(1) The electoral roll for each Municipality shall be prepared in Preparation the prescribed manner by reference to the qualifying date and shall come and revision of electoral into force immediately upon its final publication in accordance with the rolls.
rules made under this Act.
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[West Ben. Act (Chapter 111.—Electoral rolls for Municipalities.—Section 21.)
(2) The electoral roll shall,—
(a) unless otherwise directed by the Commission, for reasons to be recorded in writing, be revised in the prescribed manner by reference to the qualifying date—
(i) before each general election to the Municipality, and
(ii) before each bye-election to fill a casual vacancy in a seat allotted to the constituency, and
(b) notwithstanding anything contained in clause (a), be revised in any year in the prescribed manner by reference to the qualifying date if such revision has been directed by the Commission:
Provided that if the electoral roll is not revised as aforesaid, the validity or continued operation of the said electoral roll-shall not thereby be affected.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (2), the Commission may, at any time, for reasons to be recorded in writing, direct a special revision of the electoral roll of any Municipality in such manner as it may think fit:
Provided that subject to the other provisions of this Act, the electoral roll for the Municipality as in force at the time of issue of any such direction, shall continue to be in force until the completion of the special revision so directed.
Correction of entries in electoral rolls.
21. If the Municipal Electoral Registration Officer for a Municipality, on an application made to him or on his own motion, is satisfied after such inquiry as he thinks fit, that any entry in the electoral roll of the Municipality—
(a) is erroneous or defective in any particular,
(b) should be transposed to another place in the electoral roll on the ground that the person concerned has changed his place of ordinary residence within the jurisdiction of the Municipality, or
(c) should be deleted on the ground that the person concerned is dead or has ceased to be ordinarily resident within the jurisdiction of the Municipality or is otherwise not entitled to be registered in that electoral roll, the Municipal Electoral 318 The West Bengal Municipal Elections Act, 1994.
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(Chapter 111—Electoral rolls for Municipalities.—Sections 22-24.)
Registration Officer shall, subject to such general or special directions, if any, as may be given by the Commission in this behalf, amend, transpose or delete the entry:
Provided that before taking any action on any ground under clause (a) or clause (b) or any action under clause (c) on the ground that the person concerned has ceased to be ordinarily resident within the jurisdiction of the Municipality or that he is otherwise not entitled to be registered in the electoral roll of that Municipality, the Municipal Electoral Registration Officer shall give the person concerned a reasonable opportunity of being heard in respect of the action proposed to be taken in relation to him.