Part XVI · Special Provisions relating to Certain Classes
Article 334: Reservation of seats and special representation to cease after certain period
Text of Article 334
Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing provisions of this Part, the provisions of this Constitution relating to—
(a) the reservation of seats for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes in the House of the People and in the Legislative Assemblies of the States; and
(b) the representation of the Anglo-Indian community in the House of the People and in the Legislative Assemblies of the States by nomination, shall cease to have effect on the expiration of a period of [eighty years in respect of clause (a) and seventy years in respect of clause (b)] from the commencement of this Constitution:
Provided that nothing in this article shall affect any representation in the House of the People or in the Legislative Assembly of a State until the dissolution of the then existing House or Assembly, as the case may be.
Words in [square brackets] were inserted or substituted by later amendments (see below). Source: Legislative Department, Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India
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Amendment history
Changed by: 45th Amendment Act, 1980, 62nd Amendment Act, 1989, 79th Amendment Act, 1999, 95th Amendment Act, 2009, 104th Amendment Act, 2019
- Subs. by the Constitution (One hundred and fourth Amendment) Act, 2019, s. 2, for marginal heading (w.e.f. 25-1-2020).
- Subs. by the Constitution (One Hundred and Fourth Amendment) Act, 2019, s. 2, for "seventy years" (w.e.f. 25-1-2020). The words "seventy years" subs. for "sixty years" by the Constitution (Ninety-fifth Amendment) Act, 2009, s.2 (w.e.f. 25-1-2010). The words "sixty years" subs. for "fifty years" by the Constitution (Seventy-ninth Amendment) Act, 1999, s. 2 (w.e.f. 25-1-2000). The words "fifty years" subs. for "forty years" by the Constitution (Sixty-second Amendment) Act, 1989, s. 2 (w.e.f. 20-12-1989). The words "forty years" subs. for "thirty years" by the Constitution (Forty-fifth Amendment) Act, 1980, s. 2 (w.e.f. 25-1-1980).
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