( I) The Returning Officer shall draw up in Form Vll-C a list ward by ward, of candidates who are standing for election and also a list of candidates, if any, who have been declared duly elected under the provisions of clause (b) of rule 28.
(2)The list.ueferred to in sub-rule {I) shall be pub lished in the same manner as a notice under rule 12 and not later than twenty days before the date of poll.
(3) The names of candidates who are standing for election shall be arranged in Forrn VII-C in the alphabetical order and the alphabetical order shall be determined with reference to the surnames of the candidates having sur names and the names proper of other candidates.
( 4) At an election where a poll becomes necessary, the Returning Officer shall consider the choice of symbols expressed by the contesting candidates in their nomina tion papers and shall- 2K THE GAZE1TE OF INDIA: EXTRAORDINARY
(il) allot a different symbol to each contesting can didate, m conformity, as far as practicable; with hrs choice; and
(h) if more contesting candidates than one have mdicatcd their preference for the same symbol, dce~de hy lot to which of such candidates the sy1nhol shall be allotted.
(5) The allotment hy the Returning Officer, of any symbol, to a candidate shall be final.
( (1) Every candidate or his election agent shall forth with hd mfonned of the symbol allot::ed to the candidate and shull he supplied with a specimen thereof by the Rcturn~ng Officer.
:.z. Death of candidate before poll.-If a candidate wl1o hc1s heen duly nominated under these rules dies after the clat~ fixed for the scrutiny of nominations and a report of his death JS received by the Returning Officer before the comm~ncement of the poll, the Returning Officer, shalL uron ~in~ satisfied of the fact of the death of the candi date, cnuntcrrnand the poll for the ward concerned and report Lhc fact to the President and c.ll proceedings with rckrcrtce to the election in that ward shall be commenced a new in·',tll respects JS if for a new election:
I?rov 1dcd that in the case of a candidate whose nomi nallon iwas valid at the time of the countermanding of the pol\, n{J further nununat1on shall be necessary, and it shall he sut"t'ie~cnt tt the candidate intima·:es in wnting to the Rc! u1 r~1ng Officer on or before the last of the dates fixed for 1 ccc1p~ of nOinination papers that he wishes his candidature to .<.;tartd ~3. F orfciture and return of deposit,,-( 1) SubJect !o the i]'l"OVlSions of sub-rule (2), the deposit made hy a e<.tnd 1d<1l e under suh-rule ( 4) of rule 23 shall he forfeited to the Bo:ml and credited to the Cantonment fund if at an elect Jon a pull has been taken, the candidat~ is not elected and the number of valid votes pollt::d by him does not exceed! (Jne :-.1xtll ot the tutal number of valid votes polled t'y ;·lil!hc ~~andiJ.<.1tcs in the ward.
(2) The deposit made by a candidate-- t:l) ~..vil<)sc nomination is rejected or declared invalid;
(l) (\l) wh() withdraws his candidature in the manner ]H(•vidcd in sub-ruk (l) of rule 27 and hdore tile llrue stipulated therein; (lf k) v ... hu dies he fore the commencement of the poll;
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(d) wilu is elected;
.<.:hnll be lYtumcd to tht:: candidate (or in the event of his death~ 10 h1s legal representative as .-.oon as may he after the ptlh ITccttiun of resu 1 t of he election umkr rule 51.
J4. Duti~s of Polling Officer.--( I) Each Pulling Of j ll"l'.J appo!ntc:d to keep order at his polling statmn, shall see that the election i.-, fairly conducted, regulate the num ber of electors to be admitted at one time, and shall exclude all other persons, except his own assistants, the candi dates and their election agents, the police on duty and such per~ons as may be necessary for identification of voters.
(2) The Returning Officer shall provide to each Poll ing Officer a copy of the electoral roll for the ward of the Cantonment which his polling station serves, containing an additional column for recording the serial numher of ballot papers issued and he shall also provide sufficient number of ballot boxes, ballot papers, instruments for stamping the distinguishing mark on ballot papers and ~r ticles necessary for electors to mark the ballot paper.
(3) There -.hall be displayed prominently outside each polling station- ( a) a notice specifying the ward, the electors of which arc entitled to vote at the polling station and, when the ward has more than one polling station, the particulars of the electors so en titled , and
(b) a copy of the ltst of names of candidates with their authorized symbols.
(4) At each polling station there shall be set up one or more voting compartments in which electors can record their vote~ screened frnrn observation.