Act Number: 47

Act Name: The Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1966

Year: 1966

Enactment Date: 1966-12-13

Long Title: An Act further to amend the Representation of the People Act, 1950, and the Representation of the People Act, 1951.

Ministry: Ministry of Law and Justice

Department: Legislative Department

Section 3: Provision as to sitting members in certain cases.
    Notwithstanding anything contained in section 2 the members representing immediately before the commencement of this Act each of the States of Jammu and Kashmir* and Nagaland and each of the Union territories of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, the Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Islands and Dadra and Nagar Haveli in the present House of the People shall continue to represent each such State or each such Union territory until the dissolution of the present House of the People and so often as before such dissolution any seat allotted to each such State or to each such Union territory in the present House of the People becomes vacant, it shall be filled by a person nominated by the President and that person shall represent that State or that territory in the present House of the People until its dissolution.
Notes:
*. Vide notification No. S.O. 3912(E), dated 30th October, 2019, this Act is made applicable to the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the Union territory of Ladakh.
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