[Omitted] Provisions as to the filling of casual vacancies in the provisional Parliament and provisional Legislatures of the States

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....nt) Act, 1956 dated 19-10-1956 w.e.f. 01-11-1956, before it was read as, "388. Provisions as to the filling of casual vacancies in the provisional Parliament and provisional Legislatures of the States.- (1) Casual vacancies in the seats of members of the provisional Parliament functioning under clause (1) of Article 379, including vacancies referred to in clauses (3) an....

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....d thereafter by the President of India: Provided that where any such seat as is mentioned in this clause was, immediately before it became vacant, held by a person belonging to the Scheduled Castes or to the Muslim or the Sikh Community and representing a Province or, as the case may be, a State specified in Part A of the First Schedule, the person to fill such seat shall, unless the Pres....

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....e deemed to be Scheduled Castes in relation to that Province or the corresponding State until a notification has been issued by the President under clause (1) of Article 341 specifying the Scheduled Castes in relation to that corresponding State; (b) all the Scheduled Castes in any Province or State shall be deemed to be a single community. (2) Casual vacancies in the seats of me....