(1) It shall be the duty of every employee to endeavour to prevent any member of his family from taking part in subscribing in aid of, or assisting in any other manner any movement or activity which is, or tends directly or indirectly to be, subversive of the Authority or of the Government as by law established, and where an employee is unable to prevent a member of his family from taking part in, or subscribing in aid of, or assisting in any other manner, any such movement or activity, he shall make a report to that effect to the Authority.
(2) If any question arises whether any movement, or activity falls within the scope of this regulation, the same shall be referred to the Authority for decision.
(3) No employee shall contest, or take part in an election to the Parliament or to any state legislature or local authority.
Provided that :-
(i) an employee qualified to vote at such election may exercise his franchise but, where he does so, he shall give no indication of the manner in which he proposes to vote or has voted;
(ii) an employee shall not be deemed to have contravened the provisions of this regulation by reason only that he assists in the conduct of an election in the due performance of a duty imposed on him by or under any law for the time being in force; and
(iii) the Chairperson may by writing permit an employee to offer himself as a candidate for election to a local authority and the employee so permitted shall not be deemed to have contravened the provisions of this regulation.