Legislative Councils Act ,1957
Act No : 37
Section :
Increase in the strength of the Punjab Legislative Council.
9. Increase in the strength of the Punjab Legislative Council. (1) The total number of seats in the Legislative Council of Punjab shall be increased to 51 and of those seats-- (a) the numbers to be filled by persons elected by electorates referred to in sub-clauses (a), (b) and (c) of clause (3) of article 171 shall be 17, 4 and 4 respectively; (b) the number to be filled by persons elected by the members of the Legislative Assembly of Punjab in accordance with the provisions of sub-clause (d) of the said clause shall be 18; and (c) the number to be filled by persons nominated by the Governor of Punjab in accordance with the provisions of sub-clause (e) of that clause shall be 8. (2) As from the commencement of this Act, the Delimitation of Council Constituencies (Punjab) Order, 1951, shall, until other provision is made by law, have effect subject to the modifications directed by the Fifth Schedule, and in the said Order as so modified, any reference to the State of Punjab shall be construed as a reference to that State as formed by section 11 of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956 (37 of 1956). (3) As from the commencement of this Act,-- (a) every sitting member of the said Council representing immediately before such commencement any local authorities' constituency specified in column 1 of the Table below shall be deemed to have been elected to the 496 said Council by the local authorities' constituency specified against that constituency in column 2 of the said Table:-- TABLE ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Ambala-cum-Karnal (Local Autho- Punjab South (Local Authorities) rities) constituency. constituency. Gurgaon-cum-Rohtak-cum-Hissar- Punjab South (Local Authorites) cum-Simla (Local Authorites) constituency. constituency. Hoshiarpur-cum-Kangra-cum-Gur- Punjab North (Local Authorities) daspur (Local Authorities) con- constituency. stituency. Jullundur-cum-Ferozepur-cum- Punjab North (Local Authorities) Amritsar-cum-Ludhiana (Local constituency. Authorities) constituency. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- (b) every sitting member of the said Council representing immediately before such commencement the graduates' constituency or the teachers' constituency shall be deemed to have been elected to the said Council by that constituency as altered by virtue of sub-section (2): (c) every sitting member of the said Council elected by the members of the Legislative Assembly of the former State of Punjab and every sitting member of the said Council elected under clause (b) of sub-section (2) of section 37 of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956 (37 of 1956), shall be deemed to have been duly elected by the members of the Legislative Assembly of the present State of Punjab. (4) As soon as may be after such commencement, elections shall be held to fill-- (a) the additional seats allotted to the several council constituencies by the Delimitation of Council Constituencies (Punjab) Order, 1951, as modified by this Act; (b) the additional seats to be filled by persons referred to in clause (b) of sub-section (1), as if those seats had become vacant. (5) The said Council shall be deemed to have been first constituted on the date on which the Legislative Council of the former State of Punjab was first constituted. (6) In order that, as nearly as may be, one-third of the members of the said Council may retire on the 26th April 1958, and on the 497 expiration of every second year thereafter the Governor of Punjab shall, after consultation with the Election Commission, make by order such provisions as he thinks fit in regard to the terms of office of the sitting members elected under clause (b) of sub-section (2) of section 37 of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956 (37 of 1956.), and of the members to be elected under sub-section (4) of this section. (7) Section 37 of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956 (37 of 1956), shall be amended, and shall be deemed always to have been amended, as follows:-- (a) in sub-section (2), for the words, brackets and figures "Until the said Council has been reconstituted in accordance with the provisions of sub-sections (3) and (4) of this section and of any other law for the time being in force and has been summoned to meet for the first time", the words "Until otherwise provided by law" shall be substituted; (b) sub-sections (3) and (4) shall be omitted. (8) In this section the expression "the former State of Punjab" means the State of Punjab as it existed immediately before the 1st day of November, 1956.
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