Goa Gazette, No. 2122-44, 02 February 2022

Reg. No. RNP/GOA/32/2021-23

RNI No. GOAENG/2002/6410

Panaji, 2nd February, 2022 (Magha 13, 1943) SERIES II No. 44 PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

EXTRAORDINARY

No. 5

GOVERNMENT OF GOA

Department of Elections

Office of the Chief Electoral Officer

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Notification

No. 8-14-2022/Elect/34/3070

The following Notification No. 576/EXIT/2022/ /SDR/Vol-I dated 28th January, 2022, issued by the Election Commission of India, New Delhi, is hereby published for general information.

Narayan Sawant, IAS Addl. Chief Electoral Officer, Goa State.

Panaji, 1st February, 2022.

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ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA

Nirvachan Sadan, Ashoka Road, New Delhi-110001. Dated: 28th January, 2022 And whereas, Section 126A of The Representation of the People Act, 1951 (in short R. P. Act, 1951) specifies that "(1) No person shall conduct any exit poll and publish or publicise by means of the print or electronic media or disseminate in any other manner, whatsoever, the result of any exit poll during such period, as may be notified by the Election Commission in this regard.

(2) For the purposes of sub-section (1), the Election Commission shall, by a general order, notify the date and time having due regard to the following, namely:-

(a) in case of a general election, the period may commence from the beginning of the hours fixed for poll on the first day of poll and continue till half an hour after closing of the poll in all the States and Union territories;

Provided that in case of a number of bye-elections held together on different days, the period may commence from the beginning of the hours fixed for poll on the first day of poll and continue till half an hour after closing of the last poll.

(3) Any person who contravenes the provisions of this section shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years or with fine or with both."

Notification

No. 576/EXIT/2022/SDR/Vol-I

Whereas, the Election Commission has announced the schedule for the General Elections to the Legislative Assemblies of Goa, Manipur, Punjab, Uttarakhand & Uttar Pradesh vide Press Note No. ECI/PN/3/2022 dated 8th January, 2022 and Press Note No. ECI/PN/9/2022 dated 17th January, 2022.

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers under sub-section (1) of Section 126A of the R. P. Act, 1951, the Election Commission, having regard to the provisions of sub-section (2) of the said Section, hereby notifies the period between 7:00 a.m. on 10th February, 2022 (Thursday) and 6:30 p.m. on 7th March, 2022 (Monday) as the period during which conducting any exit poll and publishing or publicizing by means of the print or electronic media1225 Suggestions are welcomed on e-mail: [email protected] OFFICIAL GAZETTE — GOVT. OF GOA SERIES II No. 44 (EXTRAORDINARY No. 5) 2ND FEBRUARY, 2022 or dissemination in any other manner whatsoever, the result of any exit poll in connection with the aforesaid General Elections, shall be prohibited.

It is further clarified that under Section 126(1)(b) of the R. P. Act, 1951, displaying any election matter including results of any opinion poll or any other poll survey, in any electronic media, would be prohibited during the period of 48 hours ending with the hours fixed for conclusion of poll in the respective polling areas in connection with General elections.

By order,

Ashwani Kumar Mohal, Secretary.

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Direction

No. 5-4-2021/ELEC/3083

The following Direction No. 576/3/EVM/2022/ /SDR-Vol. I dated 24-01-2022 issued by the Election Commission of India, New Delhi is hereby published for general information.

Narayan R. Sawant,

Addl. Chief Electoral Officer.

Panaji, 28th January, 2022.

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In the Commission's Direction No. 576/3/EVM/

/2022/SDR-Vol. I dated 12th January, 2022 under Para 4 for the words and figures all the Assembly Constituencies of Goa, Punjab and Uttarakhand to

be notified on 21-01-2022, the words and figures

all the Assembly Constituencies of Goa and

Uttarakhand to be notified on 21-01-2022 and all

the Assembly Constituencies of Punjab to be

notified on 25-01-2022 shall be substituted.

By order,

Ashwani Kumar Mohal, Secretary.

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