Power to make rules for conduct of elections

Power to make rules for conduct of elections.--The Government may make rules to regulate all or any of the following matters for the purposes of holding of elections of members under this Act, namely :--

1. (a) the manner of splitting up electoral rolls for Assembly Constituencies into parts for the purpose of constituting one or more of such parts into electoral rolls for a constituency ; and the officer or authority by whom such splitting up is to be carried out ;
2. (c) the appointment of returning officers, presiding and polling officers for elections ;
3. (d) the nomination of candidates, and the scrutiny of such nomination ;
4. (e) the deposits to be made by candidates and the time and manner of making such deposits ;
5. (f) the withdrawal of candidatures ;
6. (g) the appointment of agents of candidates ;
7. (h) the time and manner of holding elections ;
   • (i) the general procedure at the elections including the time, place and hours of poll and the method by which votes shall be cast ;
8. (j) the fee to be paid on an election petition ;
9. (k) any other matter relating to elections or election disputes in respect of which the Government deems it necessary to make rules under this section or in respect of which this Act makes no provision or makes insufficient provision and the provision is, in the opinion of the Government, necessary.