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असाधारण
EXTRAORDINARY
भाग II — खण्ड 1
PART II — Section 1
प्राधिकार से प्रकाशित
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
सं॰ 47] नई दिल्ली, शुक्र वार, दिसम्बर 22, 2023/ पौष 1, 1945 (शक)
No. 47] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2023/PAUSHA 1, 1945 (SAKA)
इस भाग में भिन्न पृष्ठ संख्या दी जाती है जिससे कि यह अलग संकलन के रूप में रखा जा सके।
Separate paging is given to this Part in order that it may be filed as a separate compilation.
MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE
(Legislative Department)
New Delhi, the 22nd December, 2023/Pausha 1, 1945 (Saka) The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the 20th December, 2023 and is hereby published for general information:—
THE GOVERNMENT OF UNION TERRITORIES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2023
NO. 39 OF 2023
[20th December, 2023.] An Act further to amend the Government of Union Territories Act, 1963.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Seventy-fourth Year of the Republic of India as follows:––
1. (1) This Act may be called the Government of Union Territories (Amendment) Short title and commencement.
Act, 2023.
2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 1]20 of 1963.
2. In the Government of Union Territories Act, 1963, after section 3, the following sections shall be inserted, namely:—
Insertion of new sections 3A and 3B.
"3A. (1) Seats shall be reserved for women in the Legislative Assembly of the Union territory of Puducherry.
(2) As nearly as may be, one-third of the seats reserved for the Scheduled Castes in the Legislative Assembly of the Union territory of Puducherry shall be reserved for women.
Reservation of seats for women in Legislative Assembly of Union territory of Puducherry.
(3) As nearly as may be, one-third of the total number of seats to be filled by direct election to the Legislative Assembly of the Union territory of Puducherry (including the number of seats reserved for women belonging to the Scheduled Castes) shall be reserved for women in such manner as Parliament may by law determine.
Reservation of seats for women to take effect.
3B. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the provisions of this Act, the provisions relating to reservation of seats for women in the Legislative Assembly of the Union territory of Puducherry shall come into effect after an exercise of delimitation is undertaken for this purpose after the relevant figures for the first census taken after the commencement of the Government of Union Territories (Amendment) Act, 2023 have been published and shall cease to have effect on the expiration of a period of fifteen years from such commencement.
(2) Subject to the provisions of section 3A, seats reserved for women in the Legislative Assembly of the Union territory of Puducherry shall continue till such date as Parliament may by law determine.
(3) Rotation of seats reserved for women in the Legislative Assembly of the Union territory of Puducherry shall take effect after such subsequent exercise of delimitation as Parliament may by law determine.
(4) Nothing in section 3A shall affect any representation in the Legislative Assembly of the Union territory of Puducherry until the dissolution of the then existing Legislative Assembly of the Union territory of Puducherry.".
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S.K.G. RAHATE, Secretary to the Govt. of India.
UPLOADED BY THE MANAGER, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA PRESS, MINTO ROAD, NEW DELHI–110002 AND PUBLISHED BY THE CONTROLLER OF PUBLICATIONS, DELHI–110054.