Section 83: Maintenance of order at the polling station

83. Maintenance of order at the polling station.— (1) The Presiding Officer shall keep order at the polling station and may remove or cause to be removed any person who misconducts himself at a polling station or fails to obey any lawful orders of the Presiding Officer. (2) Any person removed under sub-section (1) from a polling station shall not, without the permission of the Presiding Officer, again enter the polling station during the poll and shall, if he is accused of an offence in the polling station, be liable to be arrested without warrant by a Police Officer. (3) Powers under this section shall be so exercised as not to deprive a voter of his right to cast his vote at the polling station where he is entitled to vote. (4) All officials posted at a polling station including officials of law enforcing agencies shall render their fullest cooperation to the Presiding Officer for maintenance of order and for ensuring uninterrupted voting at the polling station 1[:] 1[Provided that officials of the law enforcement agencies shall be posted for security duties outside the polling station but in an emergency may be called inside by the Presiding Officer to restore order and peaceful polling.]

Effective date: 2017-10-02

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