Lakshadweep Gazette, No. 14, 13 July 2022

VOL. LVIII No.14 WEDNESDAY, 15th JUNE 2022 / 25th JYESTHA, 1944 (SAKA)

ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA

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Whereas, the term of office of Shri Ram Nath Kovind, President of India, is

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due to expire, in terms of clause (1) of Article 56 of the Constitution, on the 24 Day of July, 2022; and

Whereas, an election is due to be held, in terms of clause (1) of Article 62 of the Constitution, to fill the vacancy to be caused by the expiration of the term of office of the incumbent President before the expiration of term of his office; and

Whereas, under sub-section (3) of Section 4 of the Presidential and Vice-Presidential Elections Act, 1952 (31 of 1952), the Election Commission of India is required to so appoint the dates for the election to fill the vacancy in the office of the President of India that the election will be completed at such time as will enable the President thereby elected to enter

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Day of July, 2022;

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calls upon

Now, therefore, the Election Commission of India hereby –

(A)

the Electoral College, referred to in Article 54 of the Constitution, to elect a person to fill the above vacancy in the Office of President of India before the expiration of the term of the incumbent President, in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution, the Presidential and Vice-Presidential Elections Act, 1952 (31 of 1952), and the Rules and Orders made thereunder;

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(B) in pursuance of sub-section (1) of Section 4 of the said Act,

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a) the 29 June, 2022 (Wednesday), as the last date for making nominations;

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b) the30 June, 2022 (Thursday), as the date for scrutiny of the nominations;

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c) the02 July, 2022 (Saturday), as the last date for the withdrawal of candidatures; and

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the Electoral College, referred to in Article 54 of the Constitution, to elect a person to fill the above vacancy in the Office of President of Indiabefore the expiration of the term of the incumbent President, in accordance 2 THE LAKSHADWEEP GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY with the provisions of the Constitution, the Presidential and Vice-Presidential Elections Act, 1952 (31 of 1952), and the Rules and Orders made thereunder;

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(B) in pursuance of sub-section (1) of Section 4 of the said Act,

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a) the 29 June, 2022 (Wednesday), as the last date for making nominations;

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b) the30 June, 2022 (Thursday), as the date for scrutiny of the nominations;

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c) the02 July, 2022 (Saturday), as the last date for the withdrawal of candidatures; and

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July, 2022 (Monday), as the date on which a poll shall, if necessary, d) the 18

be taken.

By Order,

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Dated 15 June, 2022 Jyaistha25, 1944 (Saka)

NOTIFICATION

No. 479/2022 (1):-

In pursuance of Rule 7 of the Presidential and Vice- Presidential Elections Rules, 1974, the Election Commission of India hereby-

(a) fixes each of the places specified in column (2) of the Table below to be a place of polling at the Presidential Election to be held in accordance with

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June, 2022; and

its notification No. 479/2022, dated 15

(b) specifies, with respect to each such place of polling, the group of electors specified in the corresponding entry in column (3) of the said Table, who will be entitled to vote at that place, subject to the exceptions mentioned

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in the Note appended to the said Table:

Goa Assembly Complex, Porvorim.

Assembly

Puducherry-605001

NOTE

Normally, members of Parliament are expected to cast their votes at New Delhi and members of all respective State Legislative Assemblies at the concerned place of poll.

However, on account of any exigency for special circumstances, the Members of Parliament can vote in any of the places of polling in any State/Delhi/Puducherry. Similarly, any MLA desirous of voting at Parliament, New Delhi or at any other Legislative Assembliesinstead of his/her concerned place of poll, can also do so. For this purpose, such electors shall have to apply to the Election Commission in the prescribed format [available with the Returning Officer and Assistant Returning Officers and also on the Commission's website (www.eci.gov.in)] so as to reach the Commission at least 10 days before the date of poll.

By Order,

(NARENDRA N. BUTOLIA)

SR.PRINCIPALSECRETARY

ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA

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479/2022 (2):-

In pursuance of clause (b) of Rule 7 of the Presidential and Vice- Presidential Elections Rules, 1974, the Election Commission of India hereby specifies the hours from 10:00A.M. to 5:00P.M., both inclusive, to be the hours during which the poll shall, if necessary, be taken at each place of polling fixed by the Commission in its

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June, 2022, for the Presidential Election, notification No. 479/2022 (1), dated the 15

referred to therein.

By Order,

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FORM 1

(See rule 3 of the Presidential and Vice-Presidential Elections Rules, 1974)

PUBLIC NOTICE

OF

ELECTION TO THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT OF INDIA

WHEREAS a notification under sub-section (1) of section 4 of the Presidential and Vice-Presidential Elections Act, 1952, for the holding of an election to fill the office of President of India has been issued by the Election Commission, I, P.C. Mody, the Returning Officer for such election, do hereby give notice that—

(i) nomination papers may be delivered by a candidate or any one of his proposers or seconders to the undersigned at his office in Room No.29, Ground Floor, Parliament House, New Delhi, or if h e i s unavoidably absent, to the Assistant Returning Officers, Shri Mukul Pande, Officer on Special Duty (OSD)/Shri Surendra Kumar Tripathi, Joint Secretary and Chief Vigilance Officer, Rajya Sabha Secretariat at the said office between 11.00 A.M. and 3.00 P.M. on any day (other than a public holiday) not later than the 29th of June, 2022;

(ii) each nomination paper shall be accompanied by a certified copy of the entry relating to the candidate in the electoral roll for the Parliamentary constituency in which the candidate is registered as an elector;

(iii) every candidate shall deposit or cause to be deposited a sum of Rupees Fifteen Thousand only. This amount may be deposited in cash with the Returning Officer at the time of presentation of the nomination paper or deposited earlier in the Reserve Bank of India or in a Government Treasury and in the latter case a receipt showing that the said deposit of the sum has been so made is required to be enclosed with the nomination paper;

(iv) forms of nomination papers may be obtained from the above said office at the time aforesaid;

(v) the nomination papers, other than those rejected under sub- section (4) of section 5B of the Act, will be taken up for scrutiny at Committee Room No.62, First Floor, Parliament House, New Delhi on Thursday, the 30th of June, 2022 at 11.00 A.M.;

(vi) the notice of withdrawal of candidatures may be delivered by a candidate, or any one of his proposers or seconders who has been authorised in this behalf in writing by the candidate, to the undersigned at the place specified in paragraph (i) above before three o'clock in the afternoon of 2nd of July, 2022;

(vii) in the event of the election being contested, the poll will be taken on Monday, the 18th of July, 2022 between hours of 10.00 A.M. and 5.00 P.M. at the places of polling fixed under the rules.

(P.C. MODY)

New Delhi Dated the 15th of June, 2022 RETURNING OFFICER FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, 2022 AND

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