The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 1
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 56] NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, I973/ASVINA 25, 1895
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MINISTRY OF LAW, JUSTICE AND COMPANY AFFAIRS (Legislative Department)
The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the 17th October, 1973, and is hereby published for general informa- tion : —
THE CONSTITUTION (THIRTY-FIRST AMENDMENT)
ACT, 197
[ 17th October, 1973 ]
An Act further to amend the Constitution of India.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Twenty-fourth Year of the Republic of India as follows: —
1. This Act may be called the Constitution (Thirty-first Amendment) Short title Act, 1973.
2. In article 81 of the Constitution,—
(a) in clause (1),—
Amend- ment of article 81 (i) in sub-clause (a), for the words "five hundred mem- bers", the words "five hundred and twenty-five members" shall be substituted and
(ii) in sub-clause (b), for the words "twenty-five members", the words "twenty members" shall be substituted;
(b) in clause (2), after sub-clause (b), the following proviso shall be inserted, namely: —
6lO THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 1JScheduled Tribes in the tribal areas of Assam and in Nagaland, and", the following shall be substituted, namely: —
"except the Scheduled Tribes— (i) in the tribal areas of Assam;
(ii) in Nagaland; (Hi) in Meghalaya;
(iv) in Arunachal Pradesh; and
(v) in Mizoram; and";
(b) after clause (2), the following clause shall be inserted, namely: —
" (3) Notwithstanding anything contained in clause (2), the number of seats reserved in the House of the People for the Scheduled Tribes in the autonomous districts of Assam shall bear to the total number of seats allotted to that State a pro- portion not less than the population of the Scheduled Tribes in the said autonomous districts bears to the total population of the State.".
(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 commence- ment of this Act.
Amend- ment of article 332.
4. (1) In article 332 of the Constitution, in clause (1), for the words "except the Scheduled Tribes in the tribal areas of Assam and in Naga- land", the words "except the Scheduled Tribes in the tribal areas of Assam, in Nagaland and in Meghalaya" 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 Assem- bly of the State of Meghalaya until the dissolution of that Legislative Assembly existing at the commencement of this Act,
K. K. SUNDARAM,