Representation of the People Act,1950
Act No : 43
Section :
Filing of seats in the House of the People and parliamentaryconsituencies.
4.Filing of seats in the House of the People and parliamentary constituencis. 5* * * * * * 6[(2) All the seats in the House of the People allotted to the States under section 3 shall be seats to be filled by persons chosen by direct election from parliamentary constituencies in the States.] (3)Every parliamentary constituency referred to in sub-section (2) shall be a single-member constituency. (4)Every State to which only one seat is allotted under section 3 shall form one parliamentary constituency. 7[ (5) Save as provided in sub-section (4), the extent of all parliamentary constituencies except the parliamentary constituencies in the Union territory of Arunachal Pradesh shall be as determined by the orders of the Delimitation Commission made under the provisions of the Delimitation Act, 1972 (76 of 1972) and the extent of the par- liamentary constituencies in the --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Cl. (ff) was ins. by Act 67 of 1951, s. 2 and omitted by the North Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) (Adaptation of Laws on Union Subjects) Order, 1974 (w.e.f. 21-1-1972). 2 Cl. (i) has successively been amended by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 2)Order, 6, the Assam Reorganisation (Maghalaya) (Adaptation of Laws on Union Subject, 1970 Order and the North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) (Adaptation of Laws on Union Subjects) Order, 1974 to read as above. 3 Sub-section (2) omitted by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 2) Order, 1956. 4 Subs. by Act 47 of 1966, s.2, for the former ss. 3 and 4 (w.e.f. 14-12-1966). 5 Sub-section (1) omitted Act 29 of 1975, s. 11 (w.e.f. 15-8-1975). 6 Subs. by s. 11 ,ibid.(w.e.f.15-8-1975). 7 Subs. by Act 88 of 1976, s.2 for sub-section (5) (w.e.f. 2-9- 1976). --------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 Union territory of Arunachal Pradesh shall be as determined by the order of the Election Commission under the provisions of the Government of Union Territories Act, 1963 (20 of 1963).] 5. [Parliamentary constituencies.] Rep. by the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1956 (2 of 1956), s. 4. 6. [Delimitation of parliamentary constituencies.] Rep. by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 2) Order, 1956. The State Legislative Assemblies
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