GOVERNMENT OF KERALA

Law (Legislation-Publication) Department

NOTIFICATION

No. 9612/Leg.Pbn.2/2014/Law.

Dated, Thiruvananthapuram, 16th May, 2014.

The following Act of Parliament published in the Gazette of India,

Extraordinary, Part II, Section I dated the 23rd day of September, 2013 is hereby

republished for general information. The Bill as passed by the Houses of

Parliament received the assent of the President of India on the 20th day of

September, 2013.

By order of the Governor,

C. P. RAMARAJA PREMA PRASAD,

Law Secretary.

Kerala Gazette No. 29 dated 22nd July 2014.

PART I

Section i

G. 25/2014/DTP (29).

THE REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE (AMENDMENT AND

VALIDATION) ACT, 2013

(ACT NO. 29 OF 2013)

AN

ACT

further to amend the Representation of the People Act, 1951.

BE it enacted by Parliament in the Sixty-fourth Year of the Republic of

India as follows:—

1. Short title and Commencement.—(1) This Act may be called the

Representation of the People (Amendment and Validation) Act, 2013.

(2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 10th

day of July, 2013.

2. Amendment of section 7.—In the Representation of the People Act, 1951

(43 of 1951) (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), in section 7, in clause

(b), after the words “or Legislative Council of a State”, the words “under the

provisions of this Chapter, and on no other ground” shall be inserted.

3. Amendment of section 62.—In section 62 of the principal Act, after the

proviso to sub-section (5), the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:—

“Provided further that by reason of the prohibition to vote under this

sub-section, a person whose name has been entered in the electoral roll shall

not cease to be an elector.”.

4. Validation.—Notwithstanding anything contained in any judgment,

decree or order of any court, tribunal or other authority, the provisions of the

Representation of the People Act, 1951 (43 of 1951), as amended by this Act,

shall have and shall be deemed always to have effect for all purposes as if the

provisions of this Act had been in force at all material times.

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