Section 41:
Duties of Delimitation Commission.
(1) It shall be the duty of the Delimitation Commission—
(a) to delimit the assembly constituencies in each Union territory, and
(b) to determine, on the basis of the latest census figures, the number of seats to be reserved for
the scheduled castes and for the scheduled tribes in the Legislative Assembly of 1[the Union territory] other than the Union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu, and the constituencies in which these seats
shall be so reserved.
(2) It shall also be the duty of the Delimitation Commission—
(a) to readjust, on the basis of the latest census figures, the division of each of the Union
territories of Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur and Tripura into parliamentary constituencies, 2[the
number being 7, 4, 2 and 2];
(b) to determine the constituency in which the seat shall be reserved for the scheduled castes or
for the scheduled tribes, as the case may be; and
(c) to divide the Union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu into two single-member parliamentary
constituencies.
Notes:
1. Subs. by Act 18 of 1987, s. 65, for "a Union territory" (w.e.f. 30-5-1987).
2. Subs. by Act 19 of 1966, s. 37, for "the total number thereof remaining the same" (w.e.f. 13-6- 1966).