 iiui no i f ", the repl<esentation of the people (awlndment) bill, i rj,7 a , dill further to amend the representation bf the people 'act, 1"1 be it enacted by parliament in the eighteenth year of the republic of india as follows:-1 this act may be called the representation of the people short (amendment) act, 1967 title of 1951, s 2 in section 73 of the representation of the people act, 19151 amend-(hereinafter referred to as the principal act) ,_ meat of aectlon t:' (a) for the words, brackets, letter and figures "the date' originally fixed for the completion of the election under clause (e) of section 30, the names of the members elected for the various constituencies by that date" the following shall be substituted, namely:-"the results of the elections in all the constituencies [other than those in which the poll could not be taken for any reason on the date originally fixed under clause (d) of 5 section 30 or for which the time for completion of the election has been extended under the provisions of section 153] have been declared by the returning officer under the provisions of section 53 of, as the case may be, section 66, the names of the members elected for those constituencies"; 10 (b) for clause (a) of the proviso, the following clause shall be substituted, namely:-ii (a) to preclude-(i) the taking of the poll and the completion of the election in any parliamentary or assembly constituency is or constituencies in which the poll could not be taken for any reason on the date originally fixed under clause (d) of section 36; or (ti) the completion of the election in any parliamentary or aaaembly constituency or constituencies for 20 which time has been extended under the provisions of seet19n 163; or" 3· (1) the representation of the people (amendment) ordinance, 2 of 1967 196'7, is hereby repealed repeal and saving (2) notwithstanding such repe8i, anything done or any action ~s taken under the principal act as amended by the said ordinance shall be deemed to have been done or taken under the principal act 8' amended by thi8 act as if this act had come into torce on the 28th day of february, 188'1  statement of objects and reasonsa lame duck session of parliament with the old lok sabha summoned on the 13th or march, 1967 following the precedents of 1957 and 1962 was considered an anachronism in several quarters in view - of the fact that declaration of results of elections from practically all the parliamentary constituencies barring a very few for the purpose of constituting the new lok sabha had already been made it was felt that it wpuld be more appropriate to hold a session of parliament with the new lok sabha in place of the lame duck session as parliament was not in session and immedfateaction was called for the president promulgated on the 28th february, 1967 the representation of the people (amendment) ordinance, 1967 to amend suitably section 73 of the representation of the people act, 1951, thus paving the way for the election commission for the immediate issue of the due constitution notification under the said section as so amended the bill seeks to replace the ordinance nr:w di:liu; p govinda menon the 14th march, 1967 ' ,   annexure extract from the repusentation of the people act, 1951(43 or 1951) - - - - - publica-73 where a general election is held for the pw'pose of conautut-hon of ing a new house of the people or a new state leplattve assembly, provided that the il8ue of such notification shall not be deemed-~:~~l::l of there shan be uottfted by the eleetioo codlljlitsion in the omelal elections gazette, as soon as may be after the date originally fixed for the com_ to the pletion of the election under clause (e) of section 30, the names of house of the membera elected for the various conatttuencies by that date and the people upon the issue of such notiflcatton that house or assembly shall tk> and state the deemed to be duly constituted: legislative assemblie!! (0) to preclude the completion of the election in any parliamentary or any aaembly constituency or constituencies for which time has been extended under the provisions of section 153; or (b) to affect the duration of the house of the people or the state legislative assembly, if any, functioning immediately before the 1  te of the aid notifteatlon - - - - - a bill further to amend the representatioll of the people act, 1951 (shri p gofjinda menon, minin6r of ltad) 