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List of Voters.— (1) The electroral roll of the Maharashtra Leigislative Asseembly 1[(excluding the last part thereof as is referred to in sub-rule (2) of rule 5 of the Registration of Electors Rules, 1960 made under the Representation of the People Act, 1950 (XLIII of 1950))] prepared under the provisions of the Representation of the People Act, 1950 (XLIII of 1950), and in force on such day as the 2[State Election Commission] may by general or special order notify in this behalf for such part of the constituency of the Assembly as is included in an electoral division, shall be the list of voters, for such electroal division. 3[(1A) Notwithstanding anything in this Act, or in any other law for the time being in force, in respect of a presiding authority who by reason of his office is provided with residential accommodation or house-rent in lieu thereof by or under the provisions of this Act and who ceases to be ordinarily resident during his term of office in any electoral division in the Disirict by reason of his absence therefrom in connection with his duties as such authority, but is ordinarily resident in any place outside the District of the Zilla Parishad in respect of which he is such authority and in consequence whereof his name is not in the list of voters for any electoral division in the District, then, in such case, the 4[State Election Commission] shall amend the list of voters so as to enable such presiding authority to be registered in the electrol division which but for holding such office he would have been ordinarily resident. The manner in which the list of voters shall be amended for the purposes aforesaid, and all matters supplementary, consequential and incidental thereto shall be as are provided by rules made in this behalf.] (2) The office designated by the 5[State Election Commissioner] in this behalf shall maintain a list of voters for each electoral division.