Section 86: Challenge of voters

86. Challenge of voters.— (1) If, at the time, a person applies for ballot paper for the purpose of voting, a candidate 1[, his election agent] or his polling agent declares to the Presiding Officer that he has reasonable cause to believe that person has already voted in the election at the same or another polling station, or is not the person whose name is entered in the electoral roll and undertakes to prove the charge in a court and deposits with the Presiding Officer in cash a sum of one hundred rupees, the Presiding Officer may, after warning the person of the consequences and obtaining on the counterfoil, his thumb impression and if he is literate, also his signature, issue a ballot paper (Challenged Ballot Paper) to the person. (2) If the Presiding Officer issues a Challenged Ballot Paper to any person, he shall enter the name and address of that person in a list to be prepared by him (Challenged Votes List) and obtain on it the thumb impression and, if he is literate, also the signature of that person. (3) The Presiding Officer shall, after the Challenged Ballot Paper has been marked and folded by the voter, place it in the same condition in a separate packet bearing the label “Challenged Ballot Papers”, instead of being placed in the ballot box and shall include it in the count by him in the manner provided in section 90.

Effective date: 2017-10-02

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