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GOVERNMENT OF PUDUCHERRY

LOCAL ADMINISTRATION SECRETARIAT

(G.O. Ms. No. 023/A1/LAS/2022, Puducherry, dated 4th May 2022)

NOTIFICATION

In exercise of the powers conferred under clause (l) of sub-scction (2)

of section 38 of the Puducherry Village and Commune Panchayats Act,

1973 (No. 10 of 1973) and of all other powers enabling her in this behalf,

the Lieutenant-Governor, Puducherry, is hereby pleased to make the

following rules further to amend the Puducherry Village and Commune

Panchayats (Conduct of Election of Members of Commune Panchayat

Councils and Presidents and Members of Village Panchayats) Rules,

1978, notified vide G.O. Ms. No. 310, dated 11th December, 1978 of the

Local Administration Department, Government of Puducherry, namely:-

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1. Short title, extent and commencement.— (1) These rules may

be called the Puducherry Village and Commune Panchayats (Conduct of

Election of Members of Commune Panchayat Councils and Presidents

and Members of Village Panchayats) [Amendment] Rules, 2022.

(2) They shall extend to the whole of the Union territory of

Puducherry.

(3) They shall come into force with immediate effect.

2. Amendment of rule 2.— In the Puducherry Village and Commune

Panchayats (Conduct of Election of Members of Commune Panchayat

Councils and Presidents and Members of Village Panchayats) Rules, 1978

[hereinafter referred to as ‘the said rules’] in the rule 2 (1),

(a) For the existing clause (a), the following shall be

substituted, namely:-

(i) “(a) ‘absentee voter’ means, a person belonging to the

class of senior citizen or persons with disability or COVID

affected persons as identified before 15 days of poll;’

after clause (a), the following shall be inserted, namely:-

(ii) “(a)(a) ‘Act’ means, the Puducherry Village and Commune

Panchayats Act, 1973 (No.10 of 1973);”

(b) after the existing clause (j), the following shall be inserted,

namely:-

“(j)(a) ‘person with disability’ means, a person already

marked/flagged as person with disability in the database for the

electoral roll;

(c) after the existing clause (n), the following shall be inserted,

namely:-

“(o) ‘senior citizen’ means, an elector belonging to the class

of absentee voters and is above 80 years of age;”

3. Amendment of rule 29C.— In the said rules, in rule 29C, in

sub-rule(1), after the proviso, the following second proviso shall be

inserted, namely:-

“Provided further that in case of absentee voter, the postal ballot

paper shall be issued by the Returning Officer in such manner as may

be specified by the State Election Commission.”

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4. Amendment of rule 29D.— In the said rules, in rule 29D, after

the sub-rule (2) the following shall be inserted, namely:-

“(3) In the case of an absentee voter, the recording of vote shall

be made in such Centre or any other place where the voter ordinarily

resides or as may be specified by the State Election Commission.”

5. Amendment of rule 30B.— In the said rules, in rule 30B, in

sub-rule (1), the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:-

“Provided that in the case of absentee voter, the postal ballot

paper shall be returned to the Returning Officer in such way, as may be

directed by the State Election Commission.”

(By order of the Lieutenant-Governor)

GIDDI BALARAM,

Under Secretary to Government

(Local Administration).

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