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section 12

Preparation, revision and publication of electoral roll for Corporation

The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Act, 1955
Infrastructure1955597 of 786 sections available21 chapters
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  1. (1) The [XXX] electoral roll for the Corporation shall be prepared [by the person authorised by the State Election Commissioner] in such manner by reference to such qualifying date as may be prescribed and the electoral roll for the Corporation shall come into force immediately [upon its publication] in accordance with the rules made by the Government in this behalf. The [XXX] electoral roll for the Corporation shall consist of such part of the electoral roll for the Assembly constituency published under the Representation of the People Act, 1950 as revised or amended under the said Act, upto the qualifying date, [as relates to the City or any portion therof:] Provided that any amendment, transposition or deletion of any entries in the electoral roll, or any inclusion of names in the electoral roll of the Assembly Constituencies concerned, made by the Electoral Registration Officer under section 22 or section 23, as the case may be, of the Representation of the People Act, 1950, upto the date of election notification, for any election held under this Act, shall be carried out in the electoral roll of the Corporation and any such names included shall be added to the part relating to the concerned ward. EXPLANATION:- Where in the case of any Assembly Constituency there is no distinct part of the electoral roll relating to the [City] all persons whose names are entered in such roll under the registration area comprising the [City] and whose addresses as entered are situated in the [City] shall be entitled to be included in the electoral roll for the Corporation prepared for the purposes of this Act.
  2. (2) The electrol roll for a Corporation,-
    • (a) shall be prepared and published in the prescribed manner by reference to the qualifying date,-
      • (i) before each ordinary election; and
      • (ii) before each casual election to fill a casual vacancy in the office of the [Member of the Corporation]; and
    • (b) shall be prepared and published in any year,in the prescribed manner, by reference to the qualifying date, if so directed by the State Election Commission: Provided that if the electoral roll is not prepared and published as aforesaid, the validity, or continued operation of the said electoral roll, shall not thereby be affected. [XXX]
  3. (3) [The electoral roll] published under sub-section (1) or the electoral roll republished under sub-section (8) shall be the electoral roll for the Corporation and shall remain in force till a fresh electoral roll for the Corporation is published under this section.
  4. (4) The electoral roll for the Corporataion shall be divided into as many lists as there are divisions.
  5. (5) Every person whose name appears in the list of the electoral roll relating to a division shall, subject to the other provisions of this Act, be entitled to vote at any election which takes place in that division while the electoral roll remains in force and no person whose name does not appear in such list of the electoral roll shall vote at any such election.
  6. (6) No person shall vote at an election under this Act in more than one division or more than once in the same division and if he does so, all his votes shall be invalid.
  7. (7) Where, after the electoral roll for the Corporation or any alteration thereto has been published under this Act, the Corporation is divided into divisions for the first time or any division of the Corporaion is altered or the limits of the Corporation are varied, the electoral authority shall, as soon as may be, after such division or alteration or variation, as the case may be, in order to give effect to the division of the Corporaion into divisions or to the alteration of the division or to the variation of the limits, as the case may be, authorize a rearrangement and republication of the electoral roll for the Corporation or any list of such roll, in such manner as it may direct. Explanation:- In this section, the expression "Assembly Constituency" shall mean a constituency provided by law for the purpose of elections to the Telangana Legislative Assembly.
  8. (9) [XXX]

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