(1) Notwithstanding anything oontainedin these rules if the Election Commission considers it expedient so to do for holding of election in Municipal Area may direct the Election Authorities to adopt the electoral. roll of the Tripura LegislatiVe Assembly So far as itrelates to the Municipal Areas and on receipt of such instructionfrom the Election Commission, the Election Authority shall adopt the electoral roll or the time being in. force for the election of members of Tripura LegislatiVe Assembly'sofar it relates to the areas comprised in the Municipalities.
(2) If the Election Authority adopts the electoral roll for the time beingin force for the election of member of the Tripura Legislative Assemblyin pursuance of Sub-section(4) of Section Sl of the Act, then notwithstanding anything Contained in these rules, so much of the electoral rolls of any ASSembly Constituency or as the caSe may be, Assembly Constituencies for the time being in foree as relates to the area compriSed within the Municipality, shall be the preliminary or draft electoral roll for the election of memgbers of the Municipal Area.
(3) So much ofthe electoral rolls for any Assembly Constituency or as the case may be, Assembly Constituencies for the time being in force as relates to the area comprised Withina Constituency providedin Rule 3 and 3A of the Tripura Municipal (Delimitation of Constituencies) Rules, 1994, shall be draft electoral roll for the election of members of the Municipality from that constituency.
(4) The electoral roll for each Constituency ofaMunicipal area shall be prepared by the Election Authority appointed for that constituency by the tate GoVernment U/S 50 of the Act.
(5) For the purpose of preparing the electoral roll of each Constittuency of a Municipality. Electoral Rolls of any Assembly Constituency or as the case may be Assembly Constitumcies may be split up as the election authority may consider fit, proper and necessary.
(6) The Electoral Rolls of each constituency ot‘a. Municipality m1y be sub-divided into Convenient Sub-parts Each sub-partshallbe numbered Consecutively and shall be prepared in Form 2 in Bengali.
Provided that whenevor necerssary the split- up rolls referred to in subru1e(5) may be consolidated and in such event the serial number of the electors may be renumbered starting from serial Number one so as to ensure consecutive serial numbers of the electors of each sub-part.
Publication 17. (1) The Election Authority shall publish the electoral roll prepared ofElectoral under rule 8 to 15 or as the case may be under rule 15 for a. Constituency ' roll in diam or as the can may be constituencies of‘a, Municipal area in draft in the following manner or in any other manner as the thinks tit-and giVe it wide publicity by aflixing for public inspection a complete copy of the _ electoral roll in. the. ofice of the—y
(a) Election Authority ; (b) concerned? -Municipality= ;: (c) District Magistrate in whosejurisdiction Municipal Amie situated.
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(2) As soonas the electoral roll has been pulished in draft the Election Authority shall give wide publicity within the Municipal area in Form 4 as widely as possible to the effect that the electoral roll has been published in draft a nd may be inspected at the otfice ofthe Election Authority or at the Oiice of the concerned Municipality or at the office of the concerned District Magistrate within whose jurisdiction the Municipality is situated on working days and during oifiCe hour. The Election Authority shall specify in the notice, the place at which the period within which and manner in which a claim for being included in the electoral roll or any objection to the inclusion of any name or any objection to to any particulars in any entry in the electoral roll shall be preferred.
(3) The elector‘al roll required to be published in draft under Sub rule (1) may be printed or cyclostyled or photocopied or tyepd or be in manuscript form.
(4) The Election Authority shall Supply free of cost tw0 copies of each separate part of the roll to every political party for which a symbol has been exclusively resarved in the state by Election Commission,
(1) Every claim for inclusion of a narne in the Electoral Roll of a.
Municipal area Constituency and every objection to an entry in the roll shall be lodged within seven days from the date of publication of the Electoral Roll in draft ;
Provided that the Election Commission may by Notification in the Official Gazette, extend the period for lodging claim and objection in respect of Constituency as a whole or in respect of any part thereof.
(2) Eevery claim for inclusion of nameinthe ElectoralRollshallbe;
(a) in Form-5 ;
(b) signed by the person desiring his name to be included in the Electoral Roll ;
(c) countersigned by an other persan whose nameis alrcady included in that part in the Electoral Roll in which the claimant desires to be included.
Ptovided that when assembly rolls are adopted for draft publication under Rule 16 no claim forinclusion ofa name in the electoral roll ofa constituency shall be entertained eXCept on the ground that the name of the person appears as an electorin thatpart of the electoral roll of the Assembly «Constituency which relates to the constituency of a anicipal Area.
(3)§ Every objection to thein’c-lusion ofa namein the-roll shall be :
‘ (a) in Form 6 :
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Procedure of Authorised Ofiicer ‘.
Procedure for Election Authority .
Rejection of: certain claims and objection.
(b) Preferred only by a pers on whose name is already included in that Roll ; and
(c) countersigned by another perSon whoSe name is already included in the Roll in which the name objected to appear.
Provided that when ASSembly rolls are adopted for that publication under Rule 16 no objection for exclusion ofany name from the electoral rolls shall be entertained except on the ground that such name has been included in the electoral roll ofa constituency ofa Municipal Area, though such name does not appear in the related electoral roll of the ASSembly Conctituency.
(4) Every objection to a particular or particulars in an entry in the R011 Shall be ;
(a) in Form—7. and
(b) Preferred only by the person to Whodm that entry relates.
(5) Every claim or objection shall——
(a) either be presented to the Election Authority Concerned or to such other officer as may be authorised by him in this behalf ;
or (b) be Sent by registered post to the Election Authority ;
Provided that any claims or ojbection which may be Sent by registered post shall be rejected by the Election Authority unless it is received by him on or before the last date specified for the purpose by Notification.
19- (1) Every Officer authoriSed under Rule 18 shall \ (a) maintain in duplicate a list of claims in Form--8, a list of objection to the inclusion of names in Form -9 and a list of objection to particulars in entries in Form -10 ; and
(b) keep exhibited one copy of each such lists on a Notice Board in his office.
(2) Where a claim or objection is preferred to him, he shall comply with the requirement of sub-Rule (1), forward it with Such remarks, if any, as he considers proper to the Election Authority.