Section 9. Term of office

9. Term of office.— (1) The term of office of the sitting members and of the member chosen to fill the casual vacancy shall remain unaltered. (2) The term of office of the member elected to fill the one additional seat allotted to the State of Maharashtra shall expire on the 2nd day of April, 1966. (3) Out of the two members elected to fill the two additional seats allotted to the State of Gujarat, the term of office of that member who, at the counting of votes, is last declared elected, or if an equality of votes is found to exist, the term of office of such one of them as the returning officer shall decide by lot, shall expire on the 2nd day of April, 1964 and the term of office of the other member shall expire on the 2nd day of April, 1966. The House of the People — 10. Representation in the House of the People. As from the appointed day, there shall be allotted 44 seats to the State of Maharashtra, and 22 seats to the State of Gujarat, in the House of the People, and — in the First Schedule to the Representation of the People Act, 1950 (43 of 1950) (a) for entry 4, the following entry shall be substituted, namely: — "4. Gujarat . . 22"; (b) after entry 7, the following entry shall be inserted, namely: — "8. Maharashtra . . 44"; and (c) entries 8 to 22 shall be renumbered as entries 9 to 23 respectively. — 11. Delimitation of parliamentary constituencies. As from the appointed day, the First Schedule to the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1956, shall stand amended as directed in the Third Schedule to this Act. — 12. Provision as to sitting members. Every sitting member of the House of the People representing a constituency which, on the appointed day, by virtue of the provisions of section 11, stands allotted, with or without alteration of boundaries, to the State of Maharashtra or to the State of Gujarat, shall be deemed to have been elected to the House of the People by that constituency as so allotted. The Legislative Assemblies — 13. Strength of Legislative Assemblies. As from the appointed day, the total number of seats to be filled by persons chosen by direct election in the Legislative Assemblies of Maharashtra and Gujarat shall be 264 and 132 respectively, and in the Second Schedule to the Representation of the People — Act, 1950 (43 of 1950) (a) for entry 4, the following entry shall be substituted, namely: — "4. Gujarat . . 132"; (b) after entry 7, the following entry shall be inserted, namely: — "8. Maharashtra . . 264"; and (c) entries 8 to 13 shall be renumbered as entries 9 to 14 respectively. — 14. Delimitation of assembly constituencies. As from the appointed day, the Second Schedule to the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1956, shall stand amended as directed in the Fourth Schedule to this Act.