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 SEC. 1] 6. On and from the appointed day, in the First Schedule to the Constitution, under the heading—“I. THE STATES”,—


 * (a) entry 15 shall be deleted.
 * (b) entries from 16 to 29 shall be renumbered as 15 to 28.
 * (c) under the heading —“II. UNION TERRITORIES”,—
 * after entry 7, the following entries shall be inserted, namely:—
 * “8. Jammu and Kashmir: The territories specified in section 4 of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Act, 2019”.
 * “9. Ladakh: The territories specified in section 3 of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Act, 2019”.

7. Nothing in the foregoing provisions of this Part shall be deemed to affect the power of the Government of successor Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir to alter, after the appointed day, the name, area or boundaries of any district or other territorial division in that Union territory.

PART III REPRESENTATION IN THE LEGISLATURES The Council of States

8. On and from the appointed day, in the Fourth Schedule to the Constitution, in the Table,—
 * (a) entry 21 shall be deleted;
 * (b) entries 22 to 31 shall be renumbered as entries 21 to 30, respectively;
 * (c) after entry 30, the following entry shall be inserted, namely:—
 * “31. Jammu and Kashmir ……………………4”

9. (1) On and from the appointed day, four sitting members of the Council of States representing the existing State of Jammu and Kashmir shall be deemed to have been elected to fill the seats allotted to the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, as specified in the First Schedule to this Act.

(2) The term of office of such sitting members shall remain unaltered.

The House of the People

10. On and from the appointed day, there shall be allocated five seats to the successor Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and one seat to Union territory of Ladakh, 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.

11. (1) On and from the appointed day, the Delimitation of Parliamentary Constituencies Order, 1976 shall stand amended as directed in the Second Schedule of this Act.

(2) The Election Commission may conduct the elections to the House of the People for the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and Union territory of Ladakh as per the allocation of seats specified in the Delimitation of Parliamentary Constituencies Order, 1976 as amended by this Act.

12. (1) Every sitting member of the House of the People representing a constituency which, on the appointed day by virtue of the provisions of section 10, stands allotted, with or without alteration of boundaries, to the successor Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir or Union territory of Ladakh, as the case may be, shall be deemed to have been elected to the House of the People by that constituency as so allotted.

(2) The term of office of such sitting members shall remain unaltered.