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39                     THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA
                              (Part V.—The Union)
            (i) the allocation of seats in the House of the People to the States as
        readjusted on the basis of the 1971 census; and
            (ii) the division of each State into territorial constituencies as may be
        readjusted on the basis of the 1[2001] census,
under this article.]]
        83. Duration of Houses of Parliament.—(1) The Council of States
shall not be subject to dissolution, but as nearly as possible one-third of the
members thereof shall retire as soon as may be on the expiration of every
second year in accordance with the provisions made in that behalf by
Parliament by law.
        (2) The House of the People, unless sooner dissolved, shall continue for
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  [five years] from the date appointed for its first meeting and no longer and the
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expiration of the said period of 2[five years] shall operate as a dissolution of
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        Provided that the said period may, while a Proclamation of Emergency is
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in operation, be extended by Parliament by law for a period not exceeding one
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year at a time and not extending in any case beyond a period of six months after
the Proclamation has ceased to operate.
        84. Qualification for membership of Parliament.—A person shall not
be qualified to be chosen to fill a seat in Parliament unless he—
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              [(a) is a citizen of India, and makes and subscribes before some
        person authorised in that behalf by the Election Commission an oath or
        affirmation according to the form set out for the purpose in the Third
        Schedule;]
            (b) is, in the case of a seat in the Council of States, not less than thirty
        years of age and, in the case of a seat in the House of the People, not less
        than twenty-five years of age; and
            (c) possesses such other qualifications as may be prescribed in that
        behalf by or under any law made by Parliament.

1. Subs. by the Constitution (Eighty-seventh Amendment) Act, 2003, s. 3, for "1991"
   (w.e.f. 22-6-2003).
2. Subs. by the Constitution (Forty-second Amendment) Act, 1976, s. 17, for "five years"
   (w.e.f. 3-1-1977) and further subs. by the Constitution (Forty-fourth Amendment) Act,
   1978, s. 13, for "six years" (w.e.f. 20-6-1979).
3. Subs. by the Constitution (Sixteenth Amendment) Act, 1963, s. 3, for cl.(a)
   (w.e.f. 5-10-1963).

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