Section 12 — Provision as to sitting members.

12. Provision as to sitting members.—(1) Every sitting member of the House of the People
representing a constituency which, on the appointed day by virtue of the provisions of section 10,
stands allotted, with or without alteration of boundaries, to the successor Union territory of Jammu
and Kashmir or Union territory of Ladakh, as the case may be, shall be deemed to have been elected
to the House of the People by that constituency as so allotted.
   (2) The term of office of such sitting members shall remain unaltered.
              The Lieutenant Governor and The Legislative Assembly of Union territory of
                                                      Jammu and Kashmir