Section 16:
Provision as to sitting members representing Cachar and Dhubri parliamentary constituencies in the House of the People and the election of representative from Diphu parliamentary constituency.
(1) The sitting member of the House of the People representing the Cachar
parliamentary constituency which on the appointed day, by virtue of the provisions of sub-section (2) of
section 14, stands altered shall, as from that day, be deemed to have been elected under sub-clause (a) of
clause (1) of article 81 to the House of the People from that constituency as so altered.
(2) The sitting member of the House of the People representing the Dhubri parliamentary constituency
which on the appointed day, by virtue of the provisions of sub-section (2) of section 14, stands altered
shall, as from that day, be deemed to have been elected under sub-clause (a) of clause (1) of article 81 to
the House of the People from that constituency as so altered.
(3) As soon as may be after the appointed day election shall be held to the House of the People to elect
a representative from the Diphu parliamentary constituency as if the seat of the member elected to the
House of the People from that constituency has become vacant and the provisions of section 149 of the
Representation of the People Act, 1951 (43 of 1951) shall, so far as may be, apply in relation to such
election.