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(2) Save as provided in this Article none of the provisions contained in the Fifth or the Sixth Schedule to the Government of India Act, 1935, shall apply in relation to the additional seats created by paragraph (1) of this Article.

(3) The allocation of the additional seats among the merged States for purposes of the nomination hereinafter provided shall be as shown in the Schedules.

(4) As soon as may be practicable after the appointed day, the Governor-General shall, by order in writing, nominate duly qualified persons to fill the additional seats and represent the people of the State or group of States to which those seats are allocated.

(5) A person shall not be qualified to be nominated under this Article if he—

(6) Every order made under paragraph (4) of this Article shall be communicated to the Governor of the Province concerned, who shall cause it to be notified in the official gazette of the Province and communicated to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly or, as the case may be, the Presidents of the Legislative Council and to each of the persons nominated by the order.

(7) If any of the additional seats created by paragraph (1) of this Article becomes vacant, it shall be filled by nomination of the Governor-General in accordance with paragraphs (4), (5) and (6) of this Article.