Amendment to the Fifth Schedule — Floor Guarantee

The provisions of the Fifth Schedule to this Constitution are amended to add the following paragraph:

F. Seat Allocation Floor Guarantee. The allocation of seats to any State in the House of the People as established pursuant to the Constitution (Amendment) Act [Year] and any subsequent delimitation order shall not be reduced below the allocation prevailing at the commencement of that Act, without the affirmative resolution of the Legislative Assembly of that State passed by a majority of not less than two-thirds of the total membership of that Assembly. Any constitutional amendment purporting to reduce such allocation without such affirmative resolution shall be void to the extent of such reduction in relation to that State.