Composition of the House of the People

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..... (b) not more than 5 [twenty members] to represent the Union territories, chosen in such manner as Parliament may by law provide. (2) For the purposes of sub-clause (a) of clause (1),- (a) there shall be allotted to each State a number of seats in the House of the People in such manner that the ratio between that number and the population of the State is, so far as practicable, the same for all St .....

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..... res for the first census taken after the year 8 [2026] have been published, 9 [be construed i) for the purpose of sub-clause (a) of clause (2) and the proviso to that clause, as a reference to the 1971 census; and ii) for the purposes of sub-clause (b) of clause (2) as a reference to the 10 [2001] census] ***************************** Notes : 1. Substituted by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) .....

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..... 1973). 5. Substituted by the Constitution (Thirty-first Amendment) Act, 1973, (w.e.f 17-10-1973). Section 2, for "twenty-five members". Earlier the words twenty-five members were substituted by the Constitution (Fourteenth Amendment) Act, 1962, sec. 2, for the words twenty-members (w.e.f. 28-12-1962). 6. Inserted by Section 2, ibid. 7. Inserted by the Constitution (Forty-second Amendment) Act, 197 .....

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