(1) The State Election Commission may nominate an Observer who shall be an officer of Government to watch the conduct of election or elections in a constituency or a group of constituencies and to perform such other functions as may be entrusted to him by the State Election Commission.
(2) The Observers nominated under sub section (1) shall have the power to direct the Retuning Officer for the constituency or for any of the constituencies for which he has been nominated, to stop the counting of votes at any time before the declaration of the results or not to declare the result if in the opinion of the Observer, booth capturing has taken place at a large number of polling stations or at places fixed for the poll or counting of votes or any ballot papers used at a polling station or at a place fixed for the poll are unlawfully taken out of the custody of the Returning Officer or are accidentally or intentionally destroyed or lost or are damaged or tempered with to such an extent that the result of the poll at that polling station or place cannot be ascertained.
(3) Where an observer has directed the Returning Officer under this section to stop counting of votes or not to declare the result, the observer shall forthwith report the matter to the Commission and thereupon the Commission shall after taking all material circumstances into account, issue appropriate directions.
CHAPTER-III Electoral rolls for Municipalities Officers /official shall be subject to the control and discipline of the State Election Commission
16. Municipal Election Officer, Municipal Electoral Registration Officers/, Assistant Municipal Electoral Registration Officer, Municipal Returning Officer, Assistant Municipal returning Officer, Presiding Officers, Polling Officers and any other Officer appointed under this Act and any police officer designated for the time being by the State Govt,for the conduct of any election shall be deemed to be on Election deputation to the State Election Commission and remain under the control, superintendence and discipline of the State Election Commission from the date of the notification and ending with the date of declaration of the results of such elections.
Electoral rolls for municipalities and adoption of electoral rolls.
17. (I) The electoral roll for every Municipality shall consist of electoral rolls for all the Constituencies comprised within the Municipality and the electoral rolls of a Constituency shall be divided into different parts for different localities comprised in that Constituency.
(2) The electoral roll for the time being in force for the election of Members to the Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly may, at the discretion of the State Election Commissioner, be adopted as the electoral roll for election of members, by whatever name called, to a Municipality to such extent, and in such manner, as the State Election Commissioner thinks fit.
Condition for registration as a voter.