Law:

Section:

(a) Electoral Rolls Act (XXI of 1974)

----S. 7(1)---Entitlement to be enrolled as a voter---Essentials-.---Any person was entitled to be enrolled as a voter in any electrical area in which he ordinarily was residing or owning or was in possession of a dwelling house or other immovable property---Word "or" as used in S. 7 (1), Electoral Rolls Act was in a disjunctive sense---Provision of S. 7 of the Act created by the deeming clause a fiction whereby a person though not ordinarily residing in an electoral area had to be considered as a resident of that area if he owned or was in possession of dwelling house or other immovable property in that area.

Ch. Abdul Razzaq v. General Assistant (Revenue) with powers of Registration Officer, Okara 1988 SCMR 291; Mehreen Mehreen Zaibun Nisa v. Land Commissioner, Multan and others PLD 1975 SC 397; East End Dwelling Company Ltd. v. Finsbury Borough Council 1952 AC 109; Commissioner of Income-tax, Bombay Presidency v. Bombay Trust Corporation Ltd. AIR 1930 PC 64; Agha Shaukat Ali v. Settlement and Rehabilitation Commissioner, Lahore PLD 1965 Lah. 445; Begum Syed v. Mst. Afzal Jahan Begum PLD 1965 Lah. 967; Begum B.H. Syed v. Mst Afzal Jehan Begum and another PLD 1970 SC 29 and Abdul Hakim Khan v. Mrs. Doreen Barkat Ram PLD 1973 Lah. 566 rel.