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Article 334 Constitution of India: Reservation of seats and special representation to cease after sixty years


 
Category of Bare Act Name of the Act Year of Promulgation
Civil Laws The CONSTITUTION OF INDIA 1975
Act Number Enactment Date Chapter Number
36 1975-04-26 16
Chapter Title Ministry Department
Special Provisions Relating To Certain Classes Ministry of Law And Justice Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms

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 1[sixty 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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1. Subs. by the Constitution (Ninety-fifth Amendment) Act, 2009, s. 2, for “sixty years” (w.e.f. 25-1-2010).

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