The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 26] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1977/MAGHA 1, 1898
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MINISTRY OF LAW, JUSTICE AND COMPANY AFFAIRS
(Legislative Department)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 21st January 1977
S.O. 35(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred toy section' 28 of the Repre- sentation of the People Act, 1950 (43 of 1950), the Central Government, after consulting the Election Commission, hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Registration of Electors Rules, 1960, namely •—
1. Short title,—These rules may be called the Registration of Electors (Amend- ment) Rules, 1977.
2. Amendment of rule 12—For rule 12 of the Registration of Electors Rules, I960, the following rule shall be substituted, namely:—
"12. Period for lodging claims and objections.-—Every claim for the inclu- sion of a name in the roll and every objection to an entry therein shall be lodged within a period of thirty days from the date of publication of the roll in draft under rule 10, or such shorter period of not less than fifteen days as may be fixed by the Election Com- mission in this behalf:
Provided that the Election Commission may, by notification in the Official Gazette, extend the period in respect of the constituency as a whole or in respect of any part thereof"
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