Vacation of seat by a person already member of one House, on being chosen a member of the other House

(1) If a person who is already a member of the Assembly and has taken his seat in that House, is chosen a member of the Council, his seat in the Assembly, shall on the date on which he is so chosen, become vacant. (2) If a person who is already a member of the Council and has taken his seat in that House, is chosen a member of the Assembly, his seat in the Council shall become vacant:- (a) where he is so chosen in a bye-election, on the date on which he is so chosen, and (b) where he is so chosen in a general election, on the date next preceding the date the new Assembly is constituted under section 73 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 (Central Act 43 of 1951).