(1) In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires;
(a) "Agent" means any person appointed, in writing, by a candidate at an election to be his Agent for the purpose of these rules, with the acceptance, in writing, by such person of the office of such Agent;
(b) "Backward Classes" means castes races or classes declared as Backward Classes by the State Government from time to time.
(c) "District Electoral Officer" means the District Electoral Officer appointed under section 14 of the Act;
(d) "Election" means the election of a member of a Municipality from an area delimited as a constituency for the purposes of election to that Municipality;
(e) "Election Commission" or "Commission" means the State Election Commission, established under section 3 of the Act;
(f) "Form" means a form appended to these rules;
(g) "Act" means the Punjab State Election Commission, Act, 1994;
(h) "Presiding Officer" and "Polling Officer" means the Presiding Officer and Polling Officer, appointed under section 20 of the Act, and any other person performing the duties of the Presiding Officer or Polling Officer for the time being;
(i) "Returning Officer" and "Assistant Returning Officer" mean the Returning Officer and Assistant Returning Officer appointed under section 16 of the Act;
(j) "Registration Officer" means to the Electoral Registration Officer, appointed under section 15 of the Act;
_________________________________ 1 Published in Punjab Govt.Gaz.(Extra),October 7,1994 at page 509
(k) "Roll" means the electoral roll for a constituency ;
(l) "Scheduled Castes" means such castes, races or tribes or parts or groups within such castes, races or tribes as have been specified under article 341 of the Constitution of India to be Scheduled Castes in the State of Punjab ;
(m) "Treasury" means a Government Treasury or Sub Treasury or a Bank to which the Government treasury business has been made over.” 2[(n) “Voting Machine” means electronic voting machine]
(2) The terms not defined but used in these rules shall have the same meaning as assigned to them in the Act.
PART II Preparation of Electoral Rolls