Section 32. Breach of official duty in connection with the preparation, etc., of electoral rolls

32. Breach of official duty in connection with the preparation, etc., of electoral rolls. —(1) If any electoral registration officer, assistant electoral registration officer or other person required by or under this Act to perform any official duty in connection with the preparation, revision or correction of an electoral roll or the inclusion or exclusion of any entry in or from that roll, is without reasonable cause, guilty of any act or omission in breach of such official duty, he shall be punishable[4] [with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than three months but which may extend to two years and with fine]. (2) No suit or other legal proceeding shall lie against any such officer or other person for damages in respect of any such act or omission as aforesaid. (3) No court shall take cognizance of any offence punishable under sub-section (1) unless there is a complaint made by order of, or under authority from, the Election Commission or the Chief Electoral Officer of the State concerned.] 1. Subs. by Act 2 of 1956, s. 25, for section 29 (w.e.f. 1-3-1956). 2. Ins. by Act 58 of 1958, s. 11 (w.e.f. 30-12-1958). 3. Subs. by Act 20 of 1960, s. 4, for section 31 (w.e.f. 8-5-1960). 4. Subs. by Act 21 of 1996, s. 2, for certain words (w.e.f. 1-8-1996). 1[THE FIRST SCHEDULE ( See section 3) |1[THE FIRST SCHEDULE<br>(_See_section 3)|1[THE FIRST SCHEDULE<br>(_See_section 3)|1[THE FIRST SCHEDULE<br>(_See_section 3)|1[THE FIRST SCHEDULE<br>(_See_section 3)|1[THE FIRST SCHEDULE<br>(_See_section 3)|1[THE FIRST SCHEDULE<br>(_See_section 3)|1[THE FIRST SCHEDULE<br>(_See_section 3)| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Allocation of Seats in the House of the People||||||| |Name of the State/Union<br>territory|Number of seats in the House as constituted in 2004<br>on the basis of the Delimitation of Parliamentary and<br>Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976 as amended<br>from time to time|||Number of seats in the House as subsequently constituted as<br>per the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly<br>Constituencies Order, 2008||| ||Total|Reserved for<br>the Scheduled<br>Castes|Reserved for<br>the Scheduled<br>Tribes|Total|Reserved for the<br>Scheduled Castes|Reserved for the<br>Scheduled Tribes| |1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7||||||| |I.STATES<br>2[1. Andhra Pradesh<br>2. Arunachal Pradesh<br>3. Assam<br>4. Bihar<br>5.Chhattisgarh<br>6. Goa<br>7. Gujarat<br>8. Haryana<br>9. Himachal Pradesh<br>3[*<br>10. Jharkhand<br>11. Karnataka<br>12. Kerala<br>13. Madhya Pradesh<br>14. Maharashtra<br>15. Manipur<br>16. Meghalaya<br>17. Mizoram<br>18. Nagaland<br>19. Orissa<br>20. Punjab<br>21. Rajasthan<br>22. Sikkim<br>23. Tamil Nadu<br>4[24. Telangana<br>25. Tripura<br>26. Uttarakhand<br>27. Uttar Pradesh<br>28. West Bengal<br>II.UNION TERRITORIES<br>1. Andaman and Nicobar<br>Islands<br>2. Chandigarh<br>5[3. Dadra and Nagar<br>Haveli Daman and Diu<br>4. Delhi<br>5. Lakshadweep<br>6. Puducherry<br>6[7. Jammu and Kashmir<br>8. Ladakh|<br>42<br>2<br>14<br>40<br>11<br>2<br>26<br>10<br>4<br>*<br>14<br>28<br>20<br>29<br>48<br>2<br>2<br>1<br>1<br>21<br>13<br>25<br>1<br>39<br>-<br>2<br>5<br>80<br>42<br>1<br>1<br>1<br>7<br>1<br>1<br>5<br>1|6<br>-<br>1<br>7<br>2<br>-<br>2<br>2<br>1<br>*<br>1<br>4<br>2<br>4<br>3<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>3<br>3<br>4<br>-<br>7<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>18<br>8<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>1<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-|2<br>-<br>2<br>-<br>4<br>-<br>4<br>-<br>-<br>*<br>5<br>-<br>-<br>5<br>4<br>1<br>-<br>1<br>-<br>5<br>-<br>3<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>1<br>-<br>-<br>2<br>-<br>-<br>1<br>-<br>1<br>-<br>-<br>-|25<br>2<br>14<br>40<br>11<br>2<br>26<br>10<br>4<br>*<br>14<br>28<br>20<br>29<br>48<br>2<br>2<br>1<br>1<br>21<br>13<br>25<br>1<br>39<br>17<br>2<br>5<br>80<br>42<br>1<br>1<br>2<br>7<br>1<br>1<br>5<br>1|4<br>-<br>1<br>6<br>1<br>-<br>2<br>2<br>1<br>*<br>1<br>5<br>2<br>4<br>5<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>3<br>4<br>4<br>-<br>7<br>3<br>-<br>1<br>17<br>10<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>1<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-|1]<br>-<br>2<br>-<br>4<br>-<br>4<br>-<br>-<br>*]<br>5<br>2<br>-<br>6<br>4<br>1<br>2<br>1<br>-<br>5<br>-<br>3<br>-<br>-<br>2]<br>1<br>-<br>-<br>2<br>-<br>-<br>1]<br>-<br>1<br>-<br>-]<br>-| ||543|79|41|543|84|47| 1. Subs. by Act 10 of 2008, s. 8, for the First Schedule (w.e.f. 16-4-2008). 2. Subs. by Act 6 of 2014, s. 14 and the Second Schedule, for "1. Andhra Pradesh 42 6 2 42 7 3" (w.e.f. 2-6-2014 ).