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Haryana Government Gazette

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© Government of Haryana

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

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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 :–

Sr. No.

Name of Post

Existing Election Expenditure

Limit

Revised Election

Expenditure Limit

1.

Mayor

20,00,000/–

22,00,000/–

2.

Member

5,00,000/–

5,50,000/–

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.

4.

The State Election Commission further directs that if a candidate fails to submit accounts of

expenditure incurred by him/her for election to Municipal Corporation within the prescribed time limit, the

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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 :

DR. DALIP SINGH,

The 3rd November, 2020.

State Election Commissioner, Haryana.

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