 bill no  23 of  2016 the representation of the people (amendment) bill, 2016 by shri pralhad venkatesh joshi, mp a billfurther to amend the representation of people act, 1951be  it enacted by parliament in the sixty-seventh year of the republic of india as follows:—43 of 19512 after section 70 of the representation of the people act, 1951, the following section shall be inserted, namely:—insertion of new section 70a vacation of seats in case of multiple memberships5"70a (1) if a person, who is already a member of either house of parliament or a state legislature, is elected or nominated as a member of a municipal corporation, then at the expiration of such period, as may be prescribed, his seat in municipal corporation shall become vacant unless he has previsouly resigned within the prescribed time period his seat in that house of parliament or a state legislature, as the case may be10(2) if a person, who is already a member of a municipal corporation and is subseqeuntly elected or nominated as a member of either house of parliament or a state legislature, as the case may be, then at the expiration of such period, as may be prescribed, his seat in that house shall become vacant unless he has previously resigned within the prescribed time period his seat in the municipal corporation15(3) if a person, who is already a member of either house of parliament or a state legislature, is elected or nominated as a member of a panchayati raj institution, then at the expiration of such period, as may be prescribed, his seat in panchayati raj institution shall become vacant unless he has previously resigned within the prescribed time period his seat in that house of parliament or a state legislature, as the case may be20(4) if a person, who is already a member of a panchayati raj institution and is subsequently elected or nominated as a member of either house of parliament or a state legislature, as the case may be, then at the expiration of such period, as may be prescribed, his seat in that house shall become vacant unless he has previously resigned within the prescribed time period his seat in the panchayati raj institution" statement  of  objects  and  reasonsarticle 101 of the constitution prohibits a person from simultaneously being a member of both houses of parliament it further prohibits a person from simultaneously being both a member of parliament and of a house of legislature of statesection 70 of the representation of the people act, 1951 also prohibits a person from holding of multiple seats in either houses of parliament or state legislaturehowever, there is no central law prohibiting a person from holding positions in parliament or state legislature, and a position in the local body simultaneously whilst some states have foreseen such a situation and have appropriately dealt with it in their state laws, other states do not have such provisions for example section 52a of the chennai city municipal corporation act, 1919 states that, "no person shall be qualified for being elected as, and for being, a mayor, deputy mayor or councill or if he is a member of the legislative aseembly or a member of either house of parliament"no such provision, however, exists in the karnataka municipal corporations act,1976 it shows that a person can hold the position of both member of legislative assmebly and councillor legally, and may even draw a salary from both positionsit is important to maintain a separation of roles amongst the three tiers of government—the centre, state and local bodieshence this billnew delhi;pralhad venkatesh joshifebruary 11, 2016———— a billfurther to amend the representation of the people act, 1951————(shri pralhad venkatesh joshi, mp)gmgipmrnd—4324ls(s3)—26-02-2016