Section List

Act Number: 31

Act Name: The Presidential and Vice-Presidential Elections Act, 1952

Year: 1952

Enactment Date: 1952-03-14

Long Title: An Act to regulate certain matters relating to or connected with elections to the offices of President and Vice-President of India.

Ministry: Ministry of Law and Justice

Department: Legislative Department

Section NumberTitleActions
1 Short title.
2 Definitions.
3 Returning Officer and his assistants.
4 Appointment of dates for nominations, etc.
5 Public notice of election.
5A Nomination of candidates.
5B Presentation of nomination papers and requirements for a valid nomination.
5C Deposit.
5D Notice of nominations and the time and place for their scrutiny.
5E Scrutiny of nominations.
6 Withdrawal of candidature.
7 Death of candidate before poll.
8 Procedure in contested and uncontested elections.
9 Manner of voting at elections.
10 Counting of votes.
11 Declaration of results.
12 Report of the result.
13 Definitions.
14 Authority to try election petitions.
14A Presentation of petition.
15 Form of petitions, etc., and procedure.
16 Relief that may be claimed by the petitioner.
17 Orders of the Supreme Court.
18 Grounds for declaring the election of a returned candidate to be void.
19 Grounds for which a candidate other than the returned candidate may he declared to have been elected.
20Transmission of orders to the Central Government and its publication
20A Return or forfeiture of candidate‟s deposit.
21Power to make rules.
22Maintenance of secrecy of voting.
23 Jurisdiction of civil courts barred
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