PART XVI (SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO CERTAIN CLASSES) >>
Article 334. Reservation of seats and special representation to cease after seventy years
- 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 1[seventy years] 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.
- [1] Subs. by the Constitution (Ninety-fifth Amendment) Act, 2009, s. 2, for the words “sixty years” (w.e.f. 25-1-2010). The words “sixty years” were subs. for the words “fifty years by the Constitution (Seventy-ninth Amendment) Act, 1999, s. 2. (w.e.f. 25-12000). The words “fifty years” were subs. for the words “forty years” by the Constitution (Sixty-second Amendment) Act, 1989, s. 2. The words “forty years” were subs. for the original words “thirty years” by the Constitution (Forty-fifth Amendment) Act, 1980, s. 2.