Section 27. Preparation of electoral roll for Council constituencies

PART IV 6[ELECTORAL ROLLS FOR COUNCIL CONSTITUENCIES] 26. [ Preparation of electoral rolls for Assembly constituencies .] Omitted by the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act , 1956 (2 of 1956), s. 17. 27. Preparation of electoral roll for Council constituencies .—(1) In this section, "local authorities' constituency", "graduates' constituency" and "teachers' constituency" mean a constituency for the purpose of elections to a Legislative Council under sub-clause (a), sub-clause ( b sub-clause (c), respectively, of clause (3) of article 171. for the purpose of elections to a Legislative Council under sub-clause (a), sub-clause (b) and 7[(2) For the purpose of elections to the Legislative Council of a State in any local authorities' constituency— (a) the electorate shall consist of members of such local authorities exercising jurisdiction in any place or area within the limits of that constituency as are specified in relation to that State in the Fourth Schedule; (b) every member of each such local authority within a local authorities' constituency shall be entitled to be registered in the electoral roll for that constituency; (c) the electoral registration officer for every local authorities' constituency shall maintain in his office in the prescribed manner and form the electoral roll for that constituency corrected up-to-date; (d) in order to enable the electoral registration officer to maintain the electoral roll corrected up-to-date, the chief executive officer of every local authority (by whatever designation such officer may be known) shall immediately inform the electoral registration officer about every change in the membership of that local authority; and the electoral registration officer shall, on receipt of the information, strike off from the electoral roll the names of persons who have ceased to be, and include therein the names of persons who have become, members of that local authority; and 1. Ins. by Act 40 of 1961, s. 3 (w.e.f. 20-9-1961). 2. Subs. by Act 41 of 2009, s. 2, for certain words (w.e.f. 1-2-2010).