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Two-member Constituencies (Abolition) Act, 1961 [Repealed] Section 3

Title: Division of Two-member Constituencies

State: Central

Year: 1961

The Commission shall, as soon as may be practicable and in the manner herein provided, divide every two-member constituency (other than a two-member assembly constituency in the State of Gujarat) into two single-member constituencies, delimit their extent and decide in which of them the seat shall be reserved for the scheduled castes or, as the case may be, for the scheduled tribes, having regard to the following provisions, namely:- (a) all the single-member constituencies shall, as far as practicable, be geographically compact areas and in delimiting them regard shall be had to physical features, existing boundaries of administrative units, facilities of communication and public convenience; and (b) the seat shall be reserved in that single-member constituency which in the opinion of the Commission has the greater concentration of population of the scheduled castes or, as the case may be, of the scheduled tribes. Explanation.- In this section, "population" means the population as ascertained at the census held in 1951.

Two-member Constituencies (Abolition) Act, 1961 [Repealed] Preamble 1

Title: Two-member Constituencies (Abolition) Act, 1961

State: Central

Year: 1961

1[THE TWO-MEMBER CONSTITUENCIES (ABOLITION) ACT, 1961 [Act, No. 1 of 1961] [9th March, 1961] PREAMBLE An Act to provide for the abolition of two-member parliamentary and assembly constituencies and for the creation of single-member constituencies in their place. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Twelfth Year of the Republic of India as follows:- ____________________ 1. Repealed by The Two-Member Constituencies (Abolition) and Other Laws Repeal Act, 2001 (47 of 2001) w.e.f 14.09.2001.

Two-member Constituencies (Abolition) Act, 1961 [Repealed] Repealing Act 1

Title: Two-member Constituencies (Abolition) and Other Laws Repeal Act, 2001

State: Central

Year: 1961

.....other enactments. Be it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-second Year of the Republic of India as follows: -- 1. Short title This Act may be called the Two-Member Constituencies (Abolition) and other Laws Repeal Act, 2001. 2. Repeal of enactments The enactments specified in the Schedule are hereby repealed. THE SCHEDULE (See section 2) Repeal of Enactments Sl. No. Name of the Act Year Act No. 1. The Two-Member Constituencies (Abolition) Act 1961 1 2. The Madras State (Alteration of Name) Act 1968 53 3. The West Bengal Legislative Council (Abolition) Act 1969 20 4. The Mysore State (Alteration of Name) Act 1973 31 5. The Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Islands (Alteration of Name) Act 1973 34 6. The Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council (Abolition) Act 1985 34 7. The Tamil Nadu Legislative Council (Abolition) Act 1986 40

Two-member Constituencies (Abolition) and Other Laws Repeal Act, 2001 Preamble 1

Title: Two-member Constituencies (Abolition) and Other Laws Repeal Act, 2001

State: Central

Year: 2001

THE TWO-MEMBER CONSTITUENCIES (ABOLITION) AND OTHER LAWS REPEAL ACT, 2001 [Act, No. 47 of 2001] [14th September, 2001] PREAMBLE An Act to repeal the Two-Member Constituencies (Abolition) Act, 1961 and certain other enactments. Be it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-second Year of the Republic of India as follows: --

Two Member Constituencies (Abolition) Act, 1961 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1961

.....constituency specified in the First Schedule, or a two-member assembly constituency specified in the Second Schedule, to the Delimitation Order. SECTION 03: DIVISION OF TWO-MEMBER CONSTITUENCIES The commission shall, as soon as may be practicable and in the manner herein provided, divide every two member constituency (other than a two-member assembly constituency in the State of Gujarat) into two single-member constituencies, delimit their extent and decide in which of them the seat shall be reserved for the scheduled castes or, as the case may be, for the scheduled tribes, having regard to the following provisions, namely:-- (a) all the single-member constituencies shall, as far as practicable, be geographically compact areas and in delimiting them regard shall be had to physical features, existing boundaries of administrative units, facilities of communication and public convenience; and (b) the seat shall be reserved in that single member constituency which in the opinion of the Commission has the greater concentration of population of the scheduled castes or, as the case may be, of the scheduled tribes. Explanation.- In this section, "population" means the.....

Two-member Constituencies (Abolition) Act, 1961 [Repealed] Section 5

Title: Effect of Division

State: Central

Year: 1961

As from the date of publication of a notification under clause (c) of section 4 in the Official Gazette of the State concerned,- (a) every two-member constituency in the State (other than a two-member assembly constituency in the State of Gujarat) shall cease to exist and, in lieu thereof, there shall come into existence two single-member constituencies (hereinafter referred to as "the corresponding new constituencies") as provided in the amended Delimitation Order; (b) the sitting member of any two-member constituency in the State elected to fill the reserved seat therein shall be deemed to have been elected to the House of the People or, as the case may be, to the State Legislative Assembly from that one of the corresponding new constituencies in which the seat has been reserved, and the other sitting member of that two-member constituency shall be deemed to have been elected from the other of the corresponding new constituencies; and (c) any casual vacancy existing immediately before the said date in any two-member constituency in the State shall, if it be in the reserved seat, be deemed to be a casual vacancy in that one of the corresponding new constituencies in which.....

Two Member Constituencies (Abolition) and Other Laws Repeal Act, 2001 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 2001

.....1973 and the Laccadive. Minicoy and Amindivi Islands (Alteration of Name) Act, 1973, respectively. 5. The seven Acts mentioned above are proposed to be repealed since they have served their purpose and are no longer required to be retained on the Statute book. 6. The Bill seeks to achieve the above object. An Act to repeal the Two-Member Constituencies (Abolition) Act, 1961 and certain other enactments Be it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-second Year of the Republic of India as follows:" SECTION 01: SHORT TITLE This Act may be called the Two Member Constituencies (Abolition) and other Laws Repeal Act, 2001. SECTION 02: REPEAL OF ENACTMENTS The enactments specified in the Schedule are hereby repealed. Central Bare Acts

Two-member Constituencies (Abolition) Act, 1961 [Repealed] Section 6

Title: Special Provision for Gujarat; Amendment of Section 19 0f Act 11 of 1960

State: Central

Year: 1961

In section 19 of the Bombay Reorganisation Act, 1960,- (a) in sub-section (2), for clause (b), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:- "(b) the assembly constituencies into which the State shall be divided, the extent of each of such constituencies and in which of them seats shall be reserved for the scheduled castes or for the scheduled tribes; and"; (b) for sub-section (3), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:- "(3) In determining the matters referred to in clauses (b) and (c) of sub-section (2), the Election Commission shall have regard to the following provisions, namely:- (a) all the constituencies shall be single-member constituencies; (b) all the constituencies shall, as far as practicable, be geographically compact areas and in delimiting them regard shall be had to physical features, existing boundaries of administrative units, facilities of communication and public convenience; and (c) constituencies in which seats are reserved either for the scheduled castes or for the scheduled tribes shall, as far as practicable, be located in the areas in which the population of the scheduled castes or , as the case may be, of the.....

Two-member Constituencies (Abolition) Act, 1961 [Repealed] Section 2

Title: Definitions

State: Central

Year: 1961

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) "Commission" means the Election Commission appointed by the President under article 324 of the Constitution; (b) "Delimitation Order" means the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1956; (c) "sitting member" means a person who, immediately before the date of publication of a notification under clause (c) of section 4 in the Official Gazette of the State concerned, is a member of the House of the People from that State or, as the case may be, of the Legislative Assembly of that State; (d) "State" includes a Union territory; (e) "two-member constituency" means a two-member parliamentary constituency specified in the First Schedule, or a two-member assembly constituency specified in the Second Schedule, to the Delimitation Order.

Two-member Constituencies (Abolition) Act, 1961 [Repealed] Section 1

Title: Short Title

State: Central

Year: 1961

This Act may be called the Two-Member Constituencies (Abolition) Act, 1961.