law: Representation of the People Act, 1950 
  20. Meaning of "ordinarily resident" 
   52  [(1) A person shall
  
  not be deemed to be ordinarily resident in a constituency on the ground only
  
  that he owns, or is in possession of, a dwelling house therein.
  (1A) A person
  
  absenting himself temporarily from his place of ordinary residence shall not by
  
  reason thereof cease to be ordinarily resident therein.
  (1B) A member of
  
  Parliament or of the Legislative of a State shall not during the term of his
  
  office cease to be ordinarily resident in the constituency in the electoral
  
  roll of which he is registered as an elector at the time of his election as
  
  such member, by reason of his absence from that constituency in connection with
  
  his duties as such member.]
  (2) A person who is a
  
  patient in any establishment maintained wholly or mainly for the reception and
  
  treatment of persons suffering from mental illness or mental defectiveness, or
  
  who is detained in prison or other legal custody at any place, shall not by
  
  reason thereof be deemed to be ordinarily resident therein.
   53  [(3) Any person having
  
  a service qualification shall be deemed to be ordinarily resident on any date
  
  in the constituency in which, but for his having such service qualification, he
  
  would have been ordinarily resident on that date.]
  (4) Any person holding
  
  any office in India declared by the President in consultation the Election
  
  Commission to be an office to which the provisions of this sub-section apply, 54[***]
  
  shall be deemed to be ordinarily resident 55[***] on any date in the
  
  constituency in which, but for the holding of any such office 56[***],
  
  he would have been ordinarily resident 57[***] on that date58.
  (5) The statement of
  
  any such person as is referred to in sub-section (3) or sub-section (4) made in
  
  the prescribed form and verified in the prescribed manner, that 40[but
  
  for his having the service qualification] or but for his holding any such
  
  office 59[***] as is referred to in sub-section (4) he would have
  
  been ordinarily resident in a specified place 55[***] on any date, shall,
  
  in the absence of evidence to the contrary, be 40[accepted as
  
  correct].
  (6) The wife of any
  
  such person as is referred to in sub-section (3) or sub-section (4) shall, if
  
  she be ordinarily residing with such person 60[***] be deemed to be
  
  ordinarily resident 61[***] in the constituency specified by such
  
  person under sub-section (5).
   62  [(7) If in any case a
  
  question arises as to where a person is ordinarily resident at any relevant
  
  time, the question shall be determined with reference to all the facts of the
  
  case and to such rules as may be made in this behalf by the Central Government
  
  in consultation with the Election Commission.
  (8) In sub-sections
  
  (3) and (5) "service qualification" means:-
  (a) being a member of
  
  the armed forces of the Union; or
  (b) being a member of a force to which the
  
  provisions of the Army Act, 1950 (46 of 1950), have been made applicable
  
  whether with or without modifications; or
  (c) being a member of an armed police force of
  
  a State, who is serving outside that State; or
  (d) being a person who is employed under the
  
  Government of India, in a post outside India.]