3. Formation of Union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu.—On and from
the appointed day, there shall be formed a new Union territory to be known as the Union territory of
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu comprising the territory of the existing Union territories,
namely:—
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu,
and thereupon the said territories shall have ceased to form part of the existing Union territories.
4. Amendment of article 240 of Constitution.—In article 240 of the Constitution, in clause (1),—
(i) for entry (c), the following entry shall be substituted, namely:—
“(c) Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu;”;
(ii) entry (d) shall be omitted.
1. 26th January, 2020, vide notification No. S.O. 4542(E), dated 19th December, 2019, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary,
Part II, sec. 3(ii).
2. 26th January, 2020, vide notification No. S.O. 4543(E), dated 19th December, 2019, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary,
Part II, sec. 3(ii).
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5. Amendment of First Schedule to Constitution.—On and from the appointed day, in the First
Schedule to the Constitution, under the heading “II. THE UNION TERRITORIES”, for entries 4 and 5
and the corresponding entries relating thereto, the following shall be substituted, namely:—
Name Extent
“4. Dadra and Nagar
Haveli and Daman
and Diu
The territory which immediately before the eleventh day of
August, 1961 was comprised in Free Dadra and Nagar Haveli
and the territories specified in section 4 of the Goa, Daman
and Diu Reorganisation Act, 1987 (18 of 1987).”.
PART III
REPRESENTATION IN THE HOUSE OF THE PEOPLE
6. Allocation of seats in House of People.—On and from the appointed day, there shall be allocated
two seats to the Union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu in the House of the
People and the First Schedule to the Representation of the People Act, 1950 (43 of 1950) shall be deemed
to be amended accordingly.
7. Provisions as to sitting members.—(1) Every sitting members of the House of the People
representing any Parliamentary constituency, which, on the appointed day, by virtue of the provisions of
section 5, stands allotted, with or without alteration of boundaries, be deemed to have been elected to that
House by that constituency.
Explanation.—For the purposes of this sub-section “parliamentary constituency” shall have the same
meaning as assigned to it in the Representation of the People Act, 1950 (43 of 1950).
(2) The term of office of such members shall remain unaltered.