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Section 95: Safeguards against personation

The Karnataka Panchayat Raj (Conduct of Election) (Amendment) Rules, 2010.State Rules of Karnataka · 1993

(1) Every elector about whose identity the presiding officer or the polling officer, as the case may be, is satisfied, shall allow his left forefinger to be inspected by the presiding officer or the polling officer and an indelible ink mark to be put on it.

(2) If any elector-

(a) refuse to allow his left forefinger to be inspected or marked in accordance with sub-rule (1) or has already such a mark on his left forefinger or does any act with a view to removing the ink mark, or

(b) fails or refuses to produce his identity card as required by sub-rule (3) of rule 92 he shall not be allowed to vote.

(3) Where a poll is taken simultaneously in a Parliamentary Constituency or Assembly Constituency and a ward, an elector whose left finger has been marked with indelible ink or who has produced his identity card at one such election, shall not withstanding anything contained in sub-rules (1) and (2) be permitted to cast his vote for the other election.

(4) Any reference in this rule to the left forefinger of an elector shall, in the case where the elector has his left forefinger missing, be construed as a reference to any other finger of his left hand, and shall, in the case where all the fingers of his left hand are missing, be construed as a reference to the forefinger or any other finger of his right hand, and shall in the case where all his fingers of both the hands are missing be construed as a reference to such extremity of his left or right arm as he possesses.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Karnataka Panchayat Raj (Conduct of Election) (Amendment) Rules, 2010.
Section95
Marginal noteSafeguards against personation
JurisdictionState of Karnataka
StatusIn force as published by the source

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