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.