The question is:
“That for the existing proviso to article 3, the following proviso be substituted: –
‘Provided that no Bill for the purpose shall be introduced in either House of Parliament except on the recommendation of the President and unless–
(a) where the proposal contained in the Bill affects the boundaries or name of any State or States for the time being specified in Part I of the First Schedule, the views of the Legislature of the State, or as the case may be, of each of the States both with respect to the proposal to introduce the Bill and with respect to the provisions thereof have been ascertained by the President; and
(b) where such proposal affects the boundaries or name of any State or States for the time being specified in Part III of the First Schedule, the previous consent of the State, or as the case maybe, of each of the States to the proposal has been obtained’.”