Election expenditure limit Corporation 2020

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Haryana Government Gazette

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No. 46–2020]  CHANDIGARH, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2020 (KARTIKA 26, 1942 SAKA) 

PART – I

Notifications, Orders and Declarations by Haryana Government

STATE ELECTION COMMISSION, HARYANA

NIRVACHAN SADAN, PLOT NO. 2, SECTOR- 17, PANCHKULA-134109

Notification

The 5th November, 2020

No. SEC/3ME/2020/1756.— Whereas, section 8B the Haryana Municipal Corporation Act, 1994 and provides that Account of election expenses and maximum thereof–1) every candidate at an election shall, either himself or by his election agent, keep a separate and correct account of all expenditure in connection with the election incurred or authorized by him or by his election agent from the date of filing of nomination papers to the date of declaration of the result thereof, both dates inclusive. 2) The account shall contain such particulars, as may be notified by the State Election Commission in this behalf. 3) The total of the said expenditure shall not exceed such amount as may be notified by the State Election Commission from time to time.

2. Now in view of the present circumstances, it has become necessary to again revise the order of expenditure limit. Therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred under clause (I) Article 243 ZA of the Constitution of India, Sub Section (3) of section 8B of the Haryana Municipal Corporation Act, 1994, the Haryana Municipal Corporation Election Expenditure (Maintenance and Submission of Accounts) order, 2017 and all other powers enabling in this behalf, the State Election Commission hereby revise the existing election expenditure limit for contesting candidates for the post of Mayor and Member of Municipal Corporation as under :–

3. The State Election Commission further directs that the accounts of expenditure to be incurred by the contesting candidates in the Municipal Corporation shall be maintained and submitted to the Deputy Commissioners within 30 days of the declaration of the result in the Performa prescribed for the purpose and the Deputy Commissioners in turn shall send report to the Commission as per provision contained in the Haryana Municipal Corporation Election Expenditure (Maintenance and submission of Accounts) order, 2018.

Commission by order published in Official Gazette shall declare him/her to be disqualified and may such person be disqualified for a period of five years from the date of the order.

5. Every contesting candidate shall either himself or by his authorised election agent will have to keep a separate and correct account of all expenditure in connection with the election between the dates he/she has been nominated and date of declaration of result both dates inclusive. The total expenditure shall not exceed the limit as prescribed above.

6. No particular party or any other association, body or individual shall put up any cut-outs, hoardings, wall paintings, buntings, arches, gates, banners, flags, advertisements in newspapers etc. without the general or special authority in writing of the candidates whose election is sought to be promoted or procured by such cut-outs, hoardings etc., as expenditure on all such items shall be treated as the legitimate expenditure incurred by the contesting candidate. No contesting candidate or any individual on his behalf shall put up any cut-outs, hoardings etc. without prior permission of the concerned Government authority.

7. Any violation by the contesting candidate or his authorised agent/individual to incur any expenditure in excess of the limit mentioned above will be viewed seriously by the State Election Commission and stringent action shall be taken against him/her.

8. This supersedes the earlier Notifications No. SEC/3ME/2017/5879, dated 18.05.2017 and No. SEC/3ME/2018/5582, dated 14.11.2018 issued by the Commission.

Panchkula : The 3rd November, 2020.

DR. DALIP SINGH, State Election Commissioner, Haryana.

8953—C.S.—H.G.P., Pkl.