Act Number: 81

Act Name: The North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971

Year: 1971

Enactment Date: 1971-12-30

Long Title: An Act to provide for the establishment of the States of Manipur and Tripura and to provide for the formation of the State of Meghalaya and of the Union territories of Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh by reorganisation of the existing State of Assam and for matters connected therewith.

Ministry: Ministry of Home Affairs

Department: Department of States

Section 14: Allocation of seats in the existing House of the People.
    (1) On and from the appointed day and until the dissolution of the existing House of the People, the allocation of seats to the States of Assam, Manipur, Tripura and Meghalaya and the Union territories of Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh in the House of the People and the number of seats, if any, to be reserved for the Scheduled Castes and for the Scheduled Tribes of each State and Union territory shall be as specified in the Table below and the First Schedule to the Representation of the People Act, 1950 (43 of 1950), shall be deemed to have been amended accordingly.
             THE TABLE
         Name of the State/Union territory Number of seats in the existing House of the People Total Reserved for the Scheduled Castes Reserved for the Scheduled Tribes
         1 2 3 4
         I. STATES:
                 1. Assam . . . 14 1 2
                 2. Manipur . . . 2 .. 1
                 3. Tripura . . . 2 .. 2
                 4. Meghalaya . . . 2 .. 2
         II. UNION TERRITORIES:
                 1. Mizoram . . . 1 .. 1
                 2. Arunachal Pradesh . . . 1 .. 1
     (2) On and from the appointed day and until the dissolution of the existing House of the People, Part A of Schedule II to the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1966 shall stand amended as directed in the First Schedule.
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