Lok Sabha polls: CEO points pointers for printers, publishers in J&K

Srinagar, Mar 18: The Jammu and Kashmir Election Workplace has issued pointers relating to  printing and publication of election pamphlets, posters and associated materials throughout the Union Territory in view of upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

In a public discover to all of the registered printers and publishers of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, the chief electoral officer knowledgeable that the printing and publication of election pamphlets, posters etcetera is being ruled by the provisions of part 127-A of Illustration of Peoples Act, 1951.

As per “127-A Restrictions on printing of pamphlets, posters etcetera; no individual shall print or publish, or trigger to be printed or revealed, any election pamphlet or poster which doesn’t bear on its face the names and addresses of the printer and the writer thereof. No individual shall print or trigger to be printed any election pamphlet or poster; until a declaration as to the identification of the writer thereof, signed by him and attested by two individuals to whom he’s personally identified, is delivered by him to the printer in duplicate and until, inside an affordable time after the printing of the doc, one copy of the declaration is distributed by the printer, along with one copy of the doc “The place it’s printed within the capital of the state, to the Chief Electoral Officer and In every other case, to the District Justice of the Peace of the district wherein it’s printed”.

For the needs of this part; any course of for multiplying copies of a doc, apart from copying it by hand, shall be deemed to be printed and the expression “printer” shall be constructed accordingly; “Election pamphlet or poster” means any printed pamphlet, hand-bill or different doc distributed for the aim of selling or prejudicing the election of a candidate or group of candidates or any placard or poster having reference to an election, however doesn’t embody any hand- invoice, placard or poster merely saying the date, time, place and different particulars of an election assembly or routine directions to election brokers or staff.

Any one that contravenes any of the provisions of sub-section (1) of sub-section (2) shall be punishable with imprisonment for a time period which can lengthen to 6 months, or with positive which can lengthen to 2 thousand rupees, or with each.

It’s, subsequently, loved upon all of the printers and publishers to point clearly within the print line the names and addresses of printer and writer of any election pamphlet or posters or such different materials printed by them. Apart from, all printing presses need to ship the copies or the printed materials (together with three additional copies of every such printed materials) and the declaration obtained from the writer as required underneath part 127-A (2) inside three days of its printing. Additionally, any violation of the provisions of part 127-A (2) and the above instructions of the Fee could be considered severely and stern motion, which can in applicable circumstances embody even revocation of license of printing press underneath related legal guidelines of the state, could be taken.

Earlier than endeavor the printing of any election pamphlets or poster and many others, printer shall receive from the writer a declaration by way of part 127-A(2) within the proforma prescribed by the Fee in Append IX-A hereto, this declaration shall be totally signed by the writer and attested by two individuals to whom the writer is personally identified. It also needs to be authenticated by the printer when it’s forwarded to the Chief Electoral Officer or District Justice of the Peace, because the case could also be.

Likewise, the printer shall furnish 4 (4) copies of the printed materials, together with declaration of the writer, inside three (3) days of the printing thereof, together with such printed materials and the declaration. The printer shall additionally furnish the knowledge relating to the variety of copies of paperwork printed and the worth charged for such printing job, within the proforma prescribed by the Fee in Appendix-B hereto. Such info shall be furnished by the printer, not collectively however individually, in respect of every election pamphlet poster and many others., printed by him inside three days of printing of every such doc.