BANDIPORA, MARCH 17: In view of Lok Sabha Elections-2024, the District Magistrate/ District Election Officer (DM/DEO) Bandipora, Shakeel ul Rehman on Sunday ordered that all printing presses, operating within territorial jurisdiction of District Bandipora, shall indicate clearly in the print line the names and addresses of printer and publisher of any election pamphlets or posters or such other material printed by them.
An Order No. 31-DEO/Bpr of 2024 Dated: 16-03-2024 reads that in terms of section 127A of Representation of People’s Act, 1951, and in pursuance of the instructions contained in para 5 (1) (a), (b) and (c) of the letter No. 3/9/(ES00S)/94-J.S.II dated 2nd September, 1994 from Election Commission of India, it is hereby ordered that all printing presses, operating within territorial jurisdiction of District Bandipora shall indicate clearly in the print line the names and addresses of printer and publisher of any election pamphlets or posters or such other material printed by them.
Further, these printing presses shall also send the copies of the printed material (along with three extra copies of each such printed material) and the declaration obtained from the publisher as required under Section 127 A(2), to the office of District Election officer, within three days of its printing.
It is also enjoined upon the concerned printing press owners/operators that any violation of the provisions of section 127 A of Representation of People’s Act, 1951 and the above instructions of Election Commission of India would be viewed very seriously which may in appropriate-cases include even the revocation of the licence of the printing press.
