Canvasing

69. Save as provided by or under any law for the time being in force, no Government servant shall canvass or otherwise, interfere or use his influence in connection with or take part, in any election to a Legislative Body, whether in the Kerala State or elsewhere: (I) Provided that a Government servant who is qualified to vote at such election may exercise his right to vote; but if he does so shall give no indication of the manner in which he proposes to vote or has voted. A Government servant shall not be deemed to have contravened the provisions of this rule by reason only that he assists in the coMuct of an election in the due performance of a duty imposed on him by or under any law for the time being in force. The Government may permit a Government servant to offer himself as a candidate for election to a local authority and the Government servant so permitted shall not be deemed to have contravened the provision of this rule. Explanation:—The display by a Government servant on his persdn, vehicle or residende of any electoral symbol shall amount to using his influence in connection with an election within the meaning of this sub-rule. No Government servant shall, save as provided by or uniler any law for the time being in force, offer himself as a candidate for election to any of the authorities of a University.

70. A Government servant who issues an address to electors or in any other manner publicly announOes himself or allows himself to be publicly announced as a candidate or prospective candidate for election to a Legislative Body shall be deemed for the purposes of rule 69 to take part in the election to such body. 71. The provisions of rules 69 and 70 shall, so far as may apply to elections to local authorities or bodies, save in respect of Government servants, required or permitted by or under any law or order of the Government for the time being in force, to be a candidate at such elections.