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Section 9: Power of Election Commission to maintain Delimitation Order up-to-date

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

(1) The Election Commission may, from time to time, by notification published in the Gazette of India and in the Official Gazette of the State concerned,--

[(a) correct any printing mistake in the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008 or any error arising therein from inadvertent slip or omission;

(aa) make such amendments in the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008 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 section 8A of this Act or any other 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.

[(c) make such amendments in the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008 as appear to it to be necessary or expedient for bringing the Order upto-date by including therein and excluding therefrom the relevant areas, consequent upon the exchange of one hundred and eleven enclaves of India and fifty-one enclaves of Bangladesh with effect from 31st July, 2015, in pursuance of the Constitution (One Hundredth Amendment) Act, 2015.]

(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].

Where this provision sits

ActThe Representation of the People Act, 1950
Section9
Marginal notePower of Election Commission to maintain Delimitation Order up-to-date
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn force as published by the source
Judgments citing it1

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 10 of 2008. . Subs. by Act 10 of 2008, s. 6, for clause (a) (w.e.f. 16-4-2008).
  • inserted, Act 10 of 2016. . Ins. by Act 10 of 2016, s. 2 (w.e.f. 4-3-2016).

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