(1) Any candidate or his election agent may challenge the identity of a person cla1rning to be a particular elector by first depositing a sum of :me hundred rupees in cash with the Polling Officer for each such challenge.
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(2) On such deposit being made, the Pollmg Officer shall- ( a) warn the person challenged, the penalty for im personation :
(b) read the relevant entry in the electoral roll in full and ask him whether he is the person referred to in that entry :
(c) enter his name and address in the list of chal lenged votes in Form X : and
(d) require him to affix his signature in the said list.
(3) The Polling Officer shall thereafter hold a sum mary inquiry into the challenge and may for that purpose- ( a) require the challenger to adduce evidence in proof of the challenge and the person challenged to adduce evidence in proof of his identity';
(b) put to the person challenged any questions nec essary for the purpose of establishing his iden tity and require him to answer them on oath;
and
(c) administer an oath to the person challenged and any other person offering to give evidence.
( 4) If, after the inquiry, the Polling Officer considers that the challenge has not been established, he shall allow the person challenged to vote; and if he considers that the challenge has been established, he shall debar the person challenged from voting;
(5) If the Polling Officer is of the opinion that the challenge is frivolous or has not been made in good faith, he shall direct that the deposit made under sub-rule (I) be forfeited to the Board, and in any other case he shall return it to the challenger at the conclusion of the inquiry.