Tlll'se I'IIll'S may be c<llled the Sikh Gurdw,..:a..:,r,:.;.as,--"--:- COllllllillec Elcction HlIlcs, In:;!) - ..
---:r-vcjiniliulIs.-In lhesc 1 Ilks, . IInless the contexl" olherwise ",. I requires,-
(a) "Acl" mCllns the ~ikh GlIl'llwaras I\ct, ·1925 :
(b) "agent" means al.1Y 1"'1::1111 appoilll' d.in wri~ing by.. a candi-~ _dat~ .at an P.lectlcln ll) be <lgent [Ill' the purposes of these rules, .wilh the acc('pl<lner. in wriling by such person of the onice 0[' such agen!:, whelher as . election agent, polling agent or counling anl'nl;
(c)· "Commissioner, Gurtlwara mecliulls" and "R('sident"' shall have the same mean ing as are respectively assigned to them in the Act;
(d) ·'.'Cummitlee" Ine<lns lhe Gurdwaras whose annual th~lsaJld n~p'ees i...
(e) "constiluency" Ill,'nII !; a cllnslit.llency lor the election of' a member ur membcr:; III a CommiLlI:e ;
(f) "election" mealls nn clc~t.ion lo 1111· a seat or seats in the Commit lee and "ell'dor", in relation to a constituency, .means <I p('rson whllsc name is for the lime being entered jn the eleclural roll of lhal constitllency;
(g) "form" Il1cilns a 101'111 appcnded lo these rules and includes' a lranslation the,~eof ill any. other language;
(h) "1'011" means the eJe~l()ral 1'011 of a constituency: and 0) "Scheduled CastE's:' TIIeaDS all such c<lstes. races .01' tribes or parts of ill' gl'llu)J.s within such -castes, races or tribes as ' have bCE'n spccilip.c1 lo hI' Scheduled Castes. in relation to the Stale of Punjab, under Article 341 of the Constitution of'India,' I l'rice: ~~ :1:1:::' P:}i~,;.
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(a) the Gelll!raL I\s~istant or where there lIJ'e more than one GenerDI A:;si::t:1I1t. (;'.'oeral Assistant I or where there is no Gr.rll'ral I\s~;lstallt such ollie'er as lhc Commi$sione~, Gurdwal'll 1~I(!clion~, 1I1ay appoint. Jr' the constituency .. consists of a district;
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\' "' ' t,, 2 3, Retul'lIiny Ufficell-The returning ollicer of shall be ..- ~.~ / , n consliluency . , b) an ofJiccr appointed hy the Commissioner, GUl'dwara Elec tions, if the constitut!ncy extends over more than' one district; • an AssiRtant COlT1mis~;ioner or nn Extm Assistant Com- ./ missioncr nppointp.cI hy the General Assislant or Genera'.'
Assislnnl I alld whrl'l' IIH'rc i~ nil Gt'I1l'r:11 Assislnnt such· ollke!' :1~: .ll:IY bl.! appoinlcd by the Commissioner, Gur-' d\\'Hra ';:I,'('liIl1l5, if III" consUluc!ncy consisls of one or more lallsils nol cOII~Lilulilll: n dislrict; and
(d) UII ollicc. ""1. 11l'11l\\' 1111' rank of Tahsilclar appointed by the General 1\'I~;i::I:tH or Ii, neral Assistant I nnd where there i~ no Gent'llIl jbsi~talll :)llch oniccr m: mllY he appointed by the Commissioner, Gunlwm'll E1p.ctions, j[ the consliluency ('onsists of lin llrea or combination of arellS less than, a tahsil:
Provided that if an.l{ omen' appointed as n returning officer under tile provisions Ilf this rule becomes incapable of.
ncling as soch owing I" his tramfer, illness or other such cnuse tile appointing aulhority mny nppoint in his place any olher o/lieer whom he mi,:::ht original1y have appointed:
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" Provicte~1 furL her lhat if the appointing auLhority is himself the l'etlll'rling ollieer he may delegale any oC his duties as such to nn Assi~lnlJt Commissioner or- an Extra Assislant , ' Comr:nissilHlcr, if he if. unavoidably prevented Crom per- ~ , ,,' n~, , r: L, , formlllg I.he same. ~ .•v, ~./~:"""""'>-,. .. . <" ,-.AI' /"?
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'. G~[~wara ElectlolJ:lL.shalL 11K L1I1' dale or dnles on,oy or wTIhln . :B!i c1l= . '. - - . - '- / .. " (i) the Ilominalion papers shall be presented:
(ii), the list of nomination papers shall b~ P9sled ;
..... (iii) ·the nominnliolJ papers shall be scrutinised; .
.1; (iv) appli,~~l~()ns for lhe I:cvi~io~ of lhe' orders of the authority . scrultnlslllg th,e !',olllllJaLJoll papers may be made to the , Deputy CommlsSlolJer ; , i i I I !
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(v) the revision applicaLiollS shall ,be decided;
(vi) a candiu:JLr. lIlay wilhdrnw his candidature' I , ,, '~ , 3 .,./ J I I I t:t='- I<;c.
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(vii) lhe IIsl ur vulid numillatiull pa.'crs shall bl! I'llslctl;
(viii) lhe list of polling slations shall 'b,~ posled;
(ix) lhe polling shnll be IIclti ; anti
(x) lhe resull ur l'lcctiun shall be dl!clared :
I Pruvided that lh,: last :.lale fill' till: nfJltlinaliun or candidnles for electiun shall be fixcd not less lhan lhirly days berure lhe date Iixcd f"" Ihe Iwll aod not less than ·liftcen days aftcr the tlale of the publkalion o[ the not,ice !lIlder suh-rul,; (21 and the dnll' for the "..n:tilly of nll'tllJ1atu,ns sh,,11 hL' IIxf'~ nol 1ll0rL' lhan ,,"Vl'n days frulJ1 lhe last dale for the num'- natilln of e:1I1di;.lall'~' , .
• (~) Till' n'lIll'ni,'I: ollin'!" shall Illl"lisi. 1111" dal"s,lixl"l under 5ul~'1', rult' (I) by nlllk,' posl"'l at his "Ili,',' aod at Ihe ofhcl! of each tehslL-i.
in which Ihe area cllll1pd"ill/,! II",' ':llnstituellcy, or nny part of such arca, is situaletl, anti at the oilie.. flf c\'l'I"Y lJalll'nri. if an:;, nnrl evcr~~) , . posl olliee, if nny, nnd l'vcry Nol ili"d Sitd!' (;111 "wara, situaled in sud :~ ·area, and if the constiluenci COIII'ii'd,; IIf a 'oI"f~lr. rl!venue esl'l.ls U1 \~ , of a numbl!r or spceilii,d ren'n'u' "slales ill which there is, nc!the ,\ , the olliee or the patwari nol' n post ullice, at n place of public resur within the boundaries of each stich, rcvenue estale, (:1) The COllllllissiclI\L'r, Gnrd"ara 1~le";li(ln,;, may ordcr a change ill an.y u[ the dates Iixed 11lHler ,,"h-rule (I) at allY time:
Provided that unless thp. Commissioner, Gurdwara Electiuns, I1l.herwi~e direcls, no sl'eh order shall be ckl'llied lo invalidate any prue~cdings ta~~en befure the datl' of lhe urder.