Rule 22
Removal Of Repeated Name
(1) On receipt of information pursuant to subrule (1) of Rule 21, the concerned Assistant Name Registration Officer or Chief Name Registration Officer shall remove repeated name pursuant to sub-section (1) of Section 19 of the Act.
(2) Where an application is received in relation to the repetition of name of a voter pursuant to Sub-rule (2) of Rule 21, the Assistant Name Registration Officer or Chief Name Registration Officer may inquire, or seek necessary evidence from, the concerned voter or any of his or her family members or the Ward Office of the Village Development Committee or Municipality where the concerned voter is residing.
(3) If, while holding inquiry pursuant to this Rule, it appears that the repeated name should be removed from the Electoral Rolls, the concerned Assistant Name Registration Officer or Chief Name Registration Officer shall publish a notice, in the format as referred to in Schedule-10, in his or her Office, thereby requesting the concerned voter to furnish his or her statements within the time for inquiry mentioned in the programme.
(4) Where the statement made by the voter pursuant to the notice published under Sub-rule (3) is not convincing or the concerned voter fails to make his or her statement, and it appears from the available evidence that the name of the concerned voter should be removed, the concerned Assistant Name Registration Officer or Chief Name Registration Officer shall make a decision to remove such repeated name, in the format as referred to in Schedule-11, setting out the reason and ground for the removal of such repeated name.
(5) The concerned Assistant Name Registration Officer or Chief Name Registration Officer shall post in his or her Office a notice on the removal of repeated name pursuant to Sub-rule (4), in the format as referred to in Schedule-12.
(6) On receipt of an order from the Commission pursuant to Sub-rule (3) of Rule 21, the Chief Name Registration Officer shall maintain the name of the voter in the Electoral Rolls of any one place where he or she has permanent residence and remove his name from the Electoral Rolls of the other places. Where the name is so removed, a public notice shall be posted for the information of the concerned voter.
(7) Notwithstanding anything contained elsewhere in this Rule, where the Assistant Name Registration Officer or Chief Name Registration Officer receives information about the repetition of the name of any voter pursuant to sub-section (2) of Section 19, the concerned Assistant Name Registration Officer, in the case of repetition within the Village Development Committee or Municipality, and the concerned Chief Name Registration Officer, in the case of repetition in any Village Development Committee or Municipality within the District, shall remove the name of such voter from the Electoral Rolls of the Ward of the other Village Development Committee or Municipality, except the Electoral Rolls of the Ward of the Village Development Committee or Municipality where such voter has permanent residence. Where the name is so removed, a public notice shall be posted for the information of the concerned voter.
(8) A recognizance deed on the publication or postage of any notice made pursuant to Sub-rules (3), (5), (6) or (7) shall be prepared in the format as referred to in Schedule-2.
(2) Where an application is received in relation to the repetition of name of a voter pursuant to Sub-rule (2) of Rule 21, the Assistant Name Registration Officer or Chief Name Registration Officer may inquire, or seek necessary evidence from, the concerned voter or any of his or her family members or the Ward Office of the Village Development Committee or Municipality where the concerned voter is residing.
(3) If, while holding inquiry pursuant to this Rule, it appears that the repeated name should be removed from the Electoral Rolls, the concerned Assistant Name Registration Officer or Chief Name Registration Officer shall publish a notice, in the format as referred to in Schedule-10, in his or her Office, thereby requesting the concerned voter to furnish his or her statements within the time for inquiry mentioned in the programme.
(4) Where the statement made by the voter pursuant to the notice published under Sub-rule (3) is not convincing or the concerned voter fails to make his or her statement, and it appears from the available evidence that the name of the concerned voter should be removed, the concerned Assistant Name Registration Officer or Chief Name Registration Officer shall make a decision to remove such repeated name, in the format as referred to in Schedule-11, setting out the reason and ground for the removal of such repeated name.
(5) The concerned Assistant Name Registration Officer or Chief Name Registration Officer shall post in his or her Office a notice on the removal of repeated name pursuant to Sub-rule (4), in the format as referred to in Schedule-12.
(6) On receipt of an order from the Commission pursuant to Sub-rule (3) of Rule 21, the Chief Name Registration Officer shall maintain the name of the voter in the Electoral Rolls of any one place where he or she has permanent residence and remove his name from the Electoral Rolls of the other places. Where the name is so removed, a public notice shall be posted for the information of the concerned voter.
(7) Notwithstanding anything contained elsewhere in this Rule, where the Assistant Name Registration Officer or Chief Name Registration Officer receives information about the repetition of the name of any voter pursuant to sub-section (2) of Section 19, the concerned Assistant Name Registration Officer, in the case of repetition within the Village Development Committee or Municipality, and the concerned Chief Name Registration Officer, in the case of repetition in any Village Development Committee or Municipality within the District, shall remove the name of such voter from the Electoral Rolls of the Ward of the other Village Development Committee or Municipality, except the Electoral Rolls of the Ward of the Village Development Committee or Municipality where such voter has permanent residence. Where the name is so removed, a public notice shall be posted for the information of the concerned voter.
(8) A recognizance deed on the publication or postage of any notice made pursuant to Sub-rules (3), (5), (6) or (7) shall be prepared in the format as referred to in Schedule-2.