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Exceptions to the general principle of ordinary residence:6. Members of Parliament and the State Legislatures are entitled to be registeredin their home constituencies notwithstanding the fact that they are away from theirnormal place of residence in connection with their activities as legislators.7. Inmates of jails, other legal custody, hospitals, beggar homes, asylums etc.should not be included in the electoral rolls of the constituency in which suchinstitutions are located.8. Students, if otherwise eligible, living in a hostel or mess or lodge more or lesscontinuously, going back to his normal home or place of residence only for shortperiods, can be held to be ordinarily resident in the place where the hostel or messor lodge is situated. However, if they so wish, they have the option of retainingtheir enrollment at their residence with their parents instead. [During intensiverevision, students shall not be enumerated at their hostels. They can be enrolledsubsequently on application in Form 6 with bonafide student and hostel residentcertificate]. Also refer to Para 5 of chapter IV.9. Service Voters: Normally, the serving members of the armed forces of theUnion or the central para-military forces, i.e. BSF, CRPF, CISF, ITBP, NSG,GREF and Assam Rifles to which provisions of Army Act, 1950 have been madeapplicable (with or without modification), State Armed Police personnelposted outside the state, and the government servants posted outside India inIndian Missions / High Commissions are enrolled in their native places and not attheir places of postings. They are called ‘Service Voters’. Thus electors having aservice qualification are entitled to get registered at their native places which maybe different from their ordinary residence. The wife of a service voter if sheordinarily resides with her husband is also entitled to get registered in the last partof electoral roll with her husband. But this is not available to the husband of afemale service voter .10. Overseas Electors:Under Section-20A of the Representation of the People Act, 1950, inserted videRepresentation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2010, which has come into forcew.e.f. 10 th February, 2011, every overseas elector, i.e., an Indian citizen who isabsenting from his place of ordinary residence in India owing to employment,education or otherwise, and has not acquired citizenship of any other country andwho is not included in the electoral roll, is entitled to have his/her name registeredin the electoral roll of the constituency in which his/her place of residence in Indiaas mentioned in his/her passport is located. In terms of rule 8A of the Registrationof Electors Rules, 1960, every overseas elector whose place of residence in Indiais located in the States/Union Territories of India, who has completed 18 years ofage as the qualifying date, and is desirous of registering his/her name in theelectoral roll, can submit claim application in Form-6A along with supportingdocuments for registration in the electoral roll of the constituency in which his/herplace of residence as shown in the passport is located.16