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Two-member Constituencies (Abolition) Act, 1961 [Repealed] Section 3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Two-member Constituencies (Abolition) Act, 1961 [Repealed] Preamble 1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 Repealed by The Two-Member Constituencies (Abolition) and Other Laws Repeal Act, 2001 (47 of 2001) w.e.f 14.09.2001.

Two-member Constituencies (Abolition) Act, 1961 [Repealed] Repealing Act 1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 Repeal of enactments The enactments specified in the Schedule are hereby repealed.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) Act, 1961 [Repealed] Complete Act

Title: Two-member Constituencies (Abolition) Act, 1961 [Repealed]

State: Central

Year: 1961

Preamble1 - TWO-MEMBER CONSTITUENCIES (ABOLITION) ACT, 1961 Section1 - Short title Section2 - Definitions Section3 - Division of two-member constituencies Section4 - Manner of division Section5 - Effect of division Section6 - Special provision for Gujarat; amendment of section 19 0f Act 11 of 1960 Section7 - Revision of the Delimitation order Section8 - Power to maintain Delimitation order up-to-date Repealing Act1 - TWO-MEMBER CONSTITUENCIES (ABOLITION) AND OTHER LAWS REPEAL ACT, 2001

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) and Other Laws Repeal Act, 2001 Complete Act

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

State: Central

Year: 2001

Preamble1 - TWO-MEMBER CONSTITUENCIES (ABOLITION) AND OTHER LAWS REPEAL ACT, 2001 Section1 - Short title Section2 - Repeal of enactments Schedule1 - SCHEDULE

Representation of the People Act 1950 Part II

Title: Allocation of Seats and Delimitation of Constituencies

State: Central

Year: 1950

.....(including reservation of seats for the Scheduled Castes or the Scheduled Tribes in such constituencies) issued under section 8A of this Act or any other Central Act;] (b) where the boundaries or name of any district or any territorial division mentioned in the Order are or is altered, make such amendments as appear to it to be necessary or expedient for bringing the Order up-to-date. (2) Every notification under this section shall be laid as soon as may be after it is issued, before the House of the People and the Legislative Assembly to the State concerned. ________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 88 of 1976, Section 5, for certain words. 2. Inserted by Act 21 of 1989, Section 2. 3. Substituted by Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2008 for the following :- "(a) correct any printing mistake in1[the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1966, or, as the case may be, the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976] or any error arising therein from inadvertent slip or omission; 2[(aa) make such amendments in the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976 as.....

Government of Union Territories Act, 1963 Part III

Title: Delimitation of Constituencies

State: Central

Year: 1963

..... (a) "associate member" means a member associated with the Delimitation Commission under Section 42-;1[or with the Election Commission2[under Section 43A-or Section 43C-]]. (b) "Delimitation Commission" means the Delimitation Commission constituted under Section 3 of the3Delimitation Commission Act, 2002-; 4[(bb) "Election Commission" means the Election Commission appointed by the President under Article 324;] (c) "latest census figures" mean the census figures in a Union territory ascertained at the latest census of which the finally published figures are available; (d) "Parliamentary Constituency" means a constituency provided by law for the purpose of elections to the house of the people from5[the Union territory] including the Union territory of Delhi. ___________________________ 1. Words "or with the Election Commission under Section 43A" added by Act 83 of 1971,Section 9(i) (16-2-1972). 2. Substituted for the words "under Section 43A" by Act 29 of 1975, S: 7 (15-8-1975). 3. Substituted for the words "Delimitation Commission Act, 1962" by the Govt of Union Territories And The Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Act, 2005 4......

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.....

Representation of the People Act 1950 Section 27

Title: Preparation of Electoral Roll for Council Constituencies

State: Central

Year: 1950

.....clause (b) of sub-section (3) by the State Government concerned, shall be entitled to be registered in the electoral roll for that constituency. 8[(6) For the purposes of sub-section (4) and (5) the qualifying date shall be the 1st day of November of the year in which the preparation or revision of the electoral roll is commenced.] ________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 2 of 1956, Section 18, for sub-section (2). 2. Substituted by Act 2 of 1956, Section 18, for sub-section (4). 3. Clause (a) Omitted by Act 2 of 1956, Section 18. 4. Clause (b) re-lettered as clause (a) by Act 2 of 1956, Section 18. 5. Substituted by Act 40 of 1961, Section 4, for "on the qualifying date was" w.e.f. 20-9-1961. 6. Substituted by Section 4, for "before due date" w.e.f. 20-9-61. 7. Clause (c) re-lettered as clause (b) by Act 2 of 1956, Section 18. 8. Substituted by Act 40 of 1961, Section 4, for sub-section (6) w.e.f. 20-9-1961.