Section 9:
Power of Election Commission to maintain Delimitation Order up-to-date
(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,--
1[(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.
2[(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].
Notes:
1. Subs. by Act 10 of 2008, s. 6, for clause (a) (w.e.f. 16-4-2008).
2. Ins. by Act 10 of 2016, s. 2 (w.e.f. 4-3-2016).