(1) A service voter may opt to give his vote by proxy appointed in the manner provided in sub-rules (2) to (4).
(2) Any service voter opting to vote by proxy may appoint any person as his proxy to give vote on his behalf and in his name at an election in a parliamentary or assembly constituency:
Provided that such proxy shall be an ordinary resident in the constituency concerned and of not less than 18 years of age and shall not be disqualified for registration as an elector in an electoral roll under section 16 of the Representation of the People Act, 1950 (43 of 1950).
(3) The appointment of proxy under sub-rule (2) shall be made by the classified service voter in Form 13F.
(4) Any appointment of proxy made under sub-rule (3) shall be deemed to be valid so long as the person making it continues to be a service voter or till the date he revokes such appointment, or dies, whichever is earlier:
Provided that any revocation of appointment shall be made in Form 13G and shall be effective from the date on which it is received by the returning officer:
1. Ins. by Notification No. S.O. 903(E), dated the 5th August, 2003.
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Provided further that where he revokes such appointment, or the proxy appointed by him dies, while he remains a service voter, he may appoint another person as proxy under these rules, as a substitute proxy in Form 13G and the substitute proxy so appointed shall be the proxy appointed by such classified service voter under sub-rule (3) from the date of receipt of the Form 13G by the returning officer.
27-O. Intimation of name of proxy by the classified service voter.—(1) The name of the proxy appointed by a classified service voter under sub-rule (3), or, as the case may be, under the second proviso to sub-rule (4), of rule 27N shall be intimated by him to the returning office as soon as may be after such appointment is made, and such intimation must reach the returning officer not later than the last date for making nominations for the earliest election in the constituency after such appointment.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-rule (1), if any intimation under that sub-rule reaches the returning officer after the last date for making nominations in the constituency, such intimation shall not be valid for the election then in progress, but shall, subject to the provisions of sub-rule (4) of rule 27N, be valid for any future election in the constituency.