CHAPTER VII
MISCELLANEOUS
198[91. 199[* * *] Save as otherwise provided, the Commission may-
(a) stop the polls at any polling station 200[or entire constituency, as the case may be,] at any stage of the election if it is convinced that it shall not be able to ensure the conduct of the election justly, fairly and in accordance with law due to malpractices, including coercion, intimidation and pressures, prevailing at the election;
(b) review an order passed by an officer under this Order or the rules, including rejection or acceptance of a ballot paper; and
(c) issue such instructions and exercise such powers, and make such consequential orders as may, in its opinion, be necessary for ensuring that an election of any polling station is conducted impartially, justly and fairly, and in accordance with the provisions of this Order and the rules.
91A. (1) 201[* * *] The Commission shall establish a Committee to ensure the prevention and control of pre-poll irregularities, to be known as the Electoral Enquiry Committee, hereinafter refereed to as “the Committee.”
(2) 202[* * *] The Committee shall consist of such number of persons as may be determined by the Commission from amongst the Judicial Officers.
(3) 203[* * *] The Committee shall, on the basis of information received by it, or complaints made to it, or on its own initiative, inquire into any matter or situation which in its view may constitute an offence under this order, or 204[any pre-poll irregularity including any situation or matter which, in its opinion, may involve], by any person whosoever, as act or omission constituting intimidation, obstruction, coercion, or the publication of false information, or any other act or omission intended to or actually resulting in the obstruction or frustration of the preparation for, or the conduct of, free and fair election in accordance with this Order and the rules.
(4) 205[* * *] In performing its function under this order, and subject to the direction of the Commission, the Committee may conduct any inquiry as it deems necessary before the election is over.
(5) 206[* * *] The Committee, in conducting such inquiry, shall have the right to:
(a) require, in writing, any person to appear before it and give evidence under oath or affirmation to it; and
(b) require, in writing, any person to produce any documents or objects under his control to it.
207[(6) After conducting an inquiry, the Committee shall inform the Commission within three days of the inquiry and may make a recommendation which may include-
(a) proposals for any order, directive or instruction to be made by the Commission to any person responsible for any act to stop such act forthwith; or
(b) in the case of any omission, to perform any specific act, including, if necessary, the appropriate correction of any false information.]
(I) proposals for any order, directive or instruction to be made by the Commission to any person responsible for any act, to stop such act forthwith, or, in the case of any omission, to perform any act specified, including, if necessary, the appropriate correction of any false information :
Provided that in the event of non-compliance, if any of the above order, instructions as the case may be, the Commission may impose fine not exceeding 208[twenty thousand taka].]
209[(6a) After receiving the recommendation under clause (6), the Commission may issue necessary order or instruction to the concerned person, or registered political party to implement the recommendation.
(6b) Where, any order or instruction is issued under clause (6a), the concerned person or registered political party shall carry out the same instantly.
(6c) In the event of non-compliance of an order or instruction made under clause (6a), the Commission may impose a fine not exceeding taka one lakh but not less than taka twenty thousand upon the concerned person or registered political party, and by a notification published in the official Gazette, cancel the candidature of the candidate.]
[(7) The Commission shall, for the purpose of clause (1), specify the acts and omissions which shall be deemed to be per-poll irregularities and shall publish them in the official Gazette or in such other manner as it deems fit.
(8) Any proceeding before the Committee shall be deemed to be a judicial proceeding within the meaning of sections 193 and 228 of the Penal Code (Act XLV of 1860).
(9) The Committee shall have the powers of a civil Court, while trying a suit under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Act V of 1908), in respect of enforcing the attendance of any person and examining him on oath or affirmation and compelling the production of documents and material objects.]
210[91B. (1) The Commission may, for the purpose of ensuring free and air election, formulate a Code of Conduct not inconsistent with the Provisions of this Order.
(2) Violation of any provision of the Code of Conduct shall be deemed to be pre-poll irregularity within the meaning of article 91A.]
211[91C. (1) The Commission may permit in writing any person, whether national or foreign, as an election observer who is in no way associated with or affiliated to, any political party or contesting candidate and who is not known for his sympathy, direct or indirect, for any particular political ideology, creed or cause or for any manifesto, program, aims or object of any political party or contesting candidate.
(2) An election observer may, in accordance with the guidelines issued by the Commission, observe any poll by staying, nearabout any polling station or entering into, with the permission of the Presiding Officer, any polling booth or polling station or by being present at the counting of votes or consolidation of the results of the count.
(3) No election observer shall be allowed to observe the poll as aforesaid, unless he displays the permit of the Commission bearing his name, nationality and photograph attested by the Commission.
(4) An election observer may be asked by any Returning Officer or Presiding Officer to leave any constituency or polling station, if he is found indulging in any activities not befitting any neutral election observer or interfering with the polling process or with the work of the election authorities in any manner.
(5) Any action taken under clause (4) shall be reported to the Commission forthwith.
(6) An election observer may submit a report to the Commission or the Returning Officer on his observation about the fairness or otherwise of the poll, discipline and situation inside and outside the polling station, counting of votes, consolidation of the results of the count, compliance with the provisions of this Order or the rules or the Code of Conduct, or on any other matter relating to election.
(7) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Order, the Commission or the Returning Officer, as the case may be, may consider the report of an election observer along with any other report submitted or sent to it or him under this Order at the time of taking any decision under any provision of this Order in respect of any matter on which the report of the observer has any bearing.
91D. (1) The Commission, while making an enquiry under any provision of this Order, shall have, for the purposes of such enquiry, all the powers of a civil Court trying a suit under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Act V of 1908), in respect of the following matters, namely:-
(a) summoning and enforcing the attendance of any person and examining him on oath;
(b) requiring the discovery and production of any document or other material object producible as evidence;
(c) receiving evidence on affidavit;
(d) requisitioning any public record or any copy thereof from any Court or office;
(e) issuing commission for examination of witnesses or documents.
) Any proceeding before the Commission shall be deemed to be a judicial proceeding within the meaning of sections 193 and 228 of the Penal Code (XLV of 1860).
(3) The Commission shall be deemed to be a civil Court within the meaning of sections 476, 480 and 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (V of 1898).
(4) The Commission shall have the power to regulate its own procedure.
(5) Any person holding an enquiry under any provision of this Order, under the authority or direction of the Commission shall have the same powers as are vested in the Commission under this Article.]
212[91E. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Order or rules, if it appears to the Commission on receiving an information from any source or written report that, any contesting candidate or his agent or any other person on his behalf, by his order or under his direct or indirect consent, engages or attempts to engage in any serious illegal activity or violates or attempts to violate any provision of this Order or rules or Code of Conduct for which he may be disqualified to be elected as a member, the Commission may pass an order for an investigation of the matter giving the contesting candidate a reasonable opportunity of being heard.
(2) After receiving the investigation report under clause (1), if the Commission is satisfied that, the report was true, the Commission may, by a written order, cancel the candidature of such candidate and in that event the election shall be held among the other contesting candidates of the concerned constituency; and where only one person remains as a contesting candidate because of cancellation of cadidature of the other contesting candidate, election shall be held under Article 17 for that constituency.
(3) Any order made under clause (2) shall be sent to the concerned candidate or his election agent by hand or by fax or by e-mail or by courier service or by any other possible means.
(4) The order made under clause (2) shall immediately be sent to the Returning Officer, Presiding Officer and other contesting candidates and the political party that has nominated such candidate.
(5) The order made under clause (2) shall be notified in the Official Gazette and in any other manner which the commission thinks fit.]
- No Court shall question the legality of any action taken in good faith by or under the authority of, the Commission, a Returning Officer, Presiding Officer or an Assistant Presiding Officer or any decision given by any of them or by any other officer or authority appointed under this Order or the rules.
- No suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding shall lie against the Commission or any Officer or other person in respect of anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done under or in pursuance of this Order or of any rule or order made or any direction given thereunder.
213[93A. The Government may provide the contesting candidates or the political parties which have nominated them as candidates with such facilities as it deems fit for the purpose of ensuring a fair election.]
214[94. The Commission may, by notification in the official Gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this Order.]
215[94A. The Government shall publish an authentic text in Bangla of this Order in the Official Gazette after promulgation of his Ordinance:
Provided that in case of conflict between the Bangla and the English text, the English text shall prevail.]
- The following laws are hereby repealed-
(1) The National and Provincial Assemblies (Election) Ordinance, 1970 (XIII of 1970).
(2) The Legal Frame Work Order, 1970 (P. O. No. 2 of 1970).
1 Throughout this Order the words “The High Court Division” or “the High Court Division” and “High Court Division” were substituted for the words “a Tribunal” or “A tribunal” and the word ‘Tribunal” wherever occurring respectively by section 16 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. LVII of 2001)
2 Clause (ia) was inserted by section 2 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. LVII of 2001)
3 Clause (iia) was inserted by section 2 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. LVII of 2001)
4 Clause (iii) was substituted by section 2 of the Representation of the People (Second Amendment) Ordinance, 1978 (Ordinance No. L of 1978)
5 Clause (vi) was substituted by section 2(a) of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2013 (Act No. LI of 2013).
6 Clauses (viiia) and (viiib) were inserted by section 2 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. LVII of 2001)
7 Clause (xi) was substituted by section 2 of Representation of the People Order (Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act. No. XIII of 2009) (with effect from 19th August, 2008).
8 The words, comma, numbers and bracket ভোটার তালিকা আইন, ২০০৯ (২০০৯ সনের ৬নং আইন) were substituted for the words, comma, numbers and bracket “the Electoral Rolls Ordinance, 2007 (Ord. No. XVII of 2007)” by section 2(b) of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2013 (Act No. LI of 2013).
9 Clause (xia) was omitted by section 2 of Representation of the People Order (Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act. No. XIII of 2009) (with effect from 19th August, 2008).
10 Clause (xia1) was inserted by section 2 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2019 (Act No 4 of 2019).
11 Clause (xiaa) was substituted by section 2 of Representation of the People Order (Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act. No. XIII of 2009) (with effect from 19th August, 2008).
12 The words “Border Guard Bangladesh” were substituted for the words “Bangladesh Rifles” by section 2(c) of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2013 (Act No. LI of 2013).
13 Clause (xiva) was inserted by section 2 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. LVII of 2001)
14 Clause (xixa) was substituted by section 2 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. LVII of 2001)
15 Clause (xxia) was inserted by section 2 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. LVII of 2001)
16 Clause (xxiiia) was inserted by section 2 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. LVII of 2001)
17 Clause (xxiv) was substituted by section 2(d) of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2013 (Act No. LI of 2013).
18 Articles 3 and 3A were substituted for Article 3 by section 3 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1994 (Act No. XXIII of 1994)
19 Article 3 was substituted by section 3 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2013 (Act No. LI of 2013).
20 The words “the Chief Election Commissioner or any of the Election Commissioners” were substituted for the words “its chairman or any of its members” by section 4 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2013 (Act No. LI of 2013).
21 Article 7 was substituted by section 4 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1994 (Act No. XXIII of 1994)
22 The marginal note “Appointment of District Returning Officer and Returning Officer, etc.” were omitted by section 3 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. LVII of 2001)
23 Clause (7) was substituted by section 3 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. LVII of 2001)
24 Clause (1) was substituted by section 3 of Representation of the People Order (Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act. No. XIII of 2009) (with effect from 19th August, 2008).
25 The words “The Commission may make such alterations in the list of polling stations as it may consider necessary and shall, at least twenty five days” were substituted for the words, figure and brackets “The Commission may make such alterations in the list of polling stations submitted under clause (1) as it may consider necessary and shall, at least fifteen days” by section 3 of Representation of the People Order (Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act. No. XIII of 2009) (with effect from 19th August, 2008).
26 Clause (5) was added by section 3 of Representation of the People Order (Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act. No. XIII of 2009) (with effect from 19th August, 2008).
27 Clauses (1), (1A) and (1B) were substituted for former clause (1) by section 5 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1994 (Act No. XXIII of 1994)
28 The words, brackets and figures “immediately after the publication of notification under clause (1) of Article 11” were inserted after the words “that constituency” by section 4 of Representation of the People Order (Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act. No. XIII of 2009) (with effect from 19th August, 2008).
29 Sub-clause (a) was substituted by section 2 of the Representation of the People (Fourth Amendment) Ordinance, 1986 (Ordinance No. XIX of 1986)
30 The words “or days” were inserted by section 2 of the Representation of the People (Fourth Amendment) Ordinance, 1986 (Ordinance No. XIX of 1986)
31 The words “or days” were inserted after the words “a day” by section 5 of Representation of the People Order (Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act. No. XIII of 2009) (with effect from 19th August, 2008).
32 The words “or the Assistant Returning Officer” were inserted by section 2 of the Representation of the People (Second Amendment) Ordinance, 1986 (Ordinance No. XVII of 1986)
33 Clause (1) was substituted by section 6 of Representation of the People Order (Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act. No. XIII of 2009) (with effect from 19th August, 2008).
34 Sub-clause (j) was omitted by section 5(a)(i) of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2013 (Act No. LI of 2013).
35 The word “which” was substituted for the word “who” by section 5(a)(ii) of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2013 (Act No. LI of 2013).
36 The words “seven days from” were omitted by section 3(a) of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2019 (Act No 4 of 2019).
37 The words “the concerned company or firm” were substituted for the word “him” by section 5(a)(ii) of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2013 (Act No. LI of 2013).
38 Sub-clause (o) was substituted by section 5(a)(iii) of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2013 (Act No. LI of 2013).
39 Clause (b) was substituted by section 5(a)(iv)(1) of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2013 (Act No. LI of 2013).
40 Clause (c) was omitted by section 5(a)(iv)(2) of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2013 (Act No. LI of 2013).
41 Clause (1A) was inserted by section 2 of the Representation of the People (Sixth Amendment) Ordinance, 1986 (Ordinance No. LIX of 1986).
42 The word “city” was substituted for the word “Municipal” by section 7 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1994 (Act No. XXIII of 1994)
43 The words “Ward Commissioner” were substituted for the words “Chairman or member of a ward committee thereof” by section 7 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1994 (Act No. XXIII of 1994)
44 The word “and” at the end of sub-clause (a) was omitted by section 6(b) of Representation of the People Order (Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act. No. XIII of 2009) (with effect from 19th August, 2008).
45 The semi-colon (;) and the word “and” were substituted for the full stop (.) at the end of sub-clause (b) by section 6(b) of Representation of the People Order (Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act. No. XIII of 2009) (with effect from 19th August, 2008).
46 Sub-clause (c) was inserted by section 6(b) of Representation of the People Order (Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act. No. XIII of 2009) (with effect from 19th August, 2008).
47 Clause (3) was substituted by section 3(b) of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2019 (Act No 4 of 2019).
48 Clauses (3a) and (3b) were inserted by section 6(c) of Representation of the People Order (Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act. No. XIII of 2009) (with effect from 19th August, 2008).
49 Proviso was substituted by section 5(b) of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2013 (Act No. LI of 2013).
50 Explanation VII was substituted by section 2 the Representation of the People (Second Amendment) Ordinance, 2008 (Ord. No. 45 of 2008).
51 The words, bracket and numbers “except the one found valid under clause (3a) of Article 14” were substituted for the words and comma “except the one received first by the Returning Officer or the Assistant Returning Officer, as the case may be” by section 5(c) of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2013 (Act No. LI of 2013).
52 Clause (6a) was inserted by section 3 of the Representation of the People (Second Amendment) Ordinance, 1986 (Ordinance No. XVII of 1986)
53 The words, brackets and letter “or received by the Assistant Returning Officer and forwarded to him under clause (6a)” were inserted by section 3 of the Representation of the People (Second Amendment) Ordinance, 1986 (Ordinance No. XVII of 1986)
54 The words “a sum of taka twenty thousand is deposited in cash or by bank draft or pay order or treasury challan in favour of the Election Commission” were substituted for the words “a sum of Taka ten thousand is deposited in cash” by section 6 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2013 (Act No. LI of 2013).
55 Sub-clause (b) was substituted by section 4 of the Representation of the People (Second Amendment) Ordinance, 1986 (Ordinance No. XVII of 1986)
56 The word “three” was substituted for the word “five” by section 7 of Representation of the People Order (Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act. No. XIII of 2009) (with effect from 19th August, 2008).
57 Clause (2) was omitted by section 7 of Representation of the People Order (Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act. No. XIII of 2009) (with effect from 19th August, 2008).
58 The word “three” was substituted for the word “five” by section 7 of Representation of the People Order (Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act. No. XIII of 2009) (with effect from 19th August, 2008).
59 The words and figure “delivered of forwarded to him under Article 12” were substituted for the words “delivered to him” by section 5 of the Representation of the People (Second Amendment) Ordinance, 1986 (Ordinance No. XVII of 1986)
60 Clause (3a) was inserted by section 7 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2013 (Act No. LI of 2013).
61 The comma (,) after the word “it” was omitted by section 8 of Representation of the People Order (Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act. No. XIII of 2009) (with effect from 19th August, 2008).
62 The comma (,) after the word “shall” and the words and comma “in the case of rejection,” were omitted by section 8 of Representation of the People Order (Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act. No. XIII of 2009) (with effect from 19th August, 2008).
63 Clause (5) was substituted by section 8 of Representation of the People Order (Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act. No. XIII of 2009) (with effect from 19th August, 2008).
64 Article 16 was substituted by section 8 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2013 (Act No. LI of 2013).
65 The words, figures, bracket and comma “or if his candidature is cancelled under clause (2) of Article 91E,” were inserted after the word and comma “dies,” by section 9 of Representation of the People Order (Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act. No. XIII of 2009) (with effect from 19th August, 2008).
66 The colon (:) was substituted for the full-stop(.) at the end of clause (2) and thereafter the proviso was inserted by section 8 of Representation of the People Order (Amendment) Act, 1994 (Act. No. XXIII of 1994).
67 Clauses (a) and (aa) were substituted for previous clause (a) by section 6 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. LVII of 2001)
68 The colon (:) was substituted for the semi-colon (;) and therafter the proviso was inserted by section 10 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Ordinance, 2008 (Ord. No. 42 of 2008).
69 The words “in the case of independent” were substituted for the words “in the case of other” by section 10 of Representation of the People Order (Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act. No. XIII of 2009) (with effect from 19th August, 2008).
70 The word “and” was inserted after semi-colon “;” at the end of sub-clauses (aa) by section 10 of Representation of the People Order (Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act. No. XIII of 2009) (with effect from 19th August, 2008).
71 The full stop (.) was substituted for the semi-colon (;) at the end and the word “and” was omitted by section 10 of Representation of the People Order (Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act. No. XIII of 2009) (with effect from 19th August, 2008).
72 Sub-clause (c) and 1st, 2nd and 3rd provisos were omitted by section 10 of Representation of the People Order (Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act. No. XIII of 2009) (with effect from 19th August, 2008).
73 Clause (1) was substituted by section 11 of Representation of the People Order (Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act. No. XIII of 2009) (with effect from 19th August, 2008).
74 Clause (3) was inserted by section 7 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. LVII of 2001)
75 The colon (:) was substituted for the full-stop (.) and thereafter the provisos were inserted by section 8 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. LVII of 2001)
76 The words “or by using EVM or by both” were inserted after the words “secret ballot” by section 4 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2019 (Act No 4 of 2019).
77 Article 26A, 26B, 26C and 26D were inserted after Article 26 by section 5 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2019 (Act No 4 of 2019).
78 Clause (1) was substituted by section 12 of Representation of the People Order (Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act. No. XIII of 2009) (with effect from 19th August, 2008).
79 The word, bracket and letter “and (c)” was inserted after the words, bracket and letter “sub clause (a)” by section 9 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2013 (Act No. LI of 2013).
80 Sub-clause (aa) was substituted by section 10 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2013 (Act No. LI of 2013).
81 The words “with his own seal and signature and with the seals or signatures of the contesting candidates or election agents or polling agents present who may wish to seal or sign it” were inserted by section 9 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. LVII of 2001)
82 Clauses (b) and (bb) were substituted for previous clause (b) by section 10 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. LVII of 2001)
83 Clauses (1), (1A) and (1B) were substituted for former clause (1) by section 10 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1994 (Act No. XXIII of 1994)
84 The words “the electoral roll” were substituted for the words “his identity card” by section 13 of Representation of the People Order (Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act. No. XIII of 2009) (with effect from 19th August, 2008).
85 The words “or allow him to cast his vote by using EVM” were added after the words “a ballot paper” by section 6 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2019 (Act No 4 of 2019).
86 Clauses (1A) and (1B) were omitted by section 13 of Representation of the People Order (Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act. No. XIII of 2009) (with effect from 19th August, 2008).
87 The word “and ” was omitted by section 2 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Ordinance, 1978 (Ordinance No. XLIII of 1978).
88 The semi-colon (;) was substituted for the full-stop (.) and thereafter clause (f) was added by section 2 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Ordinance, 1978 (Ordinance No. XLIII of 1978)
89 Sub-clauses (a) and (aa) were substituted for former sub-clause (a) by section 2 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Ordinance, 1978 (XLIII of 1978)
90 The words “or polling agents” were inserted by section 11 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. LVII of 2001)
91 Clause (8) was omitted by section 13 of Representation of the People Order (Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act. No. XIII of 2009) (with effect from 19th August, 2008).
92 The words “election agent or” were inserted by section 12 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. LVII of 2001)
93 The words and comma “election agents, polling agents and election observers shall be allowed to remain” were substituted for the words “their election agents and polling agents shall be” by section 13 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. LVII of 2001)
94 The words “upon the request in writing” were substituted for the words “upon the request” by section 14 of Representation of the People Order (Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act. No. XIII of 2009) (with effect from 19th August, 2008).
95 The commas and words “, in both words and figures,” were inserted by section 13 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. LVII of 2001)
96 Clause (11) was substituted by section 13 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. LVII of 2001)
97 Sub-clause (gg) was added by section 11 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1994 (Act No. XXIII of 1994)
98 Clause (13) was substituted by section 13 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. LVII of 2001)
99 The comma (,) was substituted for the full-stop (.) and thereafter the words and full-stop (.) “and shall also send a copy of the statement of the count to the Commission by post.” were added by section 13 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. LVII of 2001)
100 The words and figure “as a result of consolidation under Article 37 or drawal of lot under Article 38” were added by section 14 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. LVII of 2001)
101 CHAPTER IIIA was inserted by section 3 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Ordinance, 1985 (Ordinance No. IV of 1985).
102 The words and commas “At the time of submitting the nomination paper, every contesting candidate shall submit to the Returning Officer,” were substituted for the words and commas “Every contesting candidate shall submit to the Returning Officer, within seven days next followings the withdrawal day,” by section 15 of Representation of the People Order (Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act. No. XIII of 2009) (with effect from 19th August, 2008).
103 The colon (:) was substituted for the full stop (.) at the end and thereafter the proviso was added by section 15 of Representation of the People Order (Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act. No. XIII of 2009) (with effect from 19th August, 2008).
104 The words, figures and bracket “with the return under clause (1) of Article 44C” were substituted for the words “within three days after receipt of such sum” by section 15 of Representation of the People Order (Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act. No. XIII of 2009).
105 Sub-clause (i) was omitted by section 17 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. LVII of 2001
106 The words “fifteen lakh” were substituted for the words “five lakh” by section 16 of Representation of the People Order (Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act. No. XIII of 2009).
107 The words “twenty five” were substituted for the word “fifteen” by section 11 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2013 (Act No. LI of 2013).
108 The colon (:) was substituted for the full stop (.) at the end and thereafter the proviso was inserted by section 16 of Representation of the People Order (Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act. No. XIII of 2009).
109 Sub-clause (aa) was inserted by section 17 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. LVII of 2001)
110 Sub-clauses (b) and (c) were omitted by section 16 of Representation of the People Order (Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act. No. XIII of 2009) (with effect from 19th August, 2008).
111 Sub-clauses (h) and (hh) were substituted for former sub-clause (h) by section 17 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. LVII of 2001)
112 Sub-clause (ii) was inserted by section 17 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. LVII of 2001)
113 The semi-colon (;) and word “; or” were substituted for the full-stop (.) and thereafter sub-clause (m) was added by section 12 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1994 (XXIII of 1994)
114 The semi-colon (;) and word “; or” were substituted for the full-stop (.) and thereafter sub-clause (n) was inserted by section 16(d) of Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act No.XIII of 2009)(with effect from 19th August,2008)
115 Clause (n) was inserted by section 16 of Representation of the People Order (Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act. No. XIII of 2009) (with effect from 19th August, 2008).
116 Clause (3B) was inserted by section 17 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. LVII of 2001)
117 The words “seven days” were substituted for the words “fourteen days” by section 3 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1991 (Act No. X of 1991)
118 The words “one hundred” were substituted for the words “five hundred” by section 3 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1991 (Act No. X of 1991)
119 Article 44BB was inserted by section 4 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1996 (Act No. XIII of 1996)
120 The words “thirty days” were substituted for words “fifteen days” by section 17 of Representation of the People Order (Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act. No. XIII of 2009).
121 The words “each day” were inserted by section 3 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1991 (Act No. X of 1991)
122 Sub-clause (aa) was inserted by section 5 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1996 (Act No. XIII of 1996)
123 Sub-clause (e) was substituted by section 4 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1991 (Act No. X of 1991)
124 Clause (3) was inserted by section 4 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1991 (Act No. X of 1991)
125 The words “taka five thousand” were substituted for words “taka one thousand” by section 18 of Representation of the People Order (Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act. No. XIII of 2009).
126 The words “taka four crore and fifty lakh” were substituted for words “taka one hundred and fifty lakh” by section 18 of Representation of the People Order (Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act. No. XIII of 2009) (with effect from 19th August, 2008).
127 The words “taka three crore” were substituted for words and comma “taka one hundred lakh” by section 18 of Representation of the People Order (Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act. No. XIII of 2009) (with effect from 19th August, 2008).
128 The words “more than fifty but not more than one hundred, taka one crore and fifty lakh” were substituted for the words “not more than one hundred taka seventy five lakh” by section 18 of Representation of the People Order (Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act. No. XIII of 2009) (with effect from 19th August, 2008).
129 The comma (,) was substituted for the full stop (.) at the end and thereafter sub-clause (d) was added by section 18 of Representation of the People Order (Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act. No. XIII of 2009) (with effect from 19th August, 2008).
130 The colon (:) was substituted for the full-stop (.) and thereafter the proviso was added by section 12 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2013 (Act No. LI of 2013).
131 The words “taka twenty thousand” were substituted for the words “taka one thousand” by section 18 of Representation of the People Order (Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act. No. XIII of 2009) (with effect from 19th August, 2008).
132 The words and commas “Commission, for its scrutiny, within ninety days” were substituted for the words and commas “Returning Officers concerned, for their scrutiny, within sixty days” by section 19 of Representation of the People Order (Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act. No. XIII of 2009) (with effect from 19th August, 2008).
133 The words and figure “Every statement submitted under clause (1) shall be certified to be correct and complete by the secretary to the party, showing” were substituted for the words and commas “Every political party shall furnish to the commission a separate statement, certified to be correct and complete by the secretary to the party, showing” by section 19 of Representation of the People Order (Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act. No. XIII of 2009) (with effect from 19th August, 2008).
134 Clause (4) was omitted by section 19 of Representation of the People Order (Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act. No. XIII of 2009) (with effect from 19th August, 2008).
135 Clause (5) was added by section 19 of Representation of the People Order (Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act. No. XIII of 2009) (with effect from 19th August, 2008).
136 Article 44D was substituted by section 20 of Representation of the People Order (Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act. No. XIII of 2009).
137 CHAPTER IIIB was inserted by section 13 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1994 (Act No. XXIII of 1994).
138 Sub-clause (a) was omitted by section 21 of Representation of the People Order (Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act. No. XIII of 2009) (with effect from 19th August, 2008).
139 Sub-clause (aa) and (aaa) were substituted for the sub-clause (aa) by section 13(a)(i) of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2013 (Act No. LI of 2013).
140 The words and comma “division, district or metropolitan area” were substituted for the word “district” by section 13(a)(ii) of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2013 (Act No. LI of 2013).
141 Clause (2) was substituted by section 13(b) of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2013 (Act No. LI of 2013).
142 Article 49 was substituted by section 19 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. LVII of 2001)
143 The words “taka five thousand” were substituted for the words “Taka two thousand” by section 14 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2013 (Act No. LI of 2013).
144 The full-stop (.) was substituted for comma (,) at the end of clause (b) by section 20 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. LVII of 2001)
145 The words and full-stop “and shall serve personally or by registered post on each such respondent a copy of his petition.” were omitted by section 20 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. LVII of 2001)
146 Clauses (5) and (6) were inserted by section 3 of the Representation of People (Amendment) Act, 1981 (Act No. XVI of 1981)
147 The word “presented” was substituted for the word “referred” by section 22 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. LVII of 2001)
148 The full-stop (.) was substituted for colon (:) by section 22 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. LVII of 2001)
149 The proviso was omitted by section 22 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. LVII of 2001)
150 The words and figure “Article 49 or” were inserted by section 23 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. LVII of 2001)
151 Clause (3) was substituted by section 27 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. LVII of 2001)
152 Sub-clause (e) was added by section 15 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1994 (Act No. XXIII of 1994)
153 Article 67 was substituted by section 29 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. LVII of 2001)
154 Clause (1) was substituted by section 30 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. LVII of 2001)
155 Clause (2) was substituted by section 31 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. LVII of 2001)
156 The words and comma “rigorous imprisonment for a term which may extend to seven years and shall not be less than two years, and also with fine” were substituted for the words and comma “imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine which may extend to Taka one thousand or with both” by section 7 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1991 (Act No. X of 1991)
157 Clause (1) was omitted by section 7 of the Representation of the People (Second Amendment) Ordinance, 1978 (Ordinance No. L of 1978)
158 Clauses (2), (2A) and (2B were substituted for former the clauses (2) and (2A) by section 7 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1991 (Act No. X of 1991)
159 The words and comma “punishable with rigorous imprisonment for a term which may extend to seven years and shall not be less than two years, and also with fine” were substituted for the words “punishable with fine which may extend to Taka five hundred” by section 8 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1991 (Act No. X of 1991)
160 Clause (1) was omitted by section 8 of the Representation of the People (Second Amendment) Ordinance, 1978 (Ordinance No. L of 1978)
161 Clause (2) was substituted by section 5 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Ordinance, 1985 (Ordinance No. IV of 1985)
162 The figures, letters and word “44AA or” was inserted by section 8 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1991 (Act No. X of 1991
163 The words “during the period beginning at forty-eight hours prior to start of the poll and ending at forty-eight hours after conclusion of the poll” were substituted for the words “during a period of forty-eight hours ending at midnight following the conclusion of the poll” by section 22 of Representation of the People Order (Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act. No. XIII of 2009) (with effect from 19th August, 2008).
164 Clause (1A) was inserted by section 16 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1994 (Act No. XXIII of 1994)
165 The words and comma “rigorous imprisonment for a term which may extend to seven years and shall not be less than two years, and also with fine” were substituted for the words “rigorous imprisonment which may extend to six months or with fine which may extend to Taka one thousand or with both ” by section 9 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1991 (Act No. X of 1991)
166 The words “punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years and shall not be less than six months, and also with fine” were substituted for the words “punishable with fine which may extend to Taka two hundred and fifty” by section 10 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1991 (Act No. X of 1991)
167 The words and comma “three years and shall not be less than six months, and also with fine” were substituted for the words and commas “three months, or with fine which may extend to Taka two hundred and fifty, or with both” by section 11 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1991 (Act No. X of 1991)
168 The words “seven years” were substituted for the words “ten years” by section 23 of Representation of the People Order (Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act. No. XIII of 2009) (with effect from 19th August, 2008).
169 Sub-clause (bb) was inserted by section 23 of Representation of the People Order (Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act. No. XIII of 2009) (with effect from 19th August, 2008).
170 Sub-clause (cc) was inserted after sub-clause (c) by section 7 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2019 (Act No 4 of 2019).
171 The semi-colon (;) was substituted for the full-stop(.) and thereafter sub-clause (f) was added by section 34 of the Representation of the (Amendment) Act,2001 (Act No. LVII of 2001)
172 The words and comma “rigorous imprisonment for a term which may extend to ten years and shall not be less than three years, and also with fine” were substituted for the words and commas “imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to Taka five hundred, or with both” by section 12 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1991 (Act No. X of 1991)
173 The words and comma “five years and shall not be less than one year, and also with fine” were substituted for the words and commas “six months, or with fine which may extend to Taka five hundred, or with both” by section 13 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1991 (Act No. X of 1991)
174 The words and comma “five years and shall not be less than one year, and also with fine” were substituted for the words and commas “six months, or with fine which may extend to Taka five hundred, or with both” by section 14 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1991 (Act No. X of 1991)
175 The words and comma “five years and shall not be less than one year, and also with fine” were substituted for the words and commas “six months, or with fine which may extend to Taka five hundred, or with both” by section 15 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1991 (Act No. X of 1991)
176 The words and commas “with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine which may extend to Taka five thousand, or with both” were substituted for the words “with fine which may extend to Taka five hundred” by section 16 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1991 (Act No. X of 1991)
177 The words and comma “five years and shall not be less than one year, and also with fine” were substituted for the words and commas “two years, or with fine which may extend to Taka one thousand, or with both” by section 17 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1991 (Act No. X of 1991)
178 Article 87 was substituted by section 35 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. LVII of 2001)
179 The bracket, number and comma “ (4),” was inserted after the word, number, bracket and comma“Article 73(2B),” by section 15 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2013 (Act No. LI of 2013).
180 Article 87A was inserted by section 36 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. LVII of 2001)
181 Sub-clause (d) was omitted by section 24 of Representation of the People Order (Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act. No. XIII of 2009).
182 Article 89A was inserted by section 37 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. LVII of 2001)
183 The word, numbers, brackets and commas “ Article 73(2B), 74(2A), (3), (4), (5), (6),” were substituted for the words and number “Article 73 for personation” by section 16 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2013 (Act No. LI of 2013).
184 CHAPTER VIA was substituted by section 25 of Representation of the People Order (Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act. No. XIII of 2009).
185 The comma and word “,functional” was substituted for the bracket, words and comma “(as a base for the organizing structure of the party in various administrative level in the country, effective)” by section 17(a) of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2013 (Act No. LI of 2013).
186 The word “in” was substituted for the word “and” by section 17(a) of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2013 (Act No. LI of 2013).
187 The word, bracket and letter “sub-clause (a)” was substituted for the word, bracket and number “clause (1)” by section 17(b) of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2013 (Act No. LI of 2013).
188 The words ” consisting of ” were substituted for the words ” consisting to ” by section 2 of the Representation of the People Order (Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act. No. LXIV of 2009) (with effect from 25th July, 2009).
189 The words “within twelve months” were substituted for the words “within six months” by section 3 of the Representation of the People Order (Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act. No. LXIV of 2009) (with effect from 25th July, 2009).
190 The word “ten” was substituted for the word “five” by section 18(a) of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2013 (Act No. LI of 2013).
191 The word “fifty” was substituted for the words “twenty five” by section 18(b) of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2013 (Act No. LI of 2013).
192 The words,brackets, numbers and letters “clause (1)(b)of Article 90B” were substituted for the words, brackets, numbers and letters ” clause (2) of Article 90B by section 4 of Representation of the People (Second Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act No. LXIV of 2009) (with effect from 25th July, 2009).
193 The words “for three consecutive years” were substituted for the words “for consecutive years” by section 5(a) of Representation of the People (Second Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act No. LXIV of 2009)( with effect from 25th July, 2009).
194 The words, brackets and figures “clause (1) (b) of Article 90B” were substituted for the words, brackets and figures “clause (2) or (4) of Article 90B” by section 5 of Representation of the People (Second Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act No. LXIV of 2009)(with effect from 25th July, 2009).
195 The word “or” at the end of sub-clause (d) was omitted by section 5 of Representation of the People (Second Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act No. LXIV of 2009) (with effect from 25th July, 2009).
196 The semi-colon (;) and the word “or” were substituted for the full stop (.) at the end of sub-clause (e) and thereafter Sub-clause (f) was added by section 5 of Representation of the People (Second Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act No. LXIV of 2009)(with effect from 25th July, 2009).
197 The words, brackets and comma “sub-clauses (c), (d), (e) and (f)” were substituted for the words, brackets and commas “clauses (c), (d) and (e)” by section 5(b) of Representation of the People (Second Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act No. LXIV of 2009)(with effect from 25th July, 2009).
198 Articles 91 and 91A were substituted for former Article 91 by section 17 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1994 (Act No. XXIII of 1994)
199 The marginal note “Commission to ensure fair election, etc.-” were omitted by section 40 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. LVII of 2001)
200 The words and commas “or entire constituency, as the case may be,” were inserted after the words “polling station” by section 26 of Representation of the People Order (Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act. No. XIII of 2009) (with effect from 19th August, 2008).
201 The marginal note “Prevention and Control pre-poll irregularities:” were omitted by section 41 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. LVII of 2001)
202 The marginal note “Constitution of Committee:” were omitted by section 41 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. LVII of 2001)
203 The marginal note “Functions of the Committee:” were omitted by section 41 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. LVII of 2001)
204 The words and commas “any pre-poll irregularity including any situation or matter which, in its opinion, may involve” were substituted for the words “which may involve” by section 6 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1996 (Act No. XIII of 1996)
205 The marginal note “Inquiry by Committee:” were omitted by section 41 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. LVII of 2001)
206 The marginal note “Powers of Committee:” were omitted by section 41 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. LVII of 2001)
207 Clause (6) was substituted by section 27 of Representation of the People Order (Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act. No. XIII of 2009) (with effect from 19th August, 2008).
208 The words “twenty thousand taka” were substituted for the word and figure “Tk. 5000” by section 41 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. LVII of 2001)
209 Clauses (6a), (6b) and (6c) were inserted by section 27 of Representation of the People Order (Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act. No. XIII of 2009) (with effect from 19th August, 2008).
210 Article 91B was inserted by section 7 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1996 (Act No. XIII of 1996)
211 Articles 91C and 91D were inserted by section 42 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. LVII of 2001)
212 Article 91E was inserted by section 28 of Representation of the People Order (Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act. No. XIII of 2009) (with effect from 19th August, 2008).
213 Article 93A was inserted by section 2 of the Representation of the People (Second Amendment) Ordinance, 1978 (Ordinance No. LII of 1978)
214 Article 94 was substituted by section 43 of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. LVII of 2001)
215 Article 94A was inserted by section 29 of Representation of the People Order (Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act. No. XIII of 2009) (with effect from 19th August, 2008).