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Section 13: General duties of the Presiding Officer and Polling Officers

The Tamil Nadu Panchayats (Elections) Rules, 1995State Rules of Tamil Nadu · 1994

(1) Subject to the provisions of these Rules, it shall be the general duty of the Presiding Officer at a Polling Station to keep order thereat, and to ensure that the poll is freely and fairly taken. It shall be the duty of the Polling Officers to assist the Presiding Officer in the performance of his functions.

(2) If the Presiding Officer, owing to illness or other unavoidable causes, is obliged to absent himself from the Polling Station, his duties and functions shall be performed by such Polling Office as has been specifically authorized by the Returning Officer.

PART – III PREPARATION AND PUBLICATION OF PANCHAYAT ELECTORAL ROLL

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ActThe Tamil Nadu Panchayats (Elections) Rules, 1995
Section13
Marginal noteGeneral duties of the Presiding Officer and Polling Officers
JurisdictionState of Tamil Nadu
StatusIn force as published by the source

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