law: 12. Provisions as to Legislative Assemblies.-
  (1) The number of seats as on the appointed day in the Legislative Assemblies of the States of Bihar and Jharkhand shall be two hundred and forty-three and eighty-one respectively.
  (2) In the Second Schedule to the Representation of the People Act, 1950 (43 of 1950), under heading -I. States",-
  (a) for entry 4, the following entry shall be substituted, namely:-
  -4. Bihar 318 45 29 243 39 ..-;
  (b) entries 11 to 27 shall be renumbered as entries 12 to 28 respectively;
  (c) after entry 10, the following entry shall be inserted, namely:-
  -11. Jharkhand ......81 9 28".