Overseas Electors Registration
Overseas Electors Rules 1960
Under Section-20 A of the Representation of the People Act-1950, inserted vide Representation of the People (Amendment) Act-2010, which has come into effect w.e.f. 10th February 2011, ever overseas elector, i.e. Indian Citizen who is absenting from his place of ordinary residence in India owing to employment, education or otherwise, and has not acquired citizenship of any other country and who is not included in the electoral roll, is entitled to have his/her name registered in the electoral roll of the constituency in which his/her place of residence in India as mentioned in his/her passport is located.
In terms of Rule 8A of the Registration of Electors Rules, 1960, every overseas elector whose place of residence is located in the any of the constituency, who has completed 18 years of age and is desirous of registering his/her name in the electoral roll, is invited hereby to submit claim application in Form-6A may be either submitted in person directly to the registration officer of the constituency concerned or sent to such registration officer by post alongwith the documents mentioned in Form-6A and the guidelines. When the claim app-locatin is sent by post, it should be accompanied by photocopies of the relevant pages of the passport duly attested by the competent official of the Indian Mission in the country concerned.
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