The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3 - s e c t i on (i)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 57] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 1979/PHALGUNA 11,1900
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338 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY IPAUT H—SHC 3fil]MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 2nd March, 1979
G.S.R. 2(M>(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by section 146 of the Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 1925 (Punjab Act 8 of 1925) as modified by the notifica- tion of the Government of India in the Ministry of Home Affairs number S.O. 63(E) dated the 3rd February, 1978, issued under sub-section.(1), read with sub-sections (2) and (3), of section 72 of the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966 (31 of 1966), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Sikh Gurdwaras Board Election Rules, 1959, namely ;—
1. Short title and commencement.—(1) These rules may be called the Sikh Gurdwaras Board Election (Amendment) Rules, 1979.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of the publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In the Sikh Gurdwaras Board Election Rules, 1959, in rule 53,—
(i) after sub-rule (15, the following proviso shall be added, namely,—
"Provided that, where any part or parts of a constituency have become inaccessible due to climatic conditions or otherwise, the Presiding Officer shall, by the speediest means available, communicate to the Returning Officer, the result of the counting indicating the total number of votes polled at the polling stations, number' of votes rejected and the number of valid votes secured by each candidate."
(ii) in sub-rule (7), after the words "from the result sheets" the words "as also the information under the proviso to sub-rule (1)", shall be added.
[No. S-13013/3/78-SR]
B. G. DESHMUKH, Addl. Secy.