THE PRESIDENTIAL AND VICE-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS ACT, 1952

ACT NO. 31 OF 1952 · Enacted [14th March, 1952.] · 30 sections

PRELIMINARY

Section 1.Short title.

Section 2.Definitions.

CONDUCT OF PRESIDENTIAL AND VICE-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS

Section 3.Returning Officer and his assistants.

Section 4.Appointment of dates for nominations, etc.

Section 5.Public notice of election.

Section 5A.Nomination of candidates.

Section 5B.Presentation of nomination papers and requirements for a valid nomination.

Section 5C.Deposit.

Section 5D.Notice of nominations and the time and place for their scrutiny.

Section 5E.Scrutiny of nominations.

Section 6.Withdrawal of candidature.

Section 7.Death of candidate before poll.

Section 8.Procedure in contested and uncontested elections.

Section 9.Manner of voting at elections.

Section 10.Counting of votes.

Section 11.Declaration of results.

Section 12.Report of the result.

DISPUTES REGARDING ELECTIONS

Section 13.Definitions.

Section 14.Authority to try election petitions.

Section 14A.Presentation of petition.

Section 15.Form of petitions, etc., and procedure.

Section 16.Relief that may be claimed by the petitioner.

Section 17.Orders of the Supreme Court.

Section 18.Grounds for declaring the election of a returned candidate to be void.

Section 19.Grounds for which a candidate other than the returned candidate may he declared to have been elected.

Section 20.Transmission of orders to the Central Government and its publication.

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 20A.Return or forfeiture of candidate‟s deposit.

Section 21.Power to make rules.

Section 22.Maintenance of secrecy of voting.

Section 23.Jurisdiction of civil courts barred.