(1) Every person who— condition for
(a) is not less than 18 years of age on the qualifying date, and registration as a voter.
(b) is ordinarily resident in a municipal area, shall be entitled to be registered in the electoral roll for that municipal area.
(2) No person shall be entitled to be registered in the electoral roll for any municipal area in more than one place.
(3) No person shall be entitled to be registered in the electoral roll for any municipal area if his name has already been registered as a voter in the. electoral roll of any other municipal area, municipal corporation or panchayat area.
Explanation L—The expression "qualifying date" shall mean such date as the State Government may by notification specify for the purposes of this Act.
Explanation IL—The expression "ordinarily resident" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in section 20 of the Representation of 43 of 1950.
the People Act, 1950.
31. The disqualifications for registration in an electoral roll for a municipal area shall be the same as provided in section 16 of the Representation of the People Act, 1950.
Disqualification for registration in an electoral roll.
Electoral roll for a municipal area.
225 The West Bengal Municipal Act, 1993.
[West Ben. Act (Part IL—The Municipal Areas.—Chapter IV.—Election of Councillors—Sections 32-34.)
Appeal. 32. Any person aggrieved by any entry in, or omission from, the electoral roll or by the order or decision of the State Election Commission, may, within fifteen days from the date of final publication of the electoral roll or from the date of the decision or the order of the State Election Commission, as the case may be, appeal to such appellate authority as the State Government may by notification appoint and if, on such appeal, the said appellate authority directs any modification or addition to be made in the electoral roll or the decision or the order of the State Election Commission, the electoral roll shall accordingly be corrected or the decision or the order shall be modified, as the case may be. Such decision on appeal shall be published in the manner provided for final publication of an electoral roll.
Offences in respect of electoral roll.
Right to vote.