The Presidential and Vice-Presidential Elections Act, 1952
Central · 1952
- S. 1Short title.
- S. 2Definitions.
- S. 3Returning Officer and his assistants.
- S. 4Appointment of dates for nominations, etc.
- S. 5Public notice of election.
- S. 5ANomination of candidates.
- S. 5BPresentation of nomination papers and requirements for a valid nomination.
- S. 5CDeposit.
- S. 5DNotice of nominations and the time and place for their scrutiny.
- S. 5EScrutiny of nominations.
- S. 6Withdrawal of candidature.
- S. 7Death of candidate before poll.
- S. 8Procedure in contested and uncontested elections.
- S. 9Manner of voting at elections.
- S. 10Counting of votes.
- S. 11Declaration of results.
- S. 12Report of the result.
- S. 13Definitions.
- S. 14Authority to try election petitions.
- S. 14APresentation of petition.
- S. 15Form of petitions, etc., and procedure.
- S. 16Relief that may be claimed by the petitioner.
- S. 17Orders of the Supreme Court.
- S. 18Grounds for declaring the election of a returned candidate to be void.
- S. 19Grounds for which a candidate other than the returned candidate may he declared to have been elected.
- S. 20Transmission of orders to the Central Government and its publication
- S. 20AReturn or forfeiture of candidate‟s deposit.
- S. 21Power to make rules.
- S. 22Maintenance of secrecy of voting.
- S. 23Jurisdiction of civil courts barred