LawgistThe Representation of the People Act
20AGeneral duties of district election officer
1[20A. General duties of district election officer..—(1) Subject to the superintendence, direction and control of the chief electoral officer, the district election officer shall co-ordinate and supervise all work in the district or in the area within his jurisdiction in connection with the conduct of all elections to Parliament and the Legislature of the State.
(2) The district election officer shall also perform such other functions as may be entrusted to him by the Election Commission and the chief electoral officer.]
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1. Ins. by Act 47 of 1966, s. 22 (w.e.f. 14-12-1966).
ADMINISTRATIVE MACHINERY FOR THE CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS
- 19 Definition
- 19A Delegation of functions of Election Commission
- 20 General duties of chief electoral officers
- 20A General duties of district election officer
- 20B Observers
- 21 Returning officers
- 22 Assistant returning officers
- 23 Returning officer to include assistant returning officers performing the functions of the returning officer
- 24 General duty of the returning officer
- 25 Provision of polling stations for constituencies
- 26 Appointment of presiding officers for polling stations
- 27 General duty of the presiding officer
- 28 Duties of a polling officer
- 28A Returning officer, presiding officer, etc., deemed to be on deputation to Election Commission
- 29 Special provisions in the case of certain elections
