FORM 18 [See rule 52 (2)] Appointment of Counting Agents Election to the .............. from the ............ Constituency. To The Returning Officer, I......................... *a candidate/the election agent of .............. who is a candidate at the above election; 40 hereby appoint the following persons as my counting agents to attend the counting of votes at : Name of the counting agent. Address of the counting agent. 1. 2. 3. etc. Signature of *candidate/election agent. We agree to act as such counting agents. 1. 2. etc. Place ............ Signature of counting agents. Date ............. *Strike off the inappropriate alternative. Declaration of Counting Agents. [To be signed before the Returning Officer] We hereby declare that at the above election we will not do anything forbidden by section 135+of the Jammu and Kashmir Representation of the People Act, 1957 which *we have read/has been read over to us. 1. 2. 3. etc. Date ........... Signature of counting agents. Signed before me Date........... *Section 135 of the Jammu and Kashmir Representation of the People Act, 1957 : "135. Maintenance of secrecy of voting. (1) Every officer, clerk, agent or other person who performs any duty in connection with the recording or counting of votes at election shall maintain, and aid in maintaining the secrecy of the voting and shall not (except for some purpose authorised by or under any law) communicate to any person any information calculated to violate such secrecy. (2) Any person who contravenes the provisions pf sub-section (1) shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months or with fine or with both." *Strike of the inappropriate alternative.
