Voters Identity Card Rules, 2053 (1996)
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Gazette
2053.1.13 (25 April 1996)
Amendments:
1. Voters Identity Card(First
Amendment) Rule, 2053 (1996) 2053.4.10 (25 July. 1996)
2. Voters Identity Card(Second Amendment)
Rules, 2059 (2002) 2059.4.30 (15 Aug. 2002)
The Election Commission has formulated the
following rules using the right provided by Section 33 of Electoral
Roll Act, 2052 (1995).
Chapter- 1 Preliminary
1. Short title, extension and extension and commencement (1) This act shall be called as “Voters Identity Card Act, 2053 (1996)”.
(2) It shall come into force in such election constituencies and such date as may be specified by the commission by publishing a notice in the Nepal Gazette.
2. Definitions:
Unless the subject and context otherwise requires, in this Rules:
(a) “Act” means Electoral Roll Act, 2052 (1995).
(b) “Voters Identity Card” means the Voters Identity Card provided to the voters pursuant to section 24 of the act.
(c) “Identity Card Management Officer” means Voters Identity Card Management Officer appointed or assigned pursuant to rule 3.
(d) “Chief Identity Card Distribution Officer” means the Chief Voters Identity Card Distribution Officer appointed or assigned pursuant to rule 4.
(e) “Identity Card Distribution Officer” means Voters Identity Card Distribution Officer appointed or assigned pursuant to rule 5.
Chapter- 2 Appointment, Functions, Duties and Powers
3. Appointment, Functions, Duties and Powers of Chief Identity Card Distribution Officer:
(1) The commission shall appoint or assign any officer of the commission or the Government of Nepal to
Chief Identity Card Distribution Officer in central level to perform and make perform any works to be performed related to management and distribution of Voters Identity Card pursuant to the Act and these rules. But, while appointing or assigning any officer of Government of Nepal, consent of Government of Nepal shall be taken.
(2) Functions, duties and rights of the Chief Identity Card Distribution Officer shall be as follows:
(a) To perform and make perform all the works related to management, preparation and distribution of Voters Identity Card.
(b) To prepare the budget required to make the Voters Identity Card and present it before Government of Nepal and expend the allocated budget.
(c) To manage the required number of staffs for works related to management, making and distribution of Voters Identity Card.
(d) To inspect, control and monitor the works to be done by the District Identity Card Management
Officer and other staffs pursuant to the Act and these rules. (e) To give trainings and directions related to the works and duties to be performed by the Chief Identity Card Distribution Officer and other staffs as per the requirements pursuant to the Act and rules.
(f) To solve the problems if they arise while preparing and distributing the Voters Identity Card. (g) To take departmental action against the Chief Identity Card Distributing Officer and other staffs involved in the task of Voters Identity Card Distribution pursuant to prevailing law if they do not work as mentioned in the Act and these rules or perform work with negligence.
(h) To perform and make perform all works required to enforce these rules.
(i) To manage broad dissemination in course of preparation and distribution of Voters Identity
Card.
(j) To perform other works assigned by the commission.
4. Appointment, functions, duties and powers of Chief District Identity Card Distribution Officer:
(1) The Chief District
Identity Card Distribution Officer shall appoint or assign a Chief
District Identity
Card Distribution Officer in each district which has provision
of providing Voters Identity Card to the voters.
(2) The Chief District Identity Card Officer shall perform the following
functions staying under the command and control of the Chief Identity Card
Distribution Officer besides the ones stated elsewhere in the Act and these
rules:
(a) To assign the work to be done by the Identity Card Distribution
Officer and area for the completion of
preparation and distribution of the Voters Identity Card.
(b) To prepare and make prepared the Voters Identity Card to be made
available to the voters as assigned pursuant to the Act and these rules.
(c) To distribute and make distribute the Voters Identity Card to the
voters within the timeframe
specified by the commission.
(d) To operationalize, control, observe and supervise the works to be done
by the Identity Card
Distribution Officer pursuant to the Act and these rules.
(e) To solve the problems if they arise during the task of preparing and
distributing the Voters Identity Card.
(f) To take departmental action against the Chief Identity Card
Distributing Officer and other staffs involved in the task of Voters
Identity Card Distribution pursuant to prevailing law if they do not
work as mentioned in the Act and these rules or perform work with
negligence.
(g) To perform others works assigned by the Chief Identity Card
Distributing Officer.
5. Appointment, Functions, Duties and Rights of Identity Card Distribution Officer:
(1) The Chief Identity Card
Distributing Officer may appoint or assign a Identity Card Distribution
Officer as per requirement for the purpose of distributing Voters Identity Card
within the area of municipality or Village Development Committee
within such election constituency where has been is provision of
distributing Voters Identity Card.
(2) It shall be the duty of Identity Card Distribution Officer to work in
control and direction of Chief Identity Card Distribution Officer.
6. Provison relating to other employee:
Government of Nepal shall provide technical and other employee as per the requirement for the purpose of preparing and distributing of Voters Identity Card pursuant to these rules.
Chapter 3 Provision relating to voters identity card
7. Providing voters identity card:
(1) Pursuant to Section 23 of
the Act, Commission shall provide voters list to Chief Identity
Card Distribution Officer, prepared in the format of form number
mentioning number of Voters Identity Card to be provided to voters of
election constituency in which provision of providing Voters Identity Card
has been implemented.
(2) Voters list to be provided pursuant to Sub-rule (1) shall be prepared
being based on voters list prepared pursuant to the Act and Rules Relating
to Voters List, 2052 (1996).
(3) Identity card distribution officer shall provide Voters Identity Card
to the voters whose name has been included in the voters list provided by
commission pursuant to Sub-rule (1).
(4) Except in condition of providing copy of identity card pursuant to
Rule 12, Voters Identity Card shall be provided only once to the voters
included their name in voters list.
(5)
Voters Identity Card referred in Sub-rule (3) shall be provided only in
the period specified by commission.
8. Description being in voters identity card:
(1) There shall be
following description in voters identity card:
(a) Paper of Voters Identity Card shall be white in color,
(b) There shall be photo of concerned voters with both ears visible in top
right corner of Voters Identity Card. Voters Identity Card with voters photo
shall be prepared by computer technology and shall be laminated as well,
(c) Size of Voters Identity Card shall be up to maximum 6×10 cm,
(e) There shall be technical arrangement that make Voters Identity Card
impossible for imitation,
(f) “Government of Nepal, Election Commission Voters Identity Card” shall
be mentioned in top
centre of Voters Identity Card.
(2) Following descriptions shall be mentioned as well in the Voters
Identity Card pursuant to Sub-rule (1):
(a) Voters Identity Card number,
(b) Name, surname of voter,
(c) Date of birth of voter,
(d) Sex of Voter,
(e) Name, surname and relation of voters’ father/husband,
(f) Voters’ address,
House number………District……….. Election
Constituency number…………
VDC/Municipality…………..Ward number……………
Village…………… or Area (Tole)…………
(g) Signature of Chief Identity Card Distribution
Officer,
(h) Name, surname and position of Chief Identity Card Distribution Officer
(i) Date of issuance of Voters Identity Card.
(3) Number of Voters Identity Card referred in Clause (a) of Subrule
(2) shall be different for each voter as specified by commission.
(4) Format of identity card to be provided to voters referred in rule 7
shall be as specified in form number 1.
9. Procedure for preparing Voters Identity Card:
(1) Upon the publication
of final voter list pursuant to the Act and Rules Relating to Voters List,
task of preparing Voters Identity Card as per these rules shall be
performed for the voters of the constituency specified by Commission by
publishing a notice in Nepal Gazette.
(2) Except otherwise specified by Commission regarding process of
preparation of Voters Identity Card pursuant to Sub-rule (1) it shall
be prepared as follows:
(a) On the basis of final list of voters of each district, election
constituency or Village Development Committee or Municipality within that
election constituency, Voters Identity Card shall be
prepared maintaining separate record of each ward of
Village Development Committee or Municipality.
(b) Voters shall file an application consisting description of being a
voter in the format of form
number 2.
(c) Verifying voters list with the application of voter, Voters Identity
Card shall be prepared as per
his/her aforesaid description and description in the application.
(d) Voters Identity Card shall be prepared as per the format of form
number1, if the voters list and
description of application has been verified.
10. Procedure for distributing Voters Identity Card:
Except otherwise specified
by Commission publishing notice in Nepal Gazette pursuant to the Act and
these Rules regarding process of distributing Voters Identity Card to
voters, Voters Identity Card shall be distributed in following ways:
(a) For the purpose of identification of voter receiving Voters Identity
Card, description mentioned in voters list and Voters Identity Card shall
be verified,
(b) Copy (photocopy) of distributed Voters Identity Card shall be kept as
record. Identity Card Distribution Officer shall attest such record,
(c) While distributing Voters Identity Card, it shall be
distributed causing signature in registration book of the format of
form number 3 within the time limit specified by the commission.
11. Procedure for obtaining remained Voters Identity Card:
(1) In case the name of
voter has been included in voters list but remained absent in time of
distribution of Voters Identity Card he/she shall apply to the Chief
Identity Card Distribution Officer as per the format of form number
4 to get Voters Identity Card attaching recommendation of the member
living in his/her joint family, member of concerned Village Development
Committee or Municipality or secretary of Village Development Committee or
ward secretary of Municipality or certificate as referred in Section 29 of
the Act.
(2) If the name of the voter filing application pursuant to Sub-rule (1)
has found registered in voter list, Chief Identity Card
Distribution officer shall provide Voters Identity Card within the period
specified by commission preparing as per the format of form number 1.
12. Copy of Voters Identity Card:
(1) If the Voters Identity
Card received pursuant to these Rules has been lost, required to addition
or removal of description, theft, or destroyed then the voter shall apply
to the concerned Chief Identity Card Distribution Officer as per the
format of form number 5 for obtaining copy of Voters Identity Card.
(2) Upon the receipt of an application as referred in Sub-rule
(1) Identity Card Distribution Officer shall verify the description
of application with the record of that voter and provide the copy of
Voters Identity Card of the voter within the period specified by
commission if it has been verified.
13. Conditions to be fulfilled by voters:
Voters shall do as follows
upon the receipt of Voters Identity Card:
(a) Voters shall show their Voters Identity Card to concerned personnel of
polling centre at the time of voting,
(b) Voters Identity Card shall be kept carefully and any omission
or submission, erasure or overwriting, tear or destruction shall
not be made.
14. Order may be issued for redistribution of Voters Identity Card:
If the Commission has convinced
by the application of any person with proof or received information from
different sources that mistake in large scale have been occurred or fake
Voters Identity Cards have been distributed in any election constituency
or ward of Village Development Committee or Municipality within it, in
course of
distribution of Voters Identity Card, the Commission may cancel
such Voters Identity Card and issue an order for redistribution of
Voters Identity Card.
15. Voters Identity Card to be cancelled:
If it has been proved that any person has taken Voters Identity Card in the name of other person lying own name, the Chief Identity Card Distribution officer shall cancel Voters Identity Card taken by such person.
Chapter-4 Miscellaneous
16. Responsibility of Government of Nepal:
It shall be the responsibility of Government of Nepal 3 to assist in the work of preparation, distribution and management or making manage in this regard of Voters’ Identity Card for the purpose of distributing it pursuant to Section 24 of the Act for the voters within the election constituency specified by Commission by publishing notice in Nepal Gazette pursuant to Section 23 of the Act.
17. Taking Assistance:
(1) Chief Identity Card
Distribution Officer and Identity Card Distribution Officer may take
assistance from the official of representative of political parties,
different Ministry and Department of Government of Nepal, local body and
office as per requirement in the course of distribution of Voters’
Identity Card pursuant to these Rules.
(2) Identity Card Distribution Officer may take assistance of Chairperson,
Vice Chairperson or Member of Village Development Committee or Mayor,
Deputy Mayor or concerned Member of Ward of Municipality for dissemination
of information or attaining public participation as well regarding
preparing and distributing Identity Card.
(3) It shall be the duty of concerned body and official to provide assistance if it has demanded as referred to in Sub-rule (1) and (2).
18. Fee:
Voters Identity Card shall be provided on free of charge for the first time cost. Provided that, fee as specified by Commission shall be charged for obtaining another Voters Identity Card mentioning “copy” pursuant to Rule 12.
19. Deciding dispute on Voters’ Identity Card:
(1) If there arises
any dispute about the identity of any voter regarding distribution of
Voters’ Identity Card, Identity Card Distribution Officer shall decide in
such dispute.
(2) Identity Card Distribution Officer may consult with the committee as
referred to in Rule 20 while deciding pursuant to Sub-rule (1).
20. Committee:
Identity Card Distribution
Officer shall form a committee consisting of the persons as following for
the purpose of Rule 19 Subrule (2):
(a) One Member of concerned Ward of Village Development Committee or
Municipality,
(b) One local representative of each political party having Member in
House of Representative,
(c) Maximum three persons including at least one woman among renowned
local persons.
21. Commission may take required decision:
If there arises any problem or dispute in course of execution of these Rules Commission shall make required decision.
22. May provide direction:
In execution of these Rules, Commission may direct concerned body or official.
23. Keeping documents safe:
(1) Identity Card Distribution Officer shall hand over all the documents including registration book created for the purpose of distribution of Voters Identity Card to Chief Identity Card Distribution Officer. Chief Identity Card Distribution Officer shall keep such handed over document safely.
24. May make change and submission or omission in the form:
The Commission may make change and submission or omission in the forms pursuant to these rules by publishing notice in Nepal Gazette. Replacement: In Place of the word “Identity Card management officer” used in various places of the original Rules “Central Identity Card Management Officer” and in place of the words “Chief Identity Card Distribution Officer”, “District Identity Card Management Officer” has been mentioned making such transformation.