State of Arunachal Pradesh Act,1986
Act No : 69
Section :
Delimitation of constituencies.
14. Delimitation of constituencies. (1) The Election Commission
shall, in the manner herein provided, distribute, whether before or
after the appointed day, the seats assigned to the Legislative
Assembly of the State of Arunachal Pradesh under section 10 to single-
member territorial constituencies and delimit them having regard to
the provisions of the Constitution and to the following provisions,
namely:--
(a) all constituencies shall, as far as practicable, be
geographically compact areas, and in delimiting them regard shall
be had to physical features, existing boundaries of
administrative units, facilities of communication and public
convenience; and
(b) constituencies in which seats are reserved for the
Scheduled Tribes shall, as far as practicable, be located in
areas where the proportion of their population to the total
population is the largest.
(2) For the purpose of assisting it in the performance of its
functions under sub-section (1), the Election Commission shall
associate with itself as associate members,--
(a) the sitting members of the House of the People referred
to in section 9; and
(b) such six of the members of the Legislative Assembly of
the existing Union territory of Arunachal Pradesh or, as the case
may be, the provisional Legislative Assembly referred to in
section 11 as the Speaker thereof may nominate:
Provided that none of the associate members shall have a right to
vote or to sign any decision of the Election Commission.
(3) If, owing to death or resignation, the office of an associate
member falls vacant, it shall be filled, if practicable, in accordance
with the provisions of sub-section (2).
(4) The Election Commission shall--
(a) publish its proposals for the delimitation of
constituencies together with the dissenting proposals, if any, of
any associate member who desires publication thereof, in the
Official Gazette and in such other manner as the Commission may
consider fit, together with a notice inviting objections and
suggestions in relation to the proposals and specifying a date on
or after which the proposals will be further considered by it;
(b) consider all objections and suggestions which may have
been received by it before the date so specified;
(c) after considering all objections and suggestions which
may have been received by it before the date so specified,
determine by one or more orders the delimitation of
constituencies and cause such order or orders to be published in
the Official Gazette; and upon such publication, the order or
orders shall have the full force of law and shall not be called
in question in any court.
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(5) As soon as may be after such publication, every such order
relating to assembly constituencies shall be laid before the
Legislative Assembly of the existing Union territory of Arunachal
Pradesh or, as the case may be, the provisional Legislative Assembly
referred to in section 11.
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