handbook for presiding officers - Chief Electoral Officer, Govt. of Sikkim

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to decide whether it is near enough and loud enough to disturb the proceedings at the polling station. 5. Removal of trouble makers: Any person who misconducts himself or fails to obey your lawful directions during the poll may be removed from the polling station on your orders by any police officer or other persons authorised by you (see section 132 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 - Annexure I). 6. Illegal hiring of vehicles for the conveyance of voters 6.1 If you receive a complaint about illegal conveyance of electors to th polling station from their homes and back, tell the complainant that he may take action to prosecute the offender under section 133 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 or use the fact as a ground for filing an election petition against the offending candidate in due course. Forward any complaint filed before you with such remarks which you can make from your own observation and personal knowledge to the Sub-divisional or other magistrate who has jurisdiction to deal with such cases. You can also bring this to the notice of the Zonal/Sector Magistrate when he visits your booth. 6.2 Also follow the instructions/directives issued by the Election Commission regulating the plying of vehicles on the day of poll. 277. Removal of voting machine from polling station to be an offence Any person, who at any election fraudulently or unauthorisedly takes or attempts to take a voting machine out of a polling station or willfully aids or abets the doing of any such act, commits a cognizable offence punishable with imprisonment upto one year or with fine upto five hundred rupees or with both. In this connection section 135 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 read with Explanation to section 61A of the said Act may be seen. 8. Breach of official duty by election officers Your attention is also drawn to section 134 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, which provides that if any Presiding or Polling Officer is guilty of any act, or even of any omission, in breach of his official duty without reasonable cause, he commits a cognizable offence. 9. Prohibition of going armed to or near a polling station As per the provisions of Section 134B of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, no person (other than the Returning Officer, the Presiding Officer, any police officer and any other person appointed to maintain peace and order at a polling station who is on duty at the polling station) can, on a polling day, go armed with arms, as defined in the Arms Act, 1959, of any kind within the neighbourhood of a polling station. If any person contravenes these provisions, he is liable to imprisonment for a term, which may extend to two year or with fine, or with both. The offence is cognizable. 10. Prohibition of use of cellular phones, cordless phones, wireless sets. Etc in the polling station. As per the standing instructions of the Commission, no cellular phones, cordless phones, wireless sets etc., in any case be allowed inside the polling
stations and also in the 100 meters perimeter of the polling stations described as the “polling station neighbourhood”.
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HANDBOOK FOR PRESIDING OFFICERS (At
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display on the panels of the machin
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etc. On arrival at the dispersal ce
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(xx) ‘Ballot’ button and direct
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30CHAPTER II FORMATION OF POLLING P
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9CHAPTER III 3COLLECTION OF VOTING
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(6) That the candidates' blue butto
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that they are not defective in any
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CHAPTER V RANDOMIZATION OF ELECTRON
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7. After AC wise grouping of CUs/BU
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shall be kept in strong room and th
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(g) (h) the Presiding Officer’s t
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Page 33 and 34: elapsed after the indelible ink mar
Page 35 and 36: (xiv) Commence the actual poll at t
Page 37 and 38: alongwith their security personnel
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Page 41 and 42: ecording his/her vote on the Ballot
Page 43 and 44: The Presiding Officer will prepare
Page 45 and 46: 32Diagram showing the interconnecti
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Page 49 and 50: 12CHAPTER XII CONDUCTING MOCK POLL
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Page 53 and 54: 13CHAPTER XIII 8FIXING OF GREEN PAP
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Page 57 and 58: BEL Machine BEL Machine Closing the
Page 59 and 60: AA On the outer side of the strip,
Page 61 and 62: After pasting ‘B’ over the gree
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Page 65 and 66: paper seal is firmly pasted over
Page 67 and 68: machine. Therefore, only one green
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Page 75 and 76: and his signature/thumb impression
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Page 93 and 94: CHAPTER XXIII ELECTORS DECIDING NOT
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Page 97 and 98: servants and no other person. When
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Page 105 and 106: of the voting machine to ensure tha
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Page 117 and 118: 7.3 Secure the rear compartment of
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public or private place within a di
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(3) Notwithstanding anything contai
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19ANNEXURE II (CHAPTER I Para 3) EX
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(d) instructions for the guidance o
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such of the contesting candidates o
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(1) The provisions of rule 49-H sha
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(4) Every elector shall vote withou
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49T. Sealing of voting machine afte
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(a) (b) (c) the number of such vote
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in place of elector _______________
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ANNEXURE III (Chapter I Para-5) OUT
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(m) If you have any doubt about you
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personal responsibility to deliver
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16. Maintenance of Presiding Office
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declaration/refused to give declara
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(ii) (iii) (iv) (v) Material for vo
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ANNEXURE VIA (CHAPTER VI, Para 5) M
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Date......................... PART
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PART IV DECLARATION AFTER THE SEALI
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To The Station House Officer, .....
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ANNEXURE XI (CHAPTER XVIII, Para 10
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ANNEXURE XIII (CHAPTER XXX, Para 1.
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1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Date.......
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(iii) Number of electors who actual
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ANNEXURE XV (CHAPTER IX, Para 10) F
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(Back side)
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ANNEXURE XVIII Sample of Photo Elec
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