To my knowledge, there is no Section called 49-O in the Indian Constitution, saying that "as per the 1969 act, in section "49-O" that a person can go to the polling booth, confirm his identity, get his finger marked and convey the presiding election officer that he doesnt want to vote anyone!"
The Section 49 of Constitution is on "Protection of monuments and places and objects of national importance" and has nothing to do with elections. The Election-related Articles (324 to 329) have nothing along these lines. So, this is obviously another e-mail hoax, though I personally feel there should a provision like this in the Constitution keeping in mind the dubious nature of many people contesting elections these days. Utpal Borpujari / New Delhi ------- moderator appended, assamonline ------- From: Manoj Agarwal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sat Aug 26, 2006 7:01 am Subject: Re: [asom] Section 49-O of the Constitution of India Hi Nalin, Its really really interesting. Can you please provide us any supporting documents or URL to confirm. Awareness is very important among all of us to fight for corruption. I came to know about RTI from this forum only. And I was pleasantly surprised when I went thru some of the files. Thanks again for your effort. ------------------------------------------------ Re: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/assamonline/message/2591
