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

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....nbsp;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) and (4) of that article, shall be filled, and a....

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....re 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 President of the Constituent Assembly or the President of India, as th....

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.... 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 members of a House of the Legislature of a State functioning under Article 382 or Article 385 shall be ....