- 5 ' s f r '388bfll no 104 ot 1988 the state of arxjnachal pradesh (amendment) bill, 1968 a billfurther to amend the state of arunachal pradesh act, 1986b e it enacted by parliam ent in the thirty-ninth y ear of the republic of india as follow s:—short title1 this a ct m ay be called the state of a runachal pradesh (am end­m ent) act, 1968s u b stitu ­69 of 1986 5 2 in the state of a runachal pradesh act, 1986, for section 10, the following section shall be substituted, nam ely: —t i o n  o f new  sectio n  fo r section 10provision as to legisla­tive assembly"10 the total num ber of seats in the legislative assembly of the state of a runachal pradesh to be filled by persons chosen by direct election from  assembly constituencies shall be sixty, out of jq w hich fifty-nine seats shall be reserved for the scheduled tribes; and the provisiotis of the representation of the people act, 1950 shall be deemed to be amended accordingly"section 10 of th e s tate of a runachal p radesh act, 1986 provides th a t the total num ber of seats in the legislative a ssem bly of th e s tate of a rim achal p radesh w ill be forty to be filled by persons chosen by direct elections from  th e assem bly constituencies however, in term s of section 11 of the said act, the provisional liegislative a ssem bly of the s tate of a runachal p radesh constituted under th a t section as am ended provides for th irty  elected m em bers and three nom inated m em bers the g overnm ent of the s tate of a runachal pradesh have represented that, given the size of the s tate of a runachal p radesh and th e th in  dis­tribution of the population, there is adequate justification for raising the num ber of seats in the legislative assem bly from  forty to sixty accord­ingly, it is now  proposed to provide for sixty seats in the legislative assem bly of the s tate of a runachal pradesh by am ending section 10 of th e aforesaid act o pportunity w ill be availed of to provide for reserva­tion of fifty-nine seats out of the sixty seats for the scheduled tribes in the legislative assembly of the state of a rim achal pradesh in accord­ance w ith the provisions of the constitution (fifty-seventh a m endm ent) act, 1987-2 the bill seeks to achieve the above objectsn e w  d elh i; sontosh mohan devthe 1st september, 1988 annexure e xtract from the state of a runachal p radesh a ct, 1986 (69 of 1986) the legislative assemblyprovision as to le,gislative assembly10 on and from  the appointed day, the total num ber of seats in the legislative assembly of the state of a runachal pradesh to be filled by persons, chosen by direct election from  assembly constituencies shall be forty; and the second schedule to the representation of the people act, 1950, shall be deemed to be am ended accordingly43 of 1950 a billfu rth er to am end the state of a runachal pradesh act, 1986(sfiri sontosh mohan dev, minister of state in the ministry of home affairs)