Section 12. Provisions as to Legislative Assemblies

12. Provisions as to Legislative Assemblies .—(1) The number of seats as on the appointed day in the Legislative Assemblies of the States of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh shall be two hundred and thirty and ninety respectively. (2) In the Second Schedule to the Representation of the People Act, 1950 (43 of 1950), under heading "I. States ",— - (a) entries 5 to 25 shall be renumbered as entries 6 to 26 respectively; (b) after entry 4, the following entry shall be inserted, namely :— ==> picture [222 x 14] intentionally omitted <== "1 ==> picture [365 x 14] intentionally omitted <== - (c) in entry 13, as so renumbered, for the figures "320", the figures "230" shall be substituted. 12. Jashpur (ST) —Jashpur and Kastura RICs and P.Cs. 78 to 82 and 98 in Kunkuri RIC in Jashpur tahsil and the forest villages in the area.