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EXTRAORDINARY
भाग II - खण्ड 1
FART II - Section 1
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सं० 1 ]
नई दिल्ली, वृहस्पतिवार, जनवरी 12, 2006 / पौष 22 ,1927
No. 1 ]
NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 2006 / PAUSA 22, 1927
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MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE
(Legislative Department)
New Delhi, the 12th January, 2006/Pausa 22, 1927 (Saka)
The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the 11th January, 2006 and is hereby published for general information:-
THE ANDHRA PRADESH LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ACT, 2005
No. 1 OF 2006
[11th January, 2006. ]
AnAct to provide for the creation of Legislative Council for the State ofAndhra Pradesh and for matters supplemental , incidental and consequential thereto.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty -sixth Year ofthe Republic of India as follows:---
Short title.
1. This Act may be called the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council Act , 2005 .
Definitions .
43 of 1950 .
2. In thisAct, unless the context otherwise requires , each of the words and expressions used herein and not defined but defined in the Representation of the People Act , 1950 , shall have the same meaning as in that Act .
3. ( 1 ) As from such date as the President may by order appoint, there shall be a Legislative Council for the State of Andhra Pradesh ; and as from that date , in sub - clause (a ) ofclause( 1) ofarticle 168, after the words " States of" , the words " Andhra Pradesh , " , shall be inserted .
Creation of Legislative Council for Andhra Pradesh .
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(2) In the said Council , there shall be 90 seats of which-
(a) the numbers to be filled by persons elected by the electorates referred to in sub-clauses (a ) , (b ) and (c) of clause (3) of article 171 shall be 31 , 8 and 8 respectively;
(b) the number to be filled by persons elected by the members of the Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh in accordance with the provisions of sub - clause ( d) of the said clause shall be 31 ; and
(c) the number to be filled by persons nominated by the Governor of Andhra Pradesh in accordance with the provisions of sub -caluse (e ) of that clause shall be 12.
(3) As soon as may be after the commencement of this Act, the President , after consultation with the Election Commission , shall , by order , determine-
(a) the constituencies into which the State of Andhra Pradesh shall be divided for the purpose of elections to the said Council under each of the sub - clauses (a ) , ( b) and( c) of clause (3) of article 171;
(b) the extent of each constituency; and
(c) the number of seats to be allotted to each constituency.
43 of 1950 (4) As soon as may be after such determination , steps shall be taken to constitute the said Council in accordance with the provisions of this Act, the Representation of the People Act, 1950 and the Representation of the People Act, 1951 .
43 of 1951 .
4. In the Representation of the People Act, 1950,-
(a) in the Third Schedule , before entry No. 2 relating to Bihar, the following entry shall be inserted , namely:-
Amendment of Third Schedule and Fourth Schedule of Act 43 of 1950 .
31
8
90
8 31 12";
" 1. Andhra Pradesh
(b ) in the Fourth Schedule , before the heading "BIHAR " , the following heading and entries shall be inserted, namely:-
"ANDHRA PRADESH
1.Municipal Corporations .
2.Municipalities.
3. Nagar Panchayats .
4. Cantonment Boards .
5. Zila Praja Parishads.
6.Mandal Praja Parishads ." .
37 of 1957 .
Amendment of section 15A of Act 43
5. In section 15A of the Representation of the People Act , 1951 , for the words and figures "under the Legislative Councils Act , 1957 " , the words and figures " under the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council Act, 2005 " shall be substituted.
T.K. VISWANATHAN,
Secy. to the Govt. of India.
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