(1) No Committee employee shall contest any election to a local authority, State Legislature or Parliament.
(2) No Committee employee shall be a member of or be otherwise associated with, any political party or any organization which takes part in politics, nor shall he take part in, or subscribe in aid of, or assist in any other manner, any political movement or activity.
(3) It shall be the duty of every Committee employee to endeavor to prevent any member of his family from taking part in, subscribing in aid or, assisting in any other manner, any movement or activity which is, or which tends directly or indirectly to be, subversive of any Government in India as by law established, and where a Committee employee is unable to prevent a member of his family from taking part in subscribing in aid of, or assisting in any other manner, any such movement or activity, he shall make a report to that effect to the Executive Officer.
(4) No Committee employee shall canvass or otherwise interfere with, or use his influence in connection with or take part in an election to any legislature or local authority (hereinafter referred to as "the election"):
Provided that, a Committee employee qualified to vote at such election may exercise his right to vote, and where he does so, he shall give no indication of the manner in which he proposes to vote or has voted.
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Explanation.- (1) Where a Committee employee assists in the conduct of an election in due performance of a duty imposed on him by or under any law for the time being in force or by an order of the Competent Authority, he shall not be deemed to have contravened the provisions of this regulations.
(2) The display by a Committee employee on his person, vehicle or residence of any electoral symbol shall amount to using his influence in connection with the election and his proposing or seconding the nomination of a candidate at the election shall amount to taking part in the election within the meaning of this regulation, and accordingly, the Committee employee shall, in any such eventualities, be deemed to have contravened the provisions of this regulation.