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16. Voting normally to be in person.—Save as hereinafter provided, all electors voting at an
election shall do so in person at the polling station provided for them under section 25 or, as the case may be,
at the place of polling fixed under section 29.
17. Definitions.--In this Part,—
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1 [(a) “service voter'' means any person specified in clause (a) or clause (b) of section 60, but does
not include “classified service voter” defined in rule 27M;]
(b) “special voter'' means any person holding an office to which the provisions of sub-section (4) of
section 20 of the Representation of the People Act, 1950 (43 of 1950) are declared to apply or the wife of
such person, if he or she has been registered as an elector by virtue of a statement made under subsection
(5) of the said section;
(c) "voter on election duty" means any polling agent, any polling officer, presiding officer or other
public servant, who is an elector in the constituency and is by reason of his being on election duty
unable to vote as the polling station where he is entitled to vote.
18. Persons entitled to vote by post.—The following persons shall, subject to their fulfilling the
requirements hereinafter specified, be entitled to vote by post, namely:—
(a) at an election in a parliamentary or assembly constituency—
(i) special voters;
(ii) service voters;
(iii) voters on election duty; and
(iv) electors subjected to preventive detention;
(b) at an election in a council constituency—
(i) voters on election duty;
(ii) electors subjected to preventive detention; and
(iii) electors in the whole or any specified parts, of the constituency if directed by the
Election Commission in this behalf under clause (b) of rule 68;
(c) at an election by a assembly members--
(i) electors subjected to preventive detention; and
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rule 68.
(ii) all electors if directed by the Election Commission in this behalf under clause (a) of
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1. Subs. by Notifn. No. S.O. 903(E), dated the 5th August, 2003.