148 The Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka the Commencement of the Constitution and on the basis of the register of electors applicable to such electoral district which was operative on the day immediately preceding the commencement of the Constitution; (ii) the law applicable to election petitions in relation to an election held as provided in sub- paragraph (i) shall be the law in force upon the commencement of the Constitution and in the event of such an election being declared void the provisions of sub-paragraph (i) shall, mutatis mutandis, apply; (c) if the election as a Member of the National State Assembly of a person who is deemed to have been elected to the first Parliament is declared void or undue and any other person is determined to have been duly returned or elected such other person shall be deemed to have been duly elected as a Member of the first Parliament; (d) (i) where immediately before the commencement of Constitution there was a vacancy in the membership of the National State Assembly or where a vacancy in the membership of the first Parliament occurs otherwise than under the provisions of paragraph (b) of this Article, such vacancy shall be filled in the manner provided in sub-paragraph (iii) hereof; 146 [(ii) where during the duration of the First Parliament, a Member ceases, by resignation, expulsion or otherwise, to be a member of the recognized political party to which he belonged upon or after the commencement of the Constitution, the Secretary of such party shall, within two weeks of the date on which such Member so ceased to be a member of such party, communicate, in writing to the SecretaryGeneral of Parliament, the fact and date thereof. The Secretary-General shall, upon receipt of such communication, submit it to the Speaker. 146 - Substituted by the Second Amendment to the Constitution Sec 2.