The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 2
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 2] NEW DELHI, MONDAY, MAY 9, I966/VAISAKHA 19, 1888
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LOK SABHA
The following Bill was introduce in Lok Sabha on the 9th May, 1966: —
BILL NO. 36 OF 1966
A Bill further to amend the Constitution of India.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Seventeenth Year of the Republic of India as follows: —
Short title.
1. This Act may be called the Constitution (Nineteenth Amend- ment) Act, 1966.
5 2. In article 3 of the Constitution, the following Explanations
Amendment
of article 3-
shall be inserted at the end, namely: —
'Explanation I—In this article, in clauses (a) to ( e ), "State" includes a Union territory, but in t he proviso, "State" does not include a Union territory.
10 Explanation II.—The power conferred on Parliament by
THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 2]STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS
Article 3 of the Constitution provides for the formation of new States and alteration of areas, boundaries, or names of existing States. Before the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, was enacted, the expression "States" occurring in that article meant Part A States, Part B States and also Part C States. By the Seventh Amendment of the Constitution in 1956, the concept of "Union territories" was introduced in our Constitution but article 3 was not amended to include in terms "Union territories". It is consi- dered proper to amend this article to make it clear that "State" in clauses (a) to (e) of that article (but not in the proviso) includes "Union territories". It is also considered proper to make It clear that power under clause (a) of article 3 includes power to form a new State or Union territory by uniting a part of a State or Union territory to another State or Union territory.
The Bill seeks to achieve the above objects.
NEW DELHI;
G. L. NANDA.
The 30th April, 1966.
S. L. SHAKDHER,