REGISTERED NO. D. (D)-72
The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 2
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 37] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, MAY 18,1979/VAISAKHA 28, 1901
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RAJYA SABHA
The following Bills were introduced in the Rajya Sabha on the 18th May, 1979: —
I
BILL NO. XIV OF 1979
A Bill further to amend the Constitution of India.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Thirteenth Year of the Republic of India as follows:
J. This Act may be called the Constitution (Amendment) Act, 1979. Short
title.
2. In article 58 of the Constitution, in sub-clause (b) of clause (i), for the word "thirty-five", the word "thirty" shall be substituted.
Amend, ment of article 58.
3. In article 157 of the Constitution, for the word "thirty-five", the word "thirty" shall be substituted.
Amend- ment of article 1.17,
(597)
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The time demands that the youth of India should be given more opportunities to shoulder the highest responsibilities of the State. As the demand of the youth is to lower the voting age limit to eighteen years (from the present twenty-one), so also the doors of Indian Presi- dency and Governorship of a State should be thrown open to the youth by lowering the minimum age limit to thirty years from the present limit of thirty-five years.
Hence the Bill.
SHIVA CHANDRA JHA
SEC. 2] THE GAZE7TTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY 599n
BILL NO. XV OF 1979
A Bill further to amend the Constitution of India
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Thirtieth Year ^f the Republic
of India as follows:—
1. This Act **iay be called tb© Constitution (Amendment) Act, 1979 Short
title.
2. In the Third Schedule to the Constitution, in Forms I, II, IIIA and B, IV, V, VI, VII A and B, and VIII, the words "Swear in the name of God" shall be omitted.
Amend- ment of Third Schedule.
6oo THffi GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 2]STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS
In this era when man has landed on the moon, to swear in the name of God, be it for Constitutional purposes or other purposes, is glaringly unscientific.
Hence this Bill.
SHIVA CHANDRA JHA
S. S. BHALERAO,