1. Short title and commencement.-(1) This Act may be called the
\nRepresentation of the People (Third Amendment) Act, 2002.(2) Save as otherwise provided in this Act, the provisions of this Act shall be deemed to have come into force on the 24th August, 2002.2.Insertion of new section 33A.<\/p>\n
2. Insertion of new section 33A.-After section 33 of the
\nRepresentation of the People Act, 1951 (43 of 1951) (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), the following section shall be inserted, namely:-<\/p>\n
“33A. Right to information.-(1) A candidate shall, apart from any information which he is required to furnish, under this Act or the rules made thereunder, in his nomination paper delivered under sub-section (1) of section 33, also furnish the informatio as to whether-<\/p>\n
(i) he is accused of any offence punishable with imprisonment for two years or more in a pending case in which a charge has been framed by the court of competent jurisdiction;<\/p>\n
(ii) he has been convicted of an offence [other than any offence referred to in sub-section (1) or sub-section (2), or covered in sub-section (3), of section 8] and sentenced to imprisonment for one year or more.<\/p>\n
(2) The candidate or his proposer, as the case may be, shall, at the time of delivering to the returning officer the nomination paper under sub-section (1) of section 33, also deliver to him an affidavit sworn specified in sub-section (1). by the candidate in a prescribed form verify ng the information<\/p>\n
(3) The returning officer shall, as soon as may be after the furnishing of information to him under sub-section (1), display the aforesaid information by affixing a copy of the affidavit, delivered under sub-section (2), at a conspicuous place at his o fice for the information of the electors relating to a constituency for which the nomination paper is delivered.”.<\/p>\n
3. Insertion of new section 33B.-After section 33A of the principal
\nAct as so inserted, the following section shall be inserted and shall be deemed to have been inserted with effect from the 2nd day of May,
\n2002, namely:-<\/p>\n
“33B. Candidate to furnish information only under the Act and the rules.-Notwithstanding anything contained in any judgment, decree or order of any court or any direction, order or any other instruction issued by the Election Commission, no candidate sha l be liable to disclose or furnish any such information, in respect of his election, which is not required to be disclosed or furnished under this Act or the rules made thereunder.”..<\/p>\n
4. Insertion of new Chapter VIIA.-In Part V of the principal Act, after Chapter VII, the following Chapter shall be inserted, namely:-<\/p>\n
CHAPTER VIIA<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n DECLARATION OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n 75A. Declaration of assets and liabilities.-(1) Every elected candidate for a House of Parliament shall, within ninety days from the date on which he makes and subscribes an oath or affirmation, according to the form set out for the purpose in the Third Schedule to the Constitution, for taking his seat in either House of Parliament, furnish the information, relating to-<\/p>\n (i) the movable and immovable property of which he, his spouse and his dependant children are jointly or severally owners or beneficiaries;<\/p>\n (ii) his liabilities to any public financial institution; and<\/p>\n (iii) his liabilities to the Central Government or the State (2) The information under sub-section (1) shall be furnished in such form and in such manner as may be prescribed in the rules made under sub-section (3).<\/p>\n (3) The Chairman of the Council of States or the Speaker of the House of the People, as the case may be, may make rules for the purposes of sub-section (2).<\/p>\n (4) The rules made by the Chairman of the Council of States or the (5) The Chairman of the Council of States or the Speaker of the House of the People, as the case may be, may direct that any wilful contravention of the rules made under sub-section (3) by an elected candidate for a House of Parliament referred to in ub-section (1) may be dealt with in the same manner as a breach of privilege of the Explanation.-For the purposes of this section,-<\/p>\n (i) “immovable property” means the land and includes any building or other structure attached to the land or permanently fastened to anything which is attached to the land;<\/p>\n (ii) “movable property” means any other property which is not the immovable property and includes corporeal and incorporeal property of every description;<\/p>\n (iii) “public financial institution” means a public financial institution within the meaning of section 4A of the Companies Act, (iv) “bank” referred to in clause (iii) means-<\/p>\n (a) State Bank of India constituted under section 3 of the State Bank of India Act, 1955 (23 of 1955)<\/p>\n (b) subsidiary bank having the meaning assigned to it in clause (k) of section 2 of the State Bank of India (Subsidiary Banks) Act, 1959 (38.of 1959)<\/p>\n (c) Regional Rural Bank established under section 3 of the Regional (d) corresponding new bank having the meaning assigned to it in clause (e) co-operative bank having the meaning assigned to it in clause (v) “dependant children” means sons and daughters who have no separate means of earning and are wholly dependant on the elected candidate referred to in sub-section (1) for their livelihood..<\/p>\n 5.Insertion of new section 125A.<\/p>\n 5. Insertion of new section 125A.-After section 125 of the principal “125A. Penalty for filing false affidavit, etc.-A candidate who himself or through his proposer, with intent to be elected in an election,-<\/p>\n (i) fails to furnish information relating to sub-section (1) of section 33A; or<\/p>\n (ii) gives false information which he knows or has reason to believe to be false; or<\/p>\n (iii) conceals any information,<\/p>\n in his nomination paper delivered under sub-section (1) of section 33.or in his affidavit which is required to be delivered under sub-section (2) of section 33A, as the case may be, shall, notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine, or with both.”.<\/p>\n 6.Amendment of section 169. “(a) the form of affidavit under sub-section (2) of section 33A;.<\/p>\n 7. Repeal and saving.-(1) The Representation of the People (2) Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken under the principal Act, as amended by the said Ordinance, shall be deemed to have been done or taken under the principal Act, as amended by this Act.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 1. Short title and commencement.-(1) This Act may be called the Representation of the People (Third Amendment) Act, 2002.(2) Save as otherwise provided in this Act, the provisions of this Act shall be deemed to have come into force on the 24th August, 2002.2.Insertion of new section 33A. 2. 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\nGovernment, to the Chairman of the Council of States or the Speaker of the House of the People, as the case may be.<\/p>\n
\nSpeaker of the House of the People, under sub-section (3) shall be laid, as soon as may be after they are made, before the Council of
\nStates or the House of the People, as the case may b , for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions and shall take effect upon the expiry of the said period of thirty days unless they are sooner approved with or without modifications or disap roved by the Council of States or the
\nHouse of the People and where they are so approved, they shall take effect on such approval in the form in which they were laid or in such modified form, as the case may be, and where they are so disapproved, they sh ll be of no effect.<\/p>\n
\nCouncil of States or the House of the People, as the case may be.<\/p>\n
\n1956 (1 of 1956) and includes bank;<\/p>\n
\nRural Banks Act, 1976 (21 of 1976)<\/p>\n
\n(da) of section 5 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (10 of 1949)
\nand<\/p>\n
\n(cci) of section 5 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (10 of 1949) as modified by sub-clause (i) of clause (c) of section 56 of that Act;
\nand<\/p>\n
\nAct, the following section shall be inserted, namely:-<\/p>\n
\n6. Amendment of section 169.-In section 169 of the principal Act, in sub-section (2), clause (a) shall be renumbered as clause (aa)
\nthereof, and before clause (aa) as so renumbered, the following clause shall be inserted, namely:-<\/p>\n
\n(Amendment) Ordinance, 2002 (Ord. 4 of 2002) is hereby repealed.<\/p>\n