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Section 27H: Manner of filling of seats in the Council of States allotted to Union territories.

The Representation of the People Act, 1950Central Act · Act 43 of 1950

* * *The seat or seats in the Council of States allotted to any [Union territory] * * * in the Fourth Schedule to the Constitution shall be filled by a person or persons elected by the members of the electoral college for [that territory] * * * in accordance with the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote:

[Provided that the person who immediately before the commencement of the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, is filling the seat allotted to the Part C States of Manipur and Tripura shall, as from such commencement, be deemed to have been duly elected to fill the seat allotted to the Union territory of Tripura.]

Where this provision sits

ActThe Representation of the People Act, 1950
Section27H
Marginal noteManner of filling of seats in the Council of States allotted to Union territories.
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn 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.

  • omitted. . Certain words omitted by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 2) Order, 1956.
  • substituted. . Subs., ibid., for "Part C State".
  • omitted. . The words "or group of such States" omitted, ibid.
  • substituted. . Subs., ibid., for "such State".
  • omitted, Act 2 of 1956. . The words "or group of States" omitted by Act 2 of 1956, s. 23.
  • inserted. . Ins. by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 2) Order, 1956.

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