Panaji, 1st February, 2017 (Magha 12, 1938)
SERIES II No. 43
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
RNI No. GOAENG/2002/6410
Reg. No. G-2/RNP/GOA/32/2015-2017
EXTRAORDINARY
No. 5
GOVERNMENT OF GOA
Department of Elections
Office of the Chief Electoral Officer
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Direction
No. 8-1-2012/ELEC/1409
The following Direction No. 576/3/VVPAT/ECI/
LET/FUNC/JUD/SDR/2017/Vol. I dated 31-01-2017
issued by the Election Commission of India, New
Delhi is hereby published for general information.
Devidas S. Gaonkar, Joint Chief Electoral Officer.
Panaji, 1st February, 2017.
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ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA
Nirvachan Sadan,
Ashoka Road,
New Delhi - 110001.
Dated: 31st January, 2017.
Direction
No. 576/3/VVPAT/ECI/LET/FUNC/JUD/SDR/
/2017/Vol.I:— Whereas, Section 61A of the
Representation of the People Act, 1951, provides
that the giving and recording of votes by voting
machines in such manner as may be prescribed,
may be adopted in such constituency or
constituencies as the Election Commission of India
may, having regard to the circumstances of each
case, specify; and
2. Whereas, as per the proviso to rule 49A of the
Conduct of Elections Rules, 1961, a printer with a
drop box of such design, as may be approved by
the Election Commission of India may also be
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attached to a voting machine for printing a paper
trail of the vote, in such constituency or
constituencies or parts thereof as the Election
Commission of India may direct; and
3. Whereas, the Election Commission of India
has, vide its notification No. 576/3/VVPAT/ECI/LET/
/FUNC/JUD/SDR/2017/Vol. I dated 31st January,
2017, already specified under the said Section 61A
of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, all
the Assembly Constituencies of States of Goa as
the constituencies in which the votes shall be
given and recorded by means of voting machines
at the poll to be taken for the current general
elections;
4. Now, therefore, the Election Commission of
India in exercise of its powers under the
abovementioned proviso to rule 49A of the Conduct
of Elections Rules, 1961, hereby—
(i)
specifies all the 40 Assembly Constituen-
cies of Goa, as specified in the Annexure
hereto as the Constituencies in which a
printer with a drop box shall be attached
to every voting machine to be used for the
giving and recording of votes at the
current general election to the Goa
Legislative Assembly;
(ii)
approves the design of the printer with the
drop box as developed by the Electronics
Corporation of India Ltd., Hyderabad, as
the design for the printer which shall be
attached to the said voting machines to be
used for the giving and recording of votes
in the above said Assembly Constituencies.
By order,
K. F. WILFRED