Representation of the People Act, 1950
9A. Power of Election Commission to determine the
constituencies to be served for Schedule Tribes in certain States
(1) As soon as may be
after the coming into force of the Representation of the People (Second
Amendment) Act, 1987, the Election Commission shall, having regard to the
provisions of the Constitution and the principle specified in clause
(d) of sub-section (1) of section 9 of the Delimitation Act, 1972,
determine the assembly constituencies in the States of Meghalaya ,
Mizoram and Nagaland in
which seats shall be reserved for the Schedule Tribes.
(2) The Election
Commission shall,-
(a) publish its proposals under sub-section
(1) with respect to any State in the Official Gazette and also in such other
manner as it thinks fit;
(b) specify a date on or after which the
proposals will be further considered by it;
(c) consider all objections and suggestions
which may have been received by it before the date so specified;
(d) hold, for the purpose of such considerations,
it thinks fit so to do, one or more public sittings at such place or places in
such State as it thinks fit;
(e) after considering all objections and
suggestions which may have been received by it before the date so specified,
determine, by order, the assembly constituency or constituencies in the State
in which seats shall be reserved for the Schedule Tribes and cause such order
to be published in the Official Gazette; and, upon such publication, the order
shall have the full force of law and shall not be called in question in any
court and Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order,
1976, or, as the case may be, the Mizorum
(Delimitation of Assembly Constituencies) Order, 1986 shall be deemed to have
been amended accordingly.
(3) Every order made
under sub-section (2) shall, as soon as may be after it is published under that
sub-section, be laid before the Legislative Assembly of the State concerned.
Explanation- For the purposes of
this section, "assembly constituency" means,-
(a) in relation to the
State of Meghalaya and Nagaland ,
the assembly constituencies in those States as specified in the Delimitation of
Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976; and
(b) in relation to the
State of Mizorum , the assembly constituencies as
specified in the Mizoram (Delimitation of Assembly
Constituencies) Order, 1986.]
The State Legislative
Councils