THE CONSTITUTION (FIFTY-FIRST AMENDMENT) ACT, 1984
[29th April, 1985.]
An Act further to amend the Constitution of India.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Thirty-fifth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-
1. Short title and commencement.-(1) This Act may be called the Constitution (Fifty-first Amendment) Act, 1984.
(2) It shall come into force on such date_670 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
2. Amendment of article 330.-(1) In article 330 of the Constitution, in clause (1), for sub-clause (b), the following sub-clause shall be substituted, namely:-
"(b) the Scheduled Tribes except the Scheduled Tribes in the autonomous districts of Assam; and".
(2) The amendment made to article 330 of the Constitution by sub-section (1) shall not affect any representation in the House of the People until the dissolution of the House of the People existing at the commencement of this Act.
3. Amendment of article 332.-(1) In article 332 of the Constitution, in clause (1), for the words "except the Scheduled Tribes in the tribal areas of Assam, in Nagaland and in Meghalaya", the words "except the Scheduled Tribes in the autonomous districts of Assam" shall be substituted.
(2) The amendment made to article 332 of the Constitution by sub-section (1) shall not affect any representation in the Legislative Assembly of the State of Nagaland or the Legislative Assembly of the State of Meghalaya until the dissolution of the Legislative Assembly of the State of Nagaland or the Legislative Assembly of the State of Meghalaya existing at the commencement of this Act. |
