Section 46. Order regarding conduct of elections.

46. In so far as provision with respect to any matter is not made by this Act, 1[the State Election Commission] may, by order, provide for matters concerning conduct of elections to the offices of 2[Mayor] and 3[ * * * ] and to the seats of 4[***] 2[Corporators] that is to say- (a) 5[ * * * * ] (b) the appointment, powers and duties of Nirvachan Adhikaris (Returning Officers), Sahayak Nirvachan Adhikaris (Assistant Returning Officers), Nirvachan Adhyakshas (Presiding Officers) and Matdan Adhikaris (Polling Officers) and clerks ; (c) appointment of dates for nomination, scrutiny, withdrawal and polling ; (d) the manner of presentation and the requirements for a valid nomination, scrutiny of nominations and withdrawal of candidatures ; (e) appointment and duties of election agents, polling agents and counting agents ; (f) procedure at general elections including death of candidate before poll, procedure in contested and uncontested elections, 6[x x x]; (g) identification of voters ; (h) hours of polling ; (i) adjournment of poll and fresh poll ; (j) manner of voting at elections ; (k) scrutiny and counting of votes including recount of votes and procedure to be followed in case of equality of votes anddeclaration of results ; (l) the notification of the names of the persons elected as 2[Corporators] 7[***] 2[Mayor] and 3[ * * * ] ; (m) refund and forfeiture of deposits ; (n) manner in which votes are to be given by Nirvachan Adhyaksha (Presiding Officer), polling agent or any other person who being an elector for a ward is appointed for duty at a polling station at which he is not entitled to vote ; (o) the procedure to be followed in respect of the tender of vote by person representing himself to be an elector after another person has voted as such elector ; (p) the safe custody of ballot boxes, ballot papers and other election papers, the period for which such papers shall be preserved and the inspection and production of such papers ; (q) 8[ * * * * ] (r) issue of copies of election papers and fixing of charges for such copies ; (s) maintaining of list of 9[electorals referred to in sub-section 301 of section 12]] 3[***] for the purposes of elections of 3[***] 9[***] 10[ * * * ] ; and (t) generally on all matters relating to conduct of elections.