Section 27H. Manner of filling of seats in the Council of States allotted to Union territories

27H. Manner of filling of seats in the Council of States allotted to Union territories .—[ 8] * * * The seat or seats in the Council of States allotted to any[9] [Union territory][10] * * * in the Fourth Schedule to the Constitution shall be filled by a person or persons elected by the members of the electoral college for[11] [that territory][12] * * * in accordance with the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote: 13[Provided that the person who immediately before the commencement of the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, is filling the seat allotted to the Part C States of Manipur and Tripura shall, as from such commencement, be deemed to have been duly elected to fill the seat allotted to the Union territory of Tripura.] 27-I . [ Special provisions for the filling of the seats in the Council of States allotted to the States of Ajmer and Coorg and the States of Manipur and Tripura .] (No . 2) Order , 1956. of Ajmer and Coorg and the States of Manipur and Tripura .] Omitted by the Adaptation of Laws 27J . Powers of electoral colleges to elect notwithstanding vacancies therein . —No election by the members of an electoral college[14] * under this Act shall be called in question on the ground merely of the existence of any vacancy in the membership of such college[7] * * *. 1. Subs. by Act 103 of 1956, s. 65(f), for sub-sections (3), (4) or (5) (w.e.f. 1-1-1957). 2. Subs. by Act 1 of 1992, s. 55, for sub-section (3) (w.e.f. 2-10-1993). 3. Subs. by Act 20 of 1963, s. 57(1)(b) and the second Schedule, for sub-section (4) (w.e.f. 13-5-1963). 4. Subs. by Act 69 of 1986, s. 7, for certain words (w.e.f. 20-2-1987).