 bill no 115 of 1985 the andhra pradesh legislative council (abolmon) bill, 1985 a billto provide jar the abolition at the legislative co'uncil of the state of andhra pradesh and jot mjatters suppzemental, incidental and covequentiaz thereto be it enacted by parliament in the thirty-sixth year of the republic of india as follows:-1 (1) this act may be called the andhra pradesh legislative council (abolition) act, 1985 5 (2) it shall come into force on s~ch date as the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, appoint short title and com-mencement z in this act, unless the context otherwise requires,-definitions 10 (a) "appropriate govemment" means, as respects a law relating to a matter enumerated in list i in the seventh schedule to the constitution, the central government, and as respects any other law, the state government~ (b) "article" means an article of the constitution; 15 (c) "council" means the legislative council of the state of andhra pradesh; (d) "law" includes any enactment, ordinance, regulation, order, bye-law, rule, scheme, notification or other instrument having the force of law in the whole or any part of the state of andhra pradesh; , (e) "legislative assembly" means' the legislative assembly of the state of addhra praclelh abolition of tile cowx:il 3 (1) the legislative council of the state of ardhra pradesh is hereby aboliabeg (2) on the abolition of the council, every member thereof shall cease to be such member 4 in sub-clause (a) of clause (1) of article 168, the words "andhra 5 pradesh," shan be omitted amelldlnedl f article 188 amp menlof att 43· of 1950 5 in the representation of the people act, 1950,-(ei) in the third schedule, entry no 1 relating to andlllra pradesh shall be omitted; (b) in the fourth schedule, the heading "andhra pradesh" and 10 the entries thereunder shall be omit1ed 37 r 1950 - 6 section 3 of the legislative councils act, 1957, shall be omitted  omisaion of section 3 of the leji,slative councils act, 1157 7 (i) a bill pending in the council immediately before the com~ :mencement qf thijii act which has been passed by the legislative asaembly shall lapse on the abolition of the council 15 provisio;l ato pendinm bills (2) a bill pending in the council immediately before the commencement of this act which has been passed by the legislative asiiembly shall not lapse on the abolition of the council, but on such abolition shall be deemed to have been passed before such commencement by both houses of the legislature of the state of andhra pradesh 2() in the form in which it was passed by the legislative assembly (3) if a bill which having been passed by the legislative asticmbly is, before the commencement of this act, either rej,ected by the council or pasted by the council with amendments; the legislative assembly may, after such commencement, pass the bill again with or without such 25 amendments, if any, as have been made by the council and the bill so passed shall be deemed to be a bill introduced in ancj passed by the la!gislative assembly after' the commencement of this act power to adapt laws 8 the appropriate government may, before the expiration of one year from the commencement of this act, by order, published in the official 30 gazette,make such adaptations and modifications of any law made before such commencement whether by way of repeal or amendment as may be necessary or expedient in consequence of the abolition of the council under settion 3, and thereupon every such law shall have effect subject to the adaptations and modifications so made  35 puwel'\o coiultru(j lawli t notwithstanding that no provision or insufficient provision has been made under- section 8 for the adaptation or modification of a law made before the commencement of this act, any court, tribunal or authority required or empowered to enforce such law may construe the law in sucll mnnner, without affecting the substance, as may be necessnry or proper 41j on account of the abolition of the council in regard to the matter before the court, tribunal or authority ' 1 page 2, against line 12 in the marginal "1c1tation,-2 page 2, line 14,- statement of objects and reasonsunder article 169 of the constitution, parliament may, by law, provide for the abolition of the legislative council of a state having such a council, if the legislative assembly of the state passes a resolution to that etrect by a majqlity of the total membership of the assembly and by a majority of not less than two-thirds of the me01bers of the assembly present and voting on the 24th march, 1983, the legislative assembly of the state of an~hra pradesh passed a resolution in terms of article 169 of u'ie constitution for the abolition of the legislative council of that state a like resolution was again paned by the legislative assembly of the state on the 30th april, 1985 it is accordingly proposed to abolish the legislative council of the state of andhra pradesh 2 the bill seeks to give effect to this object and also provides for matters supplemental, incidental and cc?nsequential to such abolition h r bhardwaj new delm; the 10th may, 1985 clause 8 of the bill empowers the appropriate government to :make such adaptations and modifications of any law macle~ore the co~ce­ment of the proposed legislation as may be necessary or e~nt in consequence of the abolition of the legislative councu of tbe &tlj;te of andbra pradesh this power will be available only ·for a period of ode year from the commencement of the proposed legislation the acjaptations and modifications can be only buc'h as are necessary or ~nt in consequence of the abolition of the cguncil and camot affe,ct the substance of the laws adapted or modified 2 the delegation of legislative power is of a normal character  annexurej!lnmcr ',em , cciiim'sft'1'uaojf of' iiniu '" '" '" - - 188 (1) for every state there shall be a legislature which shall consist of the governor, and constitu-iioa  otle,is-(a) in thf: states of andhra pradesh, bihar, tamil nadu, mllhalrurea in rashtra, kamataka, and uttar pnd_, two houh8; states  '" '" - - extbac1's fl10j\( the reprb$entation of '!'hi people act, 1950 (43 of 1950) - '" - -  the third schedule (see section 10) alzocation of seats in the legislative councilsnazne of state total number to be elected or nomlnau·d undn article 1'1i(s) number or sub-claur  sub-cla,ue ,,_boclau'l" suboiladlll sub-claurf' -leatl (a) (b) (e) (d) (e) & '1  8 - - i andhra prad"lh go 8 - - - , iii _--__---------------_ __ _  the fourth schedule[see section 27 (2) ] local authorities for purposes of elections to legisz4tive councils  almhra pradesh1 municipalities 2 zilla parishads 3 cantonment boards 5 panchayat samities, - - 5 - - - - - 3 (1) as from 8uch date as the president may by order appoint, there shall be a legislative council for the state of andhra pradesh; and as - fnjm that date, in sub-clause (go) of clause (1) of article 168 of the constitution, after the words "states of", the words "andhra pradesh" shall be inserted croation of:! re,isla rive council tor andhra pradesh; (2) in the said cou1lc!u, there shal'l be 90 seats of which-(a) the numbejw to be ftlie4 by persons elected by the electorates referred to in sub-clauaes (a), (b) and (e) of'clause (3) of article 171 'ahall be 31, 8 and 8 respectively; (b) the number to be filled by persons elected by the members of the legislative assembly of andhra pradesh in accordance with the provisions of sub-elause (d) of the sadd clause shall be 31j and (c) the number to be filled by persons nominated by the governor of andhra pradesh in accordance with the provisions of subclause (e) of that clause shall be 12 (3) as soon as may be after the commencement of this act, the president, after consultation with the election commislion, 'shall by order, determine-(a) the constituencies into which the state of andhra pradesh shall be divided for the purpose of elections to the said council under each of the sub-clauses (a), (b) and (e) of clause (3) of article 171; (b) the extent of each constituency; and (e) the number of seats to be allotted to each constituency 43 of 1950 430f19!i) (4) as soon as may be after such determination, steps shall be taken to constitute the said council in accordance with the provisions of this act and of the _in i fia:tion of the people act, 1950, and the representation of the peopleact, 1951  a billto provide for the abolition of the legillative council of the state of andhra pradesh and for matters supplemental, incidental and consequential thereto (shri h r bhardwvlj, minister 0/ state in the miniltrtl of law it juatice) 