Bihar Reorganisation Act, 2000 · Chapter III: Representation in the Legislatures · The Legislative Council of Bihar
Section 17: Legislative Council of Bihar
On and from the day on which all the members specified in the Third Schedule retire, there shall be seventy-five seats in the Legislative Council of Bihar, and in the Third Schedule to the Representation of the People Act, 1950 (43 of 1950), for the existing entry 2, the following entry shall be substituted, namely:—
"2. Bihar 75 24 6 6 27 12".
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