Section 41: Duties of Delimitation Commission.

The Government of Union Territories Act, 1963Central Act · Act 20 of 1963

(1) It shall be the duty of the Delimitation Commission—

(a) to delimit the assembly constituencies in each Union territory, and

(b) to determine, on the basis of the latest census figures, the number of seats to be reserved for the scheduled castes and for the scheduled tribes in the Legislative Assembly of [the Union territory] other than the Union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu, and the constituencies in which these seats shall be so reserved.

(2) It shall also be the duty of the Delimitation Commission—

(a) to readjust, on the basis of the latest census figures, the division of each of the Union territories of Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur and Tripura into parliamentary constituencies, [the number being 7, 4, 2 and 2];

(b) to determine the constituency in which the seat shall be reserved for the scheduled castes or for the scheduled tribes, as the case may be; and

Where this provision sits

Act	The Government of Union Territories Act, 1963
Section	41
Marginal note	Duties of Delimitation Commission.
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	In force as published by the source

How this provision has been amended

Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.

substituted, Act 18 of 1987. . Subs. by Act 18 of 1987, s. 65, for "a Union territory" (w.e.f. 30-5-1987).
substituted, Act 19 of 1966. . Subs. by Act 19 of 1966, s. 37, for "the total number thereof remaining the same" (w.e.f. 13-6- 1966).

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