Section-9 Power of Election commission to maintain Delimitation Order up-to-date
Section-9 Power of Election commission to maintain Delimitation Order up-to-date
(1) The Election Commission may, from time to time, by notification published in the Gazette of India and in the Official Gazette of the State concerned,-
(a) correct any printing mistake in 27[the Delimination of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1966, or, as the case may be, the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976], or any error arising therein from inadvertent slip or omission;
28[(aa) make such amendments in the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976 as appear to it to be necessary or expedient for consolidating with that Order any notification or order relating to delimitation of parliamentary or assembly constituencies (including reservation of seats for the Scheduled Castes or the Scheduled Tribes in such constituencies) issued under any Central Act;]
(b) where the boundaries or name of any district or any territorial division mentioned in the Order are or is altered, make such amendments as appear to it to be necessary or expedient for bringing the Order up-to-date.
(2) Every notification under this section shall be laid as soon as may be after it is issued, before the House of the People and the Legislative Assembly of the State concerned.
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