The Council of States
5. [Amendment of Fourth Schedule to the Constitution].—Rep. by the Repealing and Amending Act,
2001 (30 of 2001), s. 2 and the First Schedule (w.e.f. 3-9-2001).
6. Allocation of sitting member.—(1) On and from the appointed day, the sitting member of the
Council of States representing the existing Union territory of Arunachal Pradesh shall be deemed to have
1. 20th February, 1987, vide notification No. S.O. 74(E), dated 11th February, 1987, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II,
sec. 3(ii).
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been duly elected under clause (4) of article 80 to fill the seat allotted to the State of Arunachal Pradesh in
that Council.
(2) The term of office of such sitting member shall remain unaltered.
7. [Amendment of section 27A of Act 43 of 1950].—Rep. by the Repealing and Amending Act, 2001
(30 of 2001), s. 2 and the First Schedule (w.e.f. 3-9-2001).
The House of the People
8. Allocation of seats in the existing House of the People.—(1) On and from the appointed day, the
allocation of seats to the State of Arunachal Pradesh in the House of the People shall be two; and the First
Schedule to the Representation of the People Act, 1950 (43 of 1950), shall be deemed to be amended
accordingly.
(2) On and from the appointed day, the two parliamentary constituencies of the existing Union
territory of Arunachal Pradesh shall be deemed to be the parliamentary constituencies of the State of
Arunachal Pradesh and the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976, shall
be construed accordingly.
9. Provision as to sitting members.—The sitting members of the House of the People representing
the constituencies which, on the appointed day, by virtue of the provisions of section 8 become the
constituencies of the State of Arunachal Pradesh shall be deemed to have been elected under
sub-clause (a) of clause (1) of article 81 to the House of the People by those constituencies.
The Legislative Assembly
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[10. Provision as to Legislative Assembly.—The total number of seats in the Legislative Assembly
of the State of Arunachal Pradesh, to be filled by persons chosen by direct election from assembly
constituencies shall be sixty, out of which fifty-nine seats shall be reserved for the Scheduled Tribes; and
the provisions of the Representation of the People Act, 1950 (43 of 1950) shall be deemed to be amended
accordingly.]
11. Provisional Legislative Assembly.—(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act
(including provisions relating to the strength of the Legislative Assembly of the State of Arunachal
Pradesh), on and from the appointed day and until the Legislative Assembly of that State has been duly
constituted and summoned to meet for the first session, there shall be a provisional Legislative Assembly
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[which shall consist of—
(a) members elected by the territorial constituencies of; and
(b) members nominated to,
the Legislative Assembly of the existing Union territory of Arunachal Pradesh.]
(2) The period of five years referred to in clause (1) of article 172 shall, in the case of the provisional
Legislative Assembly referred to in sub-section (1), be deemed to have commenced on the day on which
the duration of the existing Legislative Assembly of the Union territory of Arunachal Pradesh commenced
under section 5 of the Government of Union Territories Act, 1963 (20 of 1963).
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[(3) For so long as the provisional Legislative Assembly constituted under this section is in
existence,—
(a) it shall be deemed to be the Legislative Assembly of the State of Arunachal Pradesh duly
constituted under the Constitution and shall be competent to discharge all the functions of a
Legislative Assembly of a State under the Constitution; and
1. Subs. by Act 52 of 1988, s. 2, for section 10 (w.e.f. 27-9-1988).
2. Subs. by Act 19 of 1987, s. 2, for certain words (w.e.f. 20-2-1987).
3. Subs. by s. 2, ibid., for sub-section (3) (w.e.f. 20-2-1987).
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(b) the members thereof, referred to in clause (a) of sub-section (1), shall be deemed to be the
members of the Legislative Assembly of the State of Arunachal Pradesh duly elected under the
Constitution.]
12. Speaker and Deputy Speaker.—The persons who immediately before the appointed day are the
Speaker and the Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the Union territory of Arunachal Pradesh,
shall be the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker, respectively, of the provisional Legislative Assembly of the
State of Arunachal Pradesh on and from that day.
13. Rules of procedure.—The rules of procedure and conduct of business of the Legislative
Assembly of the existing Union territory of Arunachal Pradesh as in force immediately before the
appointed day shall, until rules are made under clause (1) of article 208, be the rules of procedure and
conduct of business of the provisional Legislative Assembly of the State of Arunachal Pradesh, subject to
such modifications and adaptations as may be made therein by the Speaker thereof.
14. Delimitation of constituencies.—(1) The Election Commission shall, in the manner herein
provided, distribute, whether before or after the appointed day, the seats assigned to the Legislative
Assembly of the State of Arunachal Pradesh under section 10 to single-member territorial constituencies
and delimit them having regard to the provisions of the Constitution and to the following provisions,
namely:—
(a) all constituencies shall, as far as practicable, be geographically compact areas, and in
delimiting them regard shall be had to physical features, existing boundaries of administrative units,
facilities of communication and public convenience; and
(b) constituencies in which seats are reserved for the Scheduled Tribes shall, as far as practicable,
be located in areas where the proportion of their population to the total population is the largest.
(2) For the purpose of assisting it in the performance of its functions under sub-section (1), the
Election Commission shall associate with itself as associate members,—
(a) the sitting members of the House of the People referred to in section 9; and
(b) such six of the members of the Legislative Assembly of the existing Union territory of
Arunachal Pradesh or, as the case may be, the provisional Legislative Assembly referred to in
section 11 as the Speaker thereof may nominate:
Provided that none of the associate members shall have a right to vote or to sign any decision of the
Election Commission.
(3) If, owing to death or resignation, the office of an associate member falls vacant, it shall be filled,
if practicable, in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (2).
(4) The Election Commission shall—
(a) publish its proposals for the delimitation of constituencies together with the dissenting
proposals, if any, of any associate member who desires publication thereof, in the Official Gazette
and in such other manner as the Commission may consider fit, together with a notice inviting
objections and suggestions in relation to the proposals and specifying a date on or after which the
proposals will be further considered by it;
(b) consider all objections and suggestions which may have been received by it before the date so
specified;
(c) after considering all objections and suggestions which may have been received by it before the
date so specified, determine by one or more orders the delimitation of constituencies and cause such
order or orders to be published in the Official Gazette; and upon such publication, the order or orders
shall have the full force of law and shall not be called in question in any court.
(5) As soon as may be after such publication, every such order relating to assembly constituencies
shall be laid before the Legislative Assembly of the existing Union territory of Arunachal Pradesh or, as
the case may be, the provisional Legislative Assembly referred to in section 11.
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15. Power of Election Commission to maintain delimitation orders up-to-date.—(1) The Election
Commission may, from time to time, by notification in the Official Gazette,—
(a) correct any printing mistake in any order made under section 14 or any error arising therein
from inadvertent slip or omission;
(b) where the boundaries or name of any territorial division mentioned in any such order are or is
altered, make such amendments as appear to it to be necessary or expedient for bringing such order
up-to-date.
(2) Every notification under this section relating to an assembly constituency shall be laid, as soon as
may be after it is issued, before the Legislative Assembly of the existing Union territory of Arunachal
Pradesh, the provisional Legislative Assembly referred to in section 11 or the Legislative Assembly of the
State of Arunachal Pradesh, as the case may be.
16. [Amendment of Scheduled Castes Orders].—Rep. by the Repealing and Amending Act, 2001
(30 of 2001), s. 2 and the First Schedule (w.e.f. 3-9-2001).
17. [Amendment of Scheduled Tribes Orders].—Rep. by s. 2 and the First Schedule, ibid.
(w.e.f. 3-9-2001).