Representation of the People Act, 1950 · Chapter IVA: Manner of Filling Seats in the Council of States to Be Filled by Representatives of Union Territories
Section 27H: Manner of filling of seats in the Council of States allotted to Union territories
* * *The seat or seats in the Council of States allotted to any [Union territory] * * * in the Fourth Schedule to the Constitution shall be filled by a person or persons elected by the members of the electoral college for [that territory] * * * in accordance with the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote:
[Provided that the person who immediately before the commencement of the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, is filling the seat allotted to the Part C States of Manipur and Tripura shall, as from such commencement, be deemed to have been duly elected to fill the seat allotted to the Union territory of Tripura.]
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