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State of Jharkhand - Section

Section 553 in Jharkhand Municipal Act, 2011

553. Right to Vote.

(1)No person shall vote at an election in any ward if he is subject to any of the disqualifications referred to in the Act.
(2)No person shall vote at a general or bye-election in more than one ward, and if a person votes in more than one such ward, his votes in all such wards shall be void.
(3)No person shall at any election vote in the same ward more than once, notwithstanding that his name may have been registered in the electoral roll for the ward, and if he does so vote, all his votes in that ward shall be void.
(4)No person shall vote at any election if he is confined in a prison, whether under a sentence of imprisonment or transportation or otherwise, or is in the lawful custody of the police.Provided that nothing in this sub-section shall apply to a person subjected to preventive detention under any law for the time being in force.
(5)Nothing contained in sub-section (2) and (3) shall apply to a person who has been authorized to vote as proxy for an elector under this Act in so far as he votes as a proxy for such elector.