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{l) Any registered voter in an Area may tile his nomination for office of Area Sabha Representative, unless he is disqualified for being chosen as, and for being, an Area Sabha Representative,- (a) by or under any law for the time being in force for the purposes of elections to the Legislature of the State, or for the purposes of elections to the Corporation or Municipality: Provided that no person shall b1~ disqualified on the ground that he is less than twenty five years of age, if he has attained the age of eighteen years; or (b) if he is an elected representative under either the Representation of the People Act, 1951 or Central Act this Act. 43 of1951 (I) Any person eligible for contesting the elections to the office of Area Sabha Representative in that Area may file in accordance with the procedures that may be laid down under the rules framed by the State Government in this behalf, his nomination for contesting the elections to such post within a period of four weeks from the date of announcement of results of the elections to the Corporation or Municipality. (2) Nomination papers for the office of Area Sabha Representative shall be available with the Ward Councillor, at all Corporation or Municipal offices and at other public places where the public can easily procure the same, one week after the undisputed results of Ward elections have been declared. · (3) Upon filing his duly completed nomination papers with the election officer notified in this behalf by the State Election Commission within the period stipulated in sub-section (1), the nominee shall be ~ntitled to receive a due acknowledgement in respect of the same from the Election Officer. (4) The election to the office of Area Sabha Representative in the various Areas within the Corporation or Municipality shall be conducted under the aegis of the State Election Commission or an Agency that may be appointed in its place by the State government, within a period of four weeks from the last date for filing of nominations for the post of Area Sabha Representative, in the manner prescribed in the rules framed in this behalf by the State Government.