(1) The Commission may, with a view to preventing impersonation of electors and facilitating their identification at the time of poll, by notification in the Official Gazette of the State, direct that the provision of this rule shall apply to any such constituency or part thereof as may be specified in the notification.
(2) The Registration Officer for such notified constituency, as soon as may be, after the issue of the notification under sub-rule (1), arranged to the issue to every elector an identity card prepared in accordance with the provisions of this rule.
(3) The identity card shall-
(a) be prepared in duplicate;
(b) contain the name, age, residence and such other particulars of the electors as may be specified by the Commission;
(c) have affixed to it a photograph of the electors which shall be taken at the expense of the Government; and
(d) bear the facsimile signature of the Registration Officer:-
Provided that if the elector refuses or evades to have his photograph taken, or cannot be found at his residence by the official photographer in spite of repeated attempts, no such identity card shall be prepared for the elector and a note of such refusal or evasion or that the elector could not be found at his residence inspite of repeated attempts shall be made in the copy of the Roll maintained by the Registration Officer.
(4) One copy of the identity card prepared under Sub-rule (3) shall be retained by the Registration Officer and the other copy shall be delivered to the elector to u kept by him for production at the time of a poll.