Representation of the People Act,1950
Act No : 43
Section :
PARLIAMENT
PART VI PARLIAMENT case may be, the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976] or any error arising therein from inadvertent slip or omission; 1[(aa) make such amendments in the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976 as appear to it to be necessary or expedient for consolidating with that Order any notification or order relating to delimitation of parliamentary or assembly constituencies (including reservation of seats for the Scheduled Castes or the Scheduled Tribes in such constituencies) issued under any Central Act;]. (b) where the boundaries or name of any district or any territorial division mentioned in the Order are or is altered, make such amendments as appear to it to be necessary or expedient for bringing the Order up-to-date. (2) Every notification under this section shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is issued, before the House of the People and the Legislative Assembly of the State concerned.] 2[9A (1)Power of Election Commission to determine the constituencies to be reserved for Scheduled Tribes in certain States. As soon as may be after the coming into force of the Re-presentation of the People (Second Amendment) Act, 1987 (38 of 1987),the Election Commission shall, having regard to the provisions of the Constitution and the principle specified in clause (d) of sub-section (1) of sec- tion 9 of the Delimitation Act, 1972 (76 of 1972), determine the assembly constituencies in the States of Meghalaya, Mizoram and Nagaland in which seats shall be reserved for the Scheduled Tribes. (2) The Election Commission shall,- (a) publish its proposals under sub-section (1) with respect to any State in the Official Gazette and also in such other manner as it thinks fit; (b) specify a date on or after which the proposals will be further considered by it; (c) consider all objections and suggestions which may have been received by it before the date so specified; (d) hold, for the purpose of such consideration, if it thinks fit so to do, one or more public sittings at such place or places in such State as it thinks fit; (e) after considering all objections and suggestions which may have been received by it before the date so specified, determine, by order the assembly constituency or constituen- cies in the State in which seats shall be reserved for the Scheduled Tribes and cause such order to be published in the Official Gazette; and, upon such publication, the order shall have the full force of law and shall not be called in question in any court and the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976, or, as the case may be, the Mizoram (Delimitation of Assembly Constituencies) Order, 1986 shall be deemed to have been amended accordingly. (3) Every order made under sub-section (2) shall, as soon as may be after it is published under that sub-section, be laid before the Legislative Assembly of the State concerned. Explanation.-For the purposes of this section, "assembly constituency" means,- (a) in relation to the States of Meghalaya and Nagaland, the assembly constituencies in those States as specified in the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976; and (b) in relation to the State of Mizoram the assembly constituencies as specified in the Mizoram (Delimitation of Assembly Constituencies) Order, 1986. 3[9B.(1)Power of Election Commission to determine certain constituencies to be reserved for Scheduled Tribes in the State of Tripura. As soon as may be after the coming into force of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1992 (38 of 1992),the Election Commission shall, having regard to the provisions of the Cons- titution and the principle specified in clause (d) of sub-section (1) of section 9 of the Delimitation Act, 1972 (76 of 1972), determine the three assembly constituencies in the State of Tripura in which the three additional seats for Scheduled Tribes, as increased by sub-section (lC) of section 7, shall be reserved. (2) The Election Commission shall,- (a) publish its proposals under sub-section (1) in the Official Gazette and also in such other manner as it thinks fit; (b) specify a date on or after which the proposals will be further considered by it; (c) consider all objections and suggestions which may have been received by it before the date so specified; (d) hold, for the purpose of such consideration, if it thinks fit so to do, one or more public sittings at such place or places in the State as it thinks fit; (e) after considering all objections and suggestions which may have been received by it before the date so specified determine, by order, the three assembly constituencies in the State in which the said three additional seats shall be reserved for the Scheduled Tribes and cause such order to be published in the Official Gazette; and, upon such publication, the order shall have the full force of law and shall not be called in question in any court and the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976, shall be deemed to have been amended accordingly. (3) Every order made under sub-section (2) shall, as soon as may be after it is published under that sub-section, be laid before the Legislative Assembly of the State of Tripura.] The State Legislative Councils
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