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The Gazette of India

EXTRAORDINARY

PART II—Section 2

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

No.

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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: —

1. This Act may be called the Constitution (Nineteenth Amend-

ment) Act, 1966.

Short title.

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2. In article 3 of the Constitution,

the following

Explanations

shall be inserted at the end, namely: —

'Explanation

I—In this article, in clauses (a) to (e), "State"

includes a Union territory, but in the proviso, "State" does not

include a Union territory.

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Explanation II.—The power conferred on Parliament

by

clause (a) includes the power to form a new State or Union

territory by uniting a part of any State or Union territory to

any other State or Union territory.'.

Amendment

of article 3-

(30I)

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.

G. L. NANDA.

S. L. SHAKDHER,

Secretary.

NEW DELHI;

The 30th April, 1966.

FRumro m

INDIA BY THE GENERAL MANAGER,

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

PRESS,

MINTO ROAD, NEW DELHI AND PUBLISHED BY THE MANAGER OF PUBLICATIONS,

DELHI, 1968.