(1) The roll shall be divided into convenient parts which shall be numbered consecutively.
(2) The last part of the roll shall contain the names of every person having a service qualification and of 5[his or her spouse], if any, who are entitled to be included in that roll by virtue of a statement made under rule 7.
(3) The names of any person holding a declared office and of 5[his or her spouse], if any, who are entitled to be included in the roll by virtue of a statement made under rule 7 shall be included in the part of the roll, pertaining to the locality in which they would, according to that statement, have been ordinarily resident.
2[(3A) The name of every overseas elector who is entitled to be included in the roll under section 20A, shall be included in the part of the roll pertaining to the locality in which his place of residence in India as mentioned in his passport is located.]
(4) The number of names included in any part of the roll shall not ordinarily exceed two thousand.
1. Published with the Ministry of Law Notifin. No. S.O. 2750, dated the 10th November, 1960, Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3(ii), page 633 (w.e.f. 1-1-1961).
2. Ins. by Notifin. No. S. O. 244 (E), dated the 3rd February, 2011 (w.e.f. 10-2-2011).
3. Subs. by Notifin. No. S.O. 3874, dated the 15th December, 1966 (w.e.f. 15-12-1966).
4. Cl. (g) omitted, ibid. (w.e.f. 15-12-1966).
5. Subs. by Notifin. No. S.O. 2802 (E), dated the 17th June, 2022 for “his wife” (w.e.f. 01-08-2022).
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