The Indian Medicine Central Council
( Election ) Rules, 1975
  1. Short title and commencement
  2. Definitions
  3. Persons entitled to vote
  4. Posting of copies of State Register of Indian Medicne
  5. Returning Officer to hold the election
  6. Returning Officer to decide questions relating to right of persons to stand for or to vote as election
  7. Fixation of dated of various stages of elections
  8. Nomination of Candidates
  9. Nomination paper
  10. Rejection of nomination paper
  11. Scrutiny of nomination papers
  12. Withdrawal of candidature
  13. Poll
  14. Votes to be sent 2[by Post]
  15. Endorsement by Returning Officer
  16. Candidate may be present when 4[Covers] are opened.
  17. Rejection of voting papers
  18. Scrutiny and counting of votes
  19. Declaration of result
  20. Voting papers to be retained for six months
  21. Result of Election
  22. Representative of Universities
  23. Election by Faculty or Department
  24. Intimation of name of elected person to the Central Government
The Indian Medicine Central Council ( Election ) Rules, 1975

(i) as soon as all the members present and wishing to exercise the right to vote     have done so, the Registrar of the University, shall, in the presence of the     candidates who may be present in person, open the ballot box and intake     out from it all the ballot papers, examine them and reject as invalid any     ballot paper:-

          (A) if it does not bear the signature of the Registrar of the University; or

          (B) if the member signs his name or writes any word or makes any mark on                it by which it becomes recognisable as his ballot paper; or

          (C) if no vote is recorded thereon; or

          (D) if there is uncertainty of the vote exercised; or

          (E) if the vote has been given in favour of more than one candidate;

(j) the Registrar of the University shall then proceed to arrange the valid votes according to the candidates in whose favour they have been cast and count them separately for each candidate;

(k) after the counting is over, the Registrar of the University shall make an announcement in the meeting about the votes secured by each of the candidates and he shall also declare the candidate securing the largest number of valid votes as duly elected to be a member of Central Council.

(l) in the event of two or more candidates securing the same number of votes and that number being more than the number of votes secured by any candidate other than the two or more securing the same number of votes, the determination as between such candidates shall be by draw of lots and the candidates on whom the lot falls, shall be declared elected ."]

24. Intimation of name of elected person to the Central Government

The name of the person elected shall be intimated by the Registrar of the University to the Central Government who shall take steps to publish the name of the elected person in the Official Gazette.

Subordinate Legislation under the Indian Medicine Central Council Act,1970

FORM I

NOMINATION PAPER (See rule 8)
Election under clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Indian Medicine Central Council Act, 1970.

1. Name of candidate ..........................................................................

2. Father's name
..........................................................................

3. Age
..........................................................................

4. Nature of qualification
..........................................................................

5. Registration number in the StateRegister of Indian Medicine
..........................................................................
..........................................................................

6. Address (Residential)
..........................................................................

7. Signature of proposer
..........................................................................

8. Registration number of proposer in the State Register of Indian Medicine
..........................................................................
..........................................................................

9. Signature of seconder
..........................................................................

10. Registration number of seconder in the State Register of Indian Medicine
..........................................................................
..........................................................................
..........................................................................

Declaration by the Candidate

 


I hereby declare that I agree to this nomination.

Signature of the candidate

 

This nomination paper was received by me at .................... hour on the................. .(date).

Returning Officer



INSTRUCTIONS

1. Nomination papers which are not received by the Returning Officer before (hour) on the------------ (date) shall be rejected.

2. The names of the proposer and seconder, as they appear in the State Register of Indian Medicine and their registered qualifications should be clearly written below their respective signatures.

FORM II-VOTING PAPER
[See rule 13(3)]

Serial No.                              Voting paper

(In words)* member/members) is/are to be elected under section 3(1) (a) of Indian Medicine Central Council Act 197Q to the Central Council of Indian Medicine.


Serial       **Names and addresses of candidates duly nominated            Vote
Number     to represent Ayurveda/Siddha/Unani system of medicine
Returning Officer

 

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Each elector has such number of votes as the number of members to be elected.
2. Each elector shall give only one vote to any one candidate.
3. He shall vote by placing the mark X opposite the name of the candidate/candidates whom he prefers.
4. The voting paper shall be invalid if :-

(a) it does not bear the Returning Officer's initials or facsimile signature : or
(b) the voter signs his name or writes any word or make? any mark on it, by which it becomes recognisable as his voting paper ; or
(c) no vote is recorded thereon ; or
(d) the number of votes recorded thereon exceeds the number of seats to be filled ; or
(e) there is uncertainty of the vote exercised.

* number bywords.
**strike out whatever is inapplicable.


FORM III
[See rule 13.(4)]
DECLARATION PAPER

Election to the Central Council of Indian Medicine under clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Indian Medicine Central Council Act, 1970. ...- .

Serial No. -------------------------------------------------
Elector's name -------------------------------------------------
Number on the State Register of Indian Medicine -------------------------------

Elector's declaration.

 

I-------------------(Name in full, and designation, if any) declare that I am an elector for the election to the Central Council of Indian Medicine by the electorate under clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Indian Medicine Central Council Act, 1970 and that I have signed no other voting paper at this election.

Station --------------------                       Signature-------------------------


FORM IV
[See rule 13(4)]

LETTER OF INTIMATION

Sir/Madam,

         The persons whose names are printed on the voting paper sent herewith, have been duly nominated as candidates for election to the Central Council of Indian Medicine to represent the *Ayurveda/Siddha/Unani system of medicine. Should you desire to vote at the election, I requsst that you shall-

(a) fill up andsign the declaration paper :
(b) mark your vote/votes in the column provided for the purpose in the voting paper as directed on the voting paper :
(c) enclose the voting paper in the smaller cover hereafter called the voting paper cover and stick it up ; and
(d) enclose the smaller cover and the declaration paper in. the outer envelope addressed to me and return the same to me ^by post] or deliver it in person in my office so as to reach me not later than 5 P.M. on the----------------of 19

1Substituted by S.O.No. 532(E), dated 15-9-1979

2. The voting paper cover shall be rejected, if---------------.

(a) the outer envelope enclosing the voting paper cover is not sent by post "by post] or delivered in person in my office or is received later than the day and hour fixed for the closing of the poll ; or
(b) the outer envelope contains no declaration paper outside the voting paper cover ; or
(c) the declaration, paper is not the one sent by the Returning Officer to the voter ; or
(d) the declaration paper is not signed by the elector ; or
(e) the voting paper is placed outside the voting paper caver ; or
(f) more than one declaration paper or voting paper cover have been enclosed in one and the same outer envelope ; or
(g) the State Registration number is not given by the elector in the declaration paper.

3. A voting paper shall be invalid, if :-

(i) it does not bear the Returning Officer's initials or facsimile signature ; or
(ii) the voter signs his name, or writes any word or makes any mark by which it becomes recognisable as his voting paper ; or
(iii) no vote is recorded thereon ; or
(iv) the number of votes recorded thereon exceeds the number of seats to be filled ; or
(v) there is uncertainty of the vote exercised.

4. If a voter inadvertently spoils a voting paper, he can return it, not later than seven days before the date appointed for the poll, to the Returning Officer who shall, if satisfied of such inadvertence,issue to him another voting paper.

5. The scrutiny and counting of votes shall being on................ (date) at................(hour) at....................... .(place).

6. No person shall be present at the time of scrutiny and counting of votes except the Returning Officer, such other persons as he may appoint to assist him and the candidates or their duly authorised representatives.

[Ministry of Health and Family Planning, No. V-26012/1/14-AE]

 



 
 
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