to fill a seat in a constituency of a Gram membership of Panchayat, [***] and Zilla Parishad, Gram Panchayat unless: Anchal Samiti (a) his or her name appears as an and Zilla Parishad. elector in the electoral roll of concerned constituency of a Gram Panchayat, [***] and Zilla Parishad : (b} he or she has completed 21 years of age on the date of submission of nomination | at an election. (2) A person shall not be qualified to be chosen to fill a seat in more than one constituency of a Gram Panchayat, [***] and Zilla
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