law: Delimitation Act, 2002
  5. Associate
  
  members.-
  
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    The
  
  Commission shall associate with itself for the purpose of assisting it in its
  
  duties in respect of each State, ten persons five of whom shall be members of
  
  the House of the People representing that State and five shall be members of
  
  the Legislative Assembly of that State:
  Provided
  
  that
  
  where the number of members of the House of the People representing any State
  
  is five or less, then, all such members shall be the associate members for that
  
  State and in the latter case the total number of associate members shall be
  
  less t an ten by such number as by which the total number of members of the
  
  House of the People representing that State is less than five.
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    The
  
  persons to be so associated from each State shall be nominated, in the case of
  
  the members of the House of the People, by the Speaker of that House, and in
  
  the case of members of a Legislative Assembly, by the Speaker of that Assembly,
  
  having due regard to the composition of the House or, as the case may be, of
  
  the Assembly.
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    The
  
  first nominations to be made under sub-section (2)-
  a.   shall be made by the
  
  Speakers of the several Legislative Assemblies within one month, and by the
  
  Speaker of the House of the People within two months, of the commencement of
  
  this Act; and
  b.   shall be communicated
  
  to the Chief Election Commissioner, and where the nominations are made by the
  
  Speaker of a Legislative Assembly, also to the Speaker of the House of the
  
  People.
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    None
  
  of the associate members shall have a right to vote or to sign any decision of
  
  the Commission.
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    The
  
  Commission shall have power to call upon-
  a.   the Registrar-General
  
  and Census Commissioner, India or his nominee; or
  b.   the Surveyor General
  
  of India or his nominee; or
  c.   any other officer of
  
  the Central Government or State Government; or
  d.   any expert in
  
  geographical information system; or
  e.   any other person,
  
  whose expertise and knowledge are considered necessary by the Commission to
  
  provide assistance to it in addition to the assistance provided by the persons
  
  referred to in sub-section (1) and the officers and persons so called upon
  
  shall be duty bound to assist the Commission.
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    The
  
  Secretary to the Election Commission shall be the ex officio Secretary of the
  
  Commission and shall discharge his functions with the assistance of the
  
  employees of the Election Commission under the supervision of the Chairperson
  
  of the Commission.