Delimitation Act, 2002
5. Associate
members.-
1.
The
Commission shall associate with itself for the purpose of assisting it in its
duties in respect of each State, ten persons five of whom shall be members of
the House of the People representing that State and five shall be members of
the Legislative Assembly of that State:
Provided
that
where the number of members of the House of the People representing any State
is five or less, then, all such members shall be the associate members for that
State and in the latter case the total number of associate members shall be
less t an ten by such number as by which the total number of members of the
House of the People representing that State is less than five.
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2.
The
persons to be so associated from each State shall be nominated, in the case of
the members of the House of the People, by the Speaker of that House, and in
the case of members of a Legislative Assembly, by the Speaker of that Assembly,
having due regard to the composition of the House or, as the case may be, of
the Assembly.
3.
The
first nominations to be made under sub-section (2)-
a. shall be made by the
Speakers of the several Legislative Assemblies within one month, and by the
Speaker of the House of the People within two months, of the commencement of
this Act; and
b. shall be communicated
to the Chief Election Commissioner, and where the nominations are made by the
Speaker of a Legislative Assembly, also to the Speaker of the House of the
People.
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4.
None
of the associate members shall have a right to vote or to sign any decision of
the Commission.
5.
The
Commission shall have power to call upon-
a. the Registrar-General
and Census Commissioner, India or his nominee; or
b. the Surveyor General
of India or his nominee; or
c. any other officer of
the Central Government or State Government; or
d. any expert in
geographical information system; or
e. any other person,
whose expertise and knowledge are considered necessary by the Commission to
provide assistance to it in addition to the assistance provided by the persons
referred to in sub-section (1) and the officers and persons so called upon
shall be duty bound to assist the Commission.
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6.
The
Secretary to the Election Commission shall be the ex officio Secretary of the
Commission and shall discharge his functions with the assistance of the
employees of the Election Commission under the supervision of the Chairperson
of the Commission.