Time box added by ECP on Form-45
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has added a time box along with the date to Form-45 in order to get results from the voting places for the next general elections.
The presiding officers at the voting places will note the timing of the results when the form is amended. Regarding the modifications to Form-45, the commission has issued an invitation for suggestions. It further stated that comments or complaints on the modifications to Form-45 might be sent up to October 20.
The ECP added that the form amendments will become part of the rules if no objections were submitted by October 20.
The Election Commission is pleased to amend Form-45 as described below in accordance with Section 239 of the Elections Act, 2017 (Act No. XXXIII of 2017). “The end of Form-45, after the word Date………….the word time shall be inserted,” the notification from the ECP stated.
The Elections Act, 2017, which was published on October 2, 2017, gave the commission the authority to establish regulations for carrying out the law’s objectives, according to another notification from the ECP.
“[The] aforementioned Section 239 is reprinted as follows: (1) The commission may make rules to carry out the purposes of this Act by publishing on the commission website and notification in the official gazette. (2) The commission must first publish the rules outlined in subsection (1) before adopting them, and only after considering any objections or suggestions made within 15 days of the publication.
“The Election Commission framed the Election Rules, 2017 in pursuance of Section 239 ibid and notified the same on November 9, 2021, and thereafter, in view of different scenarios and to resolve the predicaments arisen with time, the Election Commission has carried out various amendments in rules,” the notification continued.
“More Form-45 modifications should be made, as the current circumstances demand them. It said, “These revisions must be published in order to invite comments or ideas, which must be submitted within 15 days of the publication and will be considered by the commission following the aforementioned hearing.
The Election Commission is pleased to publish the aforementioned draught amendments, inviting objections or suggestions in respect of any amendment to be filed in ECP Secretariat, Islamabad by October 20, 2023, which will be decided by the commission after hearing. This is in exercise of its powers conferred under Section 239 of the Elections Act, 2017 and all other powers enabling it in that behalf. The letter ended, “The draught revisions are being submitted on the commission’s official website.
In a third announcement, the ECP stated that it has accepted the legal reforms committee’s recommendation to amend Form-45 of the Elections Rules, 2017.
Section 239 of the Act now mandates that it be posted online for 15 days to allow for objections.Therefore, you are urged to post the Form-45 change to the rules ibid on the Election Commission of Pakistan’s official website by October 25, 2023.
