5. Representation in the Council of States.—(1) There shall be allotted one seat to the new State
in the Council of States.
(2) The sitting member of the Council of States representing the group of States comprising the
existing States shall on and from the commencement of this Act represent the new State in the
Council but the term of such sitting member shall remain unaltered, that is to say, shall expire on the
2nd of April, 1958.
6. Amendment of the Fourth Schedule to the Constitution.—In the Fourth Schedule to the
Constitution, in the Table of Seats relating to the representatives of States specified in Part C of the
First Schedule—
(i) for entries 4 and 5, the entry “4. Himachal Pradesh......I” shall be substituted; and
(ii) entries 6 to 10 shall be renumbered as entries 5 to 9 respectively.
7. Amendment of section 27A, Act 43 of 1950.—In section 27A of the Representation of the
People Act, 1950 (43 of 1950)—
(i) in sub-section (5), for the word “Delhi” the words “Delhi, Himachal Pradesh” shall be
substituted; and
(ii) sub-section (6) shall be omitted.
House of the people
8. Representation in the House of the People.—Until other provision is made by law, there shall
be allotted 4 seats to the new State in the House of the People.
9. Amendment of the First Schedule, Act 43 of 1950.—In the First Schedule to the
Representation of the People Act, 1950 (43 of 1950), in the part relating to Para C States,—
(i) entry 3 shall be omitted;
(ii) entries 4 to 12 shall be renumbered as entries 3 to 11 respectively; and
(iii) for the figure “3” in column 2 against Himachal Pradesh the figure “4” shall be
substituted.
10. Parliamentary constituencies of the new State and their delimitation.—(1) The new State
shall, until other provision is made by law, consist of the following three Parliamentary constituencies
namely:—
(i) the constituency of Bilaspur comprising the existing State of Bilaspur; and
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(ii) the two constituencies into which the existing State of Himachal Pradesh has been
divided.
(2) The Delimitation of Parliamentary Constituencies (Part C States) Order, 1951, shall, until
other provision is made by law, have effect subject to the amendments made in the First Schedule.
11. Sitting members.—(1) The sitting member of the House of the People representing the
existing State of Bilaspur shall on and from the commencement of this Act represent the Bilaspur
constituency of the new State and shall be deemed to have been elected to the House of the People by
that constituency.
(2) Every sitting member of the House of the People representing a constituency of the existing
State of Himachal Pradesh shall, on and from the commencement of this Act, represent the
constituency of the same name in the new State and shall be deemed to have been elected to the
House of the People by that constituency.
Legislative Assembly of the New State
12. [Legislative Assembly of the new State.]. Rep. by the Adaptation of Laws (No.3) Order, 1956.
13. [Amendment of the third Schedule, Act XLIX of 1951.]. Rep., ibid.,
14. [Assembly constituencies of the new State and their delimitation.]. Rep., ibid.,
15. [Members of Legislative Assembly.]. Rep., ibid.,
16. [Duration of the Legislative Assembly.]. Rep., ibid.,
Miscellaneous
17. Amendment of section 13, Act 43 of 1950.—In section 13 of the Representation of the
People Act, 1950 (43 of 1950), in clause (b) of sub-section (1), the word “Bilaspur” shall be omitted.
18. [Amendment of section 2, Act 49 of 1951.] Rep. by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 3) Order,
1956.
19. Amendment of the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) (Part C States) Order, 1951.—The
Constitution (Scheduled Castes) (Part C States) Order 1951, shall be amended as shown in the Second
Schedule.
20. Amendment of section 9, Act 81 of 1952.—In section 9 of the Delimitation Commission
Act, 1952 (81 of 1952), in sub-section (3), for the words “and the orders made under any of the said
Acts” the words, brackets and figures “the Himachal Pradesh and Bilaspur (New State) Act, 1954 and
the orders made under any of the said Acts” shall be substituted.
21. Construction of Act 43 of 1950.—Any reference to Himachal Pradesh in the Representation
of the People Act, 1950 (43 of 1950), 1
* * *, as amended by this Act shall be construed as a reference
to the new State.
22. Electoral rolls of constituencies.—(1) The electoral rolls of the constituencies of the existing
States shall, on and from the commencement of this Act, be deemed to be the electoral rolls of the
constituencies of the same name in the new State and shall continue in force until such rolls are
revised, or fresh rolls are prepared, in accordance with law.
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1 . The words, letters and figures “and the Government of Part C States Act, 1951” omitted by the A. O. (No.3), 1956.
2 . Omitted by the A. O. (No. 3), 1956.
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23. Power of Delimitation Commission to revise its orders.—For the purpose of determination
of the number of seats to be allotted to the new State in the House of the People in accordance with
the provisions of sub-section (1), and distribution of those seats as well as the seats allotted to the
Legislative Assembly of the new State to territorial constituencies and delimitation thereof in
accordance with the provisions of sub-section (2) of section 8 of the Delimitation Commission Act,
1952 (81 of 1952), it shall be lawful for the Delimitation Commission, notwithstanding anything
contained in that Act, to Amend, vary or rescind any of its final orders published under section 9 of
that Act in so far as any such order relates to any or both of the existing States.
24. [Rules of procedure of the Legislative Assembly of the new State.] Rep. by the Adaptation of
laws (No. 3) Order, 1956.