6. [Amendment of the Fourth Schedule to the Constitution].—Rep. by s. 2 and the First Schedule,
ibid. (w.e.f. 3-9-2001).
7. Election to fill the seat allotted to the State of Goa.—As soon as may be after the appointed day,
election shall be held to fill the seat allotted in the Council of States to the State of Goa.
The House of the People
8. Allocation of seats in the House of the People.—On and from the appointed day, there shall be
allotted two seats to the State of Goa, and one seat to the Union territory of Daman and Diu in the House
of the People and the First Schedule to the Representation of the People Act, 1950 (43 of 1950) shall be
deemed to be amended accordingly.
9. Parliamentary constituency of the Union territory of Daman and Diu.—The whole of the
Union territory of Daman and Diu shall form one parliamentary constituency to be called the Daman and
Diu parliamentary constituency and as soon as may be after the appointed day, election shall be held to
the House of the People to elect a representative from that constituency, as if the seat of the member
elected to the House of the People from that constituency has become vacant and the provisions of section
149 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 (43 of 1951) shall, so far as may be, apply in relation to
such election.
10. Parliamentary constituencies.—On and from the appointed day,—
(a) the Panaji parliamentary constituency, excluding the Daman and Diu assembly constituencies,
and the Mormugao parliamentary constituency in the existing Union territory shall be deemed to be
the parliamentary constituencies of the State of Goa and accordingly, in Part A of Schedule XXVI to
the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976, for the figures and
words “12-Cumbarjua, 13-Santo Andre, 29-Daman and 30-Diu”, the figures and words “12-
Cumbarjua and 13-Santo Andre” shall be substituted;
(b) the Daman and Diu assembly constituencies in the existing Union territory shall be deemed to
comprise the parliamentary constituency of the Union territory of Daman and Diu.
11. Provisions as to sitting members.—(1) The sitting member of the House of the People
representing the Panaji parliamentary constituency which, on the appointed day, by virtue of the
provisions of clause (a) of section 10 stands altered and becomes a parliamentary constituency of the
State of Goa shall, as from that day, be deemed to have been duly elected to that House by that
constituency as so altered.
(2) The sitting member of the House of the People representing the Mormugao parliamentary
constituency which, on the appointed day, by virtue of the provisions of clause (a) of section 10 becomes
a parliamentary constituency of the State of Goa shall, as from that day, be deemed to have been duly
elected to that House by that constituency in that State.
The Legislative Assembly
12. Provisions as to Legislative Assembly.—On and from the appointed day, the total number of
seats in the Legislative Assembly of the State of Goa to be filled by persons, chosen by direct election
from assembly constituencies shall be forty and the Second Schedule to the Representation of the People
Act 1950 (43 of 1950), shall be deemed to be amended accordingly.
13. Provisional Legislative Assembly.—(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act
(including provisions relating to the strength of the Legislative Assembly of the State of Goa), on and
from the appointed day and until the Legislative Assembly of that State has been duly constituted and
summoned to meet for the first session, there shall be a provisional Legislative Assembly which shall
consist of,—
(a) members elected by the territorial constituencies of the Legislative Assembly of the existing
Union territory, other than those members elected by the territorial constituencies of Daman and Diu;
and
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(b) members nominated to that Assembly.
(2) The period of five years referred to in clause (1) of Article 172 shall, in the case of provisional
Legislative Assembly referred to in sub-section (1), be deemed to have commenced on the date on which
the duration of the Legislative Assembly of the existing Union territory commenced under section 5 of the
Government of Union Territories Act, 1963 (20 of 1963).
(3) For so long as the provisional Legislative Assembly constituted under this section is in
existence,—
(a) it shall be deemed to be the Legislative Assembly of the State of Goa duly constituted under
the Constitution and shall be competent to discharge all the functions of a Legislative Assembly of a
State under the Constitution; and
(b) the members thereof, referred to in clause (a) of sub-section (1), shall be deemed to be
the members of the Legislative Assembly of the State of Goa duly elected under the Constitution.
14. [Amendment of Delimitation Orders].—Rep. by the Repealing and Amending Act, 2001
(30 of 2001), s. 2 and the First Schedule (w.e.f. 3-9-2001).
15. Speaker of the provisional Legislative Assembly.—The person who immediately before the
appointed day is the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the existing Union territory shall, on and
from that day, be the Speaker of the provisional Legislative Assembly.
16. Rules of procedure.—The rules of procedure and conduct of business of the Legislative
Assembly of the existing Union territory, as in force immediately before the appointed day shall, until
rules are made under clause (1) of article 208, be the rules of procedure and conduct of business of the
provisional Legislative Assembly referred to in section 13; subject to such modifications and adaptations
as may be made therein by the Speaker thereof.
Delimitation of constituencies
17. Delimitation of constituencies.—(1) The Election Commission shall, in the manner herein
provided, distribute, whether before or after the appointed day, the seats assigned to the Legislative
Assembly of the State of Goa under section 12 to single-member territorial constituencies and delimit
them having regard to the provisions of the Constitution and to the following provisions, namely:—
(a) all constituencies shall, as far as practicable, be geographically compact areas, and in
delimiting them regard shall be had to physical features, existing boundaries of administrative units,
facilities of communication and convenience to the public; and
(b) constituencies in which seats are reserved for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled
Tribes shall, as far as practicable, be located in areas where the proportion of their population to the
total population is the largest.
(2) For the purpose of assisting it in the performance of its functions under sub-section (1), the
Election Commission shall associate with itself as associate members,—
(a) the sitting members of the House of the People referred to in section 11; and
(b) such six of the members of the Legislative Assembly of the existing Union territory or, as the
case may be, the provisional Legislative Assembly referred to in section 13 as the Speaker thereof
may nominate:
Provided that none of the associate members shall have a right to vote or to sign any decision of the
Election Commission.
(3) If, owing to death or resignation, the office of an associate member falls vacant, it shall be filled if
practicable, in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (2).
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(4) The Election Commission shall—
(a) publish its proposals for the delimitation of constituencies together with the dissenting
proposals, if any, of any associate member who desires publication thereof, in the Official Gazette
and in such other manner as the Commission may consider fit, together with a notice inviting
objections and suggestions in relation to the proposals and specifying a date on or after which the
proposals will be further considered by it;
(b) consider all objections and suggestions which may have been received by it before the date so
specified;
(c) after considering all objections and suggestions which may have been received by it before the
date so specified, determine by one or more orders the delimitation of constituencies and cause
such order or orders to be published in the Official Gazette; and upon such publication, the order
or orders shall have the full force of law and shall not be called in question in any Court.
(5) As soon as may be after such publication, every such order relating to assembly
constituencies shall be laid before the Legislative Assembly of the existing Union territory or, as the case
may be, the provisional Legislative Assembly referred to in section 13.
18. Power of Election Commission to maintain delimitation orders up-to-date.—(1) The Election
Commission may, from time to time, by notification in the Official Gazette,—
(a) correct any printing mistakes in any order made under section 17 or any error arising therein
from inadvertent slip or omission;
(b) where the boundaries or name of any territorial division mentioned in any such order are or is
altered, make such amendments as appear to it to be necessary or expedient for bringing such order
up-to-date.
(2) Every notification under this section relating to an assembly constituency shall be laid, as soon as
may be after it is issued, before the Legislative Assembly of the existing Union territory, the provisional
Legislative Assembly referred to in section 13 or the Legislative Assembly of the State of Goa, as the
case may be.
19. [Amendment of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Orders].—Rep. by the Repealing and
Amending Act, 2001(30 of 2001), s. 2 and the First Schedule (w.e.f. 3-9-2001)