(1) Any person whose name is not included in them electoral roll of a Municipality may apply to the Municipal Electoral Registration Officer for the inclusion of his name in the electoral roll.
(2) The Municipal Electoral Registration Officer shall, if he is satisfied that the applicant is entitled to be registered in the electoral roll, direct his name to be included therein:
Provided that if the applicant is registered in the electoral roll of any other Municipality or Panchayat, the Municipal Electoral Registration Officer shall inform the Municipal Electoral Registration Officer of that other Municipality or the Panchayat Electoral Registration Officer of that other Panchayat to that effect and the Municipal Electoral Registration Officer of that other Municipality or the Panchayat Electoral Registration Officer of that Panchayat, as the case may be, shall, on receipt of the information, strike off the applicant's name from that electoral roll.
(3) No amendment, transposition or deletion of any entry shall be made under section 22 and no direction for the inclusion of a name in the electoral roll of a Municipality shall be given under the section after the last date for making nominations for an election in that Municipality and before the completion of such election.
Appeal
24. An appeal shall lie within 15 (fifteen) days time to the Municipal Officer from any order of the Municipal Electoral Officer under section 22 or section 23.
Fee for applications and appeals
25. Every application under section 22 or section 23 and every appeal under section 24 shall be accompanied by prescribed fee which shall, fixed by the State Election Commission in consultation with the State government and such fee shall not be refundable.
CHAPTER-IV General Power to make rules