CHAPTER I
PRELIMINARY
1. Short title and commencement.-(1) This Act may be called the
Representation of the People (Second Amendment) Act, 2003.
(2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 29th day of
October, 2003.
CHAPTER II
AMENDMENT OF THE REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE ACT, 1950
2. Amendment of section 13AA of Act 43 of 1950.-In section 13AA of the
Representation of the People Act, 1950, in sub-section (1), the words
“other than a Union territory,” shall be omitted
CHAPTER III
AMENDMENT OF THE REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE ACT, 1951
. Amendment of sections 26 and 78 of Act 43 of 1951.-In the
Representation of the People Act, 1951,-
(a) in section 26, sub-section (5) shall be omitted;
(b) in section 78, sub-section (2) shall be omitted.
4. Repeal and saving.-(1) The Representation of the People (Amendment)
Ordinance, 2003 (Ord. 5 of 2003) is hereby repealed.
(2) Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken
under the Representation of the People Act, 1950 (43 of 1950) and the
Representation of the People Act, 1951 (43 of 1951) as amended by the
said Ordinance, shall be deemed to have been done or taken under the
said Acts, as amended by this Act.