WBPE Act 37Chapter V · Chapter VI

Section 37 · Inclusion of names in electoral roll

(1)

Any person whose name is not included in the electoral roll of a Block may apply to the Panchayat Electoral Registration Officer in the prescribed Form for inclusion of his name in the electoral roll.

(2)

The Panchayat Electoral Registration Officer shall, if satisfied that the applicant is entitled to be registered in the electoral roll, direct his name to be included therein:Provided that if name of the applicant is registered in the electoral roll of any Municipality or any other Panchayat, the Panchayat Electoral Registration Officer shall inform the Municipal Electoral Registration Officer of that Municipality or the Panchayat Electoral Registration Officer of the other Panchayat to that effect and the Municipal Electoral Registration Officer of that Municipality or the Panchayat Electoral Registration Officer of that other Panchayat, as the case may be, shall on receipt of the information, strike off the applicant's name from the electoral roll.

(3)

No direction for amendment, transposition or deletion of any entry shall be made under section 36, and no direction for the inclusion of a name in the electoral roll of a constituency under section 37, shall be given under this section after the last date for making nominations for an election in that constituency and before the completion of such election.

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