(1) Any citizens of lndia,who,
(a) is not less than 18 years of age on the qualifying date, and
(b) is ordinarily resident in a Municipal area shall be entitled to be registered in the electoral roll for that municipal area.
(2) No person shall be entitled to be registered in the electoral roll for any Municipality in more than one place.
(3) No person shall be entitled to be registered in the electoral roll for any Municipality if his name has already been registered as a voter in the electoral roll for any other Municipality or Panchayat.
(4) No person shall be entitled to be registered in the electoral roll for any Municipality more than once.
Disqualifications for registration
19. The disqualifications for registration in an electoral roll for a Municipality shall be the same as provided in section 16 of the Representation of the People Act,
1950.
Dispute as to whether a person is ordinarily resident.
20. If, in any case, a question arises as to whether a person is ordinarily resident at any relevant time, the question shall be determined with reference to all the facts of the case and such rules as may be made in this behalf by the State Government in consultation with the Commission.
Preparation and revision of electoral rolls.
21.(1) If the State Election Commissioner does not adopt the electoral roll referred to in section 17, the electoral roll for each Municipality shall be prepared in the prescribed manner by reference to the qualifying date and shall come into force immediately upon its final publication in accordance with the rules made under this Act.
(2) The electoral roll shall,
(a) unless otherwise directed by the Commission, for reasons to be recorded in writing, be revised in the prescribed manner by reference to the qualifying date,
(b) before each general election to the Municipality, and
(c) before each bye-election to fill a causal vacancy in a seat allotted to the constituency, and
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in clause (a), be revised in any year in the prescribed manner by reference to the qualifying date if such revision has been directed by the Commission :
Provided that if the electoral roll is not revised as aforesaid, the validity or continued operation of the said electoral roll shall not thereby be affected.
(4) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (2), the Commission may, at any time, for reasons to be recorded in writing, direct a special revision of the electoral roll of any Municipality in such manner as it may think fit :
Provided that subject to the other provisions of this Act, the electoral roll for the Municipality as in force at the time of issue of any such direction, shall continue to be in force until the completion of the special revision so directed.
Correction of entries in electoral rolls
22. If the Municipal Electoral Registration Officer for a Municipality, on an application made to him or on his own motion, is satisfied after such inquiry as he thinks fit, that, any entry in the electoral roll of the Municipality-
(a) is erroneous or defective in any particular,
(b) should be transposed to another place in the electoral roll on the ground that the person concerned has changed his place of ordinary residence within the jurisdiction of the Municipality,
(c) should be deleted on the ground that the person concerned is dead or has ceased to be ordinarily resident within the jurisdiction of the Municipality or is otherwise not entitled to be registered in that electoral roll, the Municipal Electoral Registration Officer shall, subject to such general or special directions, if any, as may be given by the Commission in this behalf amend. transpose or delete the entry:
Provided that before taking any action on any ground under clause ( a) or clause (b) or any action under clause (c) on the ground that the person concerned has ceased to be ordinarily resident within the jurisdiction of the Municipality or that he is otherwise not entitled to be registered in the electoral roll of that Municipality, the Municipal Electoral Registration Officer shall give the person concerned a reasonable opportunity of being heard in respect of the action proposed to be taken in relation to him.
Inclusion of names in electoral rolls.