Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) [Any person whose name is not included in the Electoral Rolls of a constituency may apply to the Electoral Registration Officer for inclusion of his name in the Rolls in form as may be prescribed by the State Election Commissioner. Provided that no application for inclusion of a name in the Electoral Rolls shall be entertained under the provisions of this Act except on the ground that the name of the applicant has not been included in the Electoral Rolls of the constituency of the Gram Panchayat, Panchayat Samiti and Zilla Parishad though his name appears as an elector in the related Electoral Rolls of the Assembly Constituency which is for the time being in force. (2) The Electoral Registration Officer shall immediately on receipt of such application direct that one copy thereof be posted in some conspicuous place in his office together with a notice inviting objection to such inclusion within a period of seven days from the date of such posting. (3) The Electoral Registration Officer shall, as soon as may be, after the expiry of the period specified in Sub-section (2) above, consider the objections, if any, received by him and shall, if satisfied that the applicant is entitled to be registered as an elector, direct his name to be included thereon. (4) No amendment by way of inclusion of a name in the electoral roll shall be made under the provision of this Act and no direction for inclusion of a name in the electoral roll of a constituency shall be given after the last date for making nomination for an election in the constituency and before the completion of that election.]2