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Presidential and Vice-Presidential Elections Act
An Act to regulate certain matters relating to or connected with elections to the offices of President and Vice-President of India.
| Act Id | 195231 |
| Act Number | 31 |
| Enactment Date | 1952-03-14 |
| Act Year | 1952 |
| Ministry | Ministry of Law and Justice |
| Enforcement Date | 14-03-1952 |
- PRELIMINARY
- CONDUCT OF PRESIDENTIAL AND VICE-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
- 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
- DISPUTES REGARDING ELECTIONS
- 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
- 20 Transmission of orders to the Central Government and its publicatio
- MISCELLANEOUS
