The Jammu and Kashmir Representation of the People (Supplementary) Act, 1968 (3 of 1968)
# THE JAMMU AND KASHMIR REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE
 (SUPPLEMENTARY) ACT, 1968

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 ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
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SECTIONS

1. Short title and commencement.
2. Application of sections 116A, 116B and 116C of the Representation of the People Act, 1951,

to orders made by Jammu and Kashmir High Court.

3. Repeal and saving.

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# THE JAMMU AND KASHMIR REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE
 (SUPPLEMENTARY) ACT, 1968

 ACT NO. 3 OF 1968

[23rd March, 1968.]

# An Act to supplement the Jammu and Kashmir Representation of the People Act, 1957.

BE it enacted by Parliament in the Nineteenth Year of the Republic of India as follows:—

**1. Short title and commencement.—(1) This Act may be called the Jammu and Kashmir**

Representation of the People (Supplementary) Act, 1968.

(2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 9th day of February, 1968.

**2. Application of sections 116A, 116B and 116C of the Representation of the People**

**Act, 1951, to orders made by Jammu and Kashmir High Court.—The provisions of sections**
116A, 116B and 116C of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 (43 of 1951) shall, so far as may
be, apply to every order made by the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir subject to the following
modifications, namely:—

(a) references therein to the High Court shall be construed as including references to the High

Court of Jammu and Kashmir,

(b) references therein to the State Legislature or to the Speaker or Chairman thereof, shall be

construed as including references to the Legislature of the State of Jammu and Kashmir* and to
the Speaker or Chairman thereof, and

(c) references therein to the provisions of the Representation of the People

Act, 1951 (43 of 1951), shall, in relation to the State of Jammu and Kashmir*, be construed as
references to the corresponding provisions of the Jammu and Kashmir Representation of the
People Act, 1957 (Jammu and Kashmir Act No. IV of 1957).

**3. Repeal and saving.—(1) The Jammu and Kashmir Representation of the People**

(Supplementary) Ordinance, 1968 (2 of 1968) is hereby repealed.

(2) Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken under the said Ordinance shall

be deemed to have been done or taken under this Act 1957.

*. Vide notification No. S.O. 3912(E), dated 30th October, 2019, this Act is made applicable to the Union territory of

Jammu and Kashmir and the Union territory of Ladakh.

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