The UTTAR PRADESH PROHIBITION OF SIMULTANEOUS MEMBERSHIP OF LEGISLATURE ACT, 1950

--- Section 1. Section 1.Short title and commencement --- (1) This Act may be called the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Simultaneous Membership of Legislature Act, 1950. (2) It shall come into force at once. --- Section 2. Section 2.Vacation of seat of a person chosen as member of both the Houses --- (1) Where a person is chosen a member of both the Houses of the Legislature of the State of Uttar Pradesh, he shall, before taking his seat in any House and within a period of ten days from the date of publication in the Gazette of the declaration that he has been so chosen or, if such publications have been made on different dates, ten days from the later of such dates, as the case may be, intimate by notice in writing signed by him and delivered to the Secretaries of both the Houses or to any persons authorised by the Governor in this behalf, in which House he wishes to serve, and any choice so intimated shall be conclusive. (2) Where such a person fails to intimate as aforesaid, his seat in Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly shall become vacant on the expiry of the period provided in sub-section (1). --- Section 3. Section 3.Vacation of seat of a member of the Legislative Assembly chosen as member of the Legislative Council. --- Where a person who is already a member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly and has taken his seat in such Assembly is subsequently chosen a member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council, his seat in Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly shall, on publication in the Gazette of the declaration that he has been so chosen, become vacant. --- Section 4. Section 4.Vacation of seat of a member of the Legislative Council chosen as member of the Assembly --- Where. a person who is already a member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council and has taken his seat in such Council is subsequently chosen a member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, his seat in Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council shall, 1 [upon the summoning of the said Assembly to meet for the first session become vacant.] [Footnotes] 1- Substituted vide U.P. Act No. 5 of 1952 (w.e.f. 26-02-1952)