Part III — REPRESENTATION IN THE LEGISLATURES The Council of States

Section 13Strength of Legislative Assemblies

Section 13: Strength of Legislative Assemblies

13. Strength of Legislative Assemblies

As from the appointed day, the total number of seats to be filled by persons chosen by direct election in the Legislative Assemblies of Maharashtra and Gujarat shall be 264 and 132 respectively, and in the Second Schedule to the Representation of the People Act, 1950 (43 of 1950)—

(a)

for entry 4, the following entry shall be substituted, namely:—

"4. Gujarat . . 132";

(b)

after entry 7, the following entry shall be inserted, namely:—

"8. Maharashtra . . 264"; and

(c)

entries 8 to 13 shall be renumbered as entries 9 to 14 respectively.