1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Parliamentary Elections (Indian and Other Minority Communities Committee) Regulations.

2.  The Indian and Other Minority Communities Committee established under section 27C of the Act (referred to in these Regulations as the Committee) shall meet for the despatch of business at such times and places as the Chairman of the Committee may from time to time appoint.

3.  At every meeting of the Committee, 3 members of the Committee shall form a quorum.

4.  The Chairman of the Committee shall preside at meetings of the Committee.

5.  Where the Chairman of the Committee is absent at a meeting, such member as the members present may elect shall preside at that meeting.

6.  The Committee may regulate the conduct of proceedings at its meetings as it thinks fit.

7.  The Committee may inform itself on any matter in such manner as it thinks appropriate and may consult with such persons as it thinks fit.

8.  The Elections Department shall, at the request of the Committee, supply the Committee with all such information, and provide the Committee with all such assistance as it requires for the purposes of the Act.

9.  Any person belonging to the Indian or other minority communities who desires to contest as such a person in any election in any group representation constituency designated under section 8A(1)(b)(ii) of the Act shall, at any time after the date of the notice of the writ referred to in section 25 of the Act and at least 2 clear days before the day of nomination, apply to the Committee for a certificate in the Form A in the Schedule.

10.  Every applicant shall ensure that his application under regulation 9 is received by the Committee not later than 2 clear days before the day of nomination.

11.  Upon receipt of any application under regulation 9, the Committee shall, if it considers that the applicant is a person belonging to the Indian or other minority communities, as soon as practicable and in any case not later than the day before the day of nomination, issue to the applicant a certificate in Form B in the Schedule certifying that to be the fact.

12.  Where the Committee does not consider that an applicant is a person belonging to the Indian or other minority communities, it shall, as soon as practicable and in any case not later than the day before the day of nomination, inform the applicant accordingly.

13.  Upon determination of any application, the Committee shall as soon as practicable notify an applicant whose application for a certificate is successful of its decision and the applicant shall collect the certificate from the Returning Officer not later than the day before the day of nomination.

14.  The Committee may, if it thinks fit, request an applicant to appear before the Committee before determining whether or not to issue him a certificate under regulation 11.

15.  The Committee may, if it thinks fit, request an applicant to furnish to the Committee such information as it may require.

16.  The Returning Officer may, at any time after the date of the notice of the writ referred to in section 25 of the Act, supply Form A in the Schedule to any person requiring it.

17.  For the purposes of these Regulations, all applications to and correspondence with the Committee shall be addressed to the Chairman of the Committee and channelled through the Elections Department.