Section 10:
Publication of orders and their date of operation.
(1) The Commission shall cause each of its
orders made under section 8 or section 9 to be published in the Gazette of India and in the Official
Gazettes of the States concerned and simultaneously cause such orders to be published at least in two
vernacular newspapers and publicize on radio, television and other possible media available to the public
and after such publication in the Official Gazettes of the States concerned, every District Election Officer
shall cause to be affixed, the Gazette version of such orders relating to the area under his jurisdiction, on a
conspicuous part of his office for public notice.
(2) Upon publication in the Gazette of India, every such order shall have the force of law and shall
not be called in question in any court.
(3) As soon as may be after such publication, every such order shall be laid before the House of the
People and the Legislative Assemblies of the States concerned.
(4) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (5), the readjustment of representation of the several
territorial constituencies in the House of the People or in the Legislative Assembly of a State and the
delimitation of those constituencies provided for in any such order shall apply in relation to every election
to the House or to the Assembly, as the case may be, held after the publication in the Gazette of India of
that order and shall so apply in supersession of the provisions relating to such representation and
delimitation contained in any other law for the time being in force or any order or notification issued
under such law in so far as such representation and delimitation are inconsistent with the provisions of
this Act:
1[Provided that nothing in this sub-section shall apply to the delimitation orders published in relation
to the state of Jharkhand].
(5) Nothing in this section shall affect the representation in the House of the People or in the
Legislative Assembly of a State until the dissolution of the House or of the Assembly, as the case may be,
existing on the date of publication in the Gazette of India of the final order or orders of the Commission
relating to the delimitation of parliamentary constituencies or, as the case may be, of the assembly
constituencies of that State and any bye-election to fill any vacancy in such House or in any such
Assembly shall be held on the basis of the provisions of the laws and orders superseded by sub-section (4)
as if the said provisions had not been superseded.
(6) The Commission shall endeavour to complete and publish each of its orders referred to in sub-section
(1) in the manner provided in that sub-section, 2[within a period not later than 31st day of July,
2008] under section 3.
Notes:
1. Ins. by Act 9 of 2008, s. 2 (w.e.f. 14-1-2008).
2. Subs. by s. 2, ibid., for "within two years of the constitution of the Commission" (w.e.f. 14-1-2008).