1* * *The seat or seats in the Council of States allotted to any 2
[Union territory] 3* * * in the Fourth
Schedule to the Constitution shall be filled by a person or persons elected by the members of the electoral college for 4[that territory] 5* * * in accordance with the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote:
6[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.]
6[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.]
1. Certain words omitted by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 2) Order, 1956.
2. Subs., ibid., for "Part C State".
3. The words "or group of such States" omitted, ibid.
4. Subs., ibid., for "such State".
5. The words "or group of States" omitted by Act 2 of 1956, s. 23.
6. Ins. by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 2) Order, 1956.