(1) If a person who is already, a member of the Assembly and has taken his seat in that House, is chosen a member of the Council, his seat in the Assembly, shall on the date on which he is so chosen, become vacant.
(2) If a person who is already a member of the Council and has taken his seat in that House, is chosen a member of the Assembly, his seat in the Council shall become vacant-
1. The Andhra Pradesh State Legislature (Vacation of Seat on Simultaneous Membership) Act, 1959 in force in the combined State, as on 02.06.2014, has been adapted to the State of Telangana, under section 101 of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014 (Central Act 6 of 2014) vide. the Telangana Adaptation of Laws Order, 2016, issued in G.O.Ms.No.45, Law (F) Department, dated. 01.06.2016.
2. Substituted by G.O.Ms.No.45, Law (F) Department, dated 01.06.2016.
Short title and commencement.
Definitions.
Vacation of seat by a person already member of one House, on being chosen a member of the other House.
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(a) where he is so chosen in a bye-election, on the date on which he is so chosen, and
(b) where he is so chosen in a general election, on the date next preceeding the date the new Assembly is constituted under section 73 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 (Central Act 43 of 1951).