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•THE CONSTITUTION (ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SIXTH

•AMENDMENT) BILL, 2019

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•BILL

•further to amend the Constitution of India.

•BE it enacted by Parliament in the Seventieth Year of the Republic of India as follows:—

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1.(1) This Act may be called the Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-sixth

•Amendment) Act, 2019.

(2)It shall come into force on the 25th day of January, 2020.

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2.In article 334 of the Constitution,—

(a)for the marginal heading, the following marginal heading shall be

•substituted, namely:—

•“Reservation of seats and special representation to cease after certain

•period”;

(b)in the long line, after clauses (a) and (b), for the words "seventy years",

•the words "eighty years in respect of clause (a) and seventy years in respect of

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•clause (b)" shall be substituted.

•Short title and

commencement.

•Amendment

•of article 334.

•Bill No. 371 of 2019

•AS INTRODUCED IN LOK SABHA

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•STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS

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•Article 334 of the Constitution lays down that the provisions of the Constitution

•relating to the reservation of seats for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes

•and the representation of the Anglo-Indian community by nomination in the House of

•the People and Legislative Assemblies of the States shall cease to have effect on the

•expiration of the period of 70 years from the commencement of the Constitution. In other

•words, these provisions will cease to have effect on the 25th January, 2020, if not

•extended further.

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2.Although the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes have made considerable

•progress in the last 70 years, the reasons which weighed with the Constituent Assembly

•in making provisions with regard to the aforesaid reservation of seats have not yet

•ceased to exist. Therefore, with a view to retaining the inclusive character as envisioned

•by the founding fathers of the Constitution, it is proposed to continue the reservation

•of seats for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes for another ten years

i.e. up to 25th January, 2030.

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3.The Bill seeks to achieve the above objects.

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•EW DELHI; RA VI SHANKAR PRASAD.

•The 4th December, 2019.

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•ANNEXURE

•EXTRACT FROM THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA

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334.Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing provisions of this Part, the

•provisions of this Constitution relating to—

(a)the reservation of seats for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled

•Tribes in the House of the People and in the Legislative Assemblies of the States;

•and

(b)the representation of the Anglo-Indian community in the House of the

•People and in the Legislative Assemblies of the States by nomination,

•shall cease to have effect on the expiration of a period of seventy years from the

•commencement of this Constitution:

•Provided that nothing in this article shall affect any representation in the House

•of the People or in the Legislative Assembly of a State until the dissolution of the then

•existing House or Assembly, as the case may be.

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•Reservation of

•seats and

•special

•representation

•to cease after

•seventy years.

•LOK SABHA

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•BILL

•further to amend the Constitution of India.

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•(Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad, Minister of Law and Justice, Communications and

•Electronics and Information, Technology)

•MGIPMRND—4121LS(S3)—05-12-2019.