**Summary:**
The Constitution One Hundred and Fourth Amendment Act, 2019, was enacted by Parliament in the Seventieth Year of the Republic of India. The Act received the assent of the President on January 21, 2020, and was published for general information in the Gazette of India Extraordinary, Part II, Section 1, on January 22, 2020. The Act amends Article 334 of the Constitution of India, modifying the marginal heading to "Reservation of seats and special representation to cease after certain period." The Act extends the reservation of seats and special representation in respect of clause (a) for eighty years and clause (b) for seventy years. The Act is officially cited as the Constitution One Hundred and Fourth Amendment Act, 2019, and came into force on January 25, 2020. This information was released by the Ministry of Law and Justice, Legislative Department. Dr. G. Narayana Raju, Secretary to the Govt. of India. The document was uploaded by the Manager, Government of India Press, Minto Road, New Delhi and published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi.
Key Entities Referenced
Ministry of Law and Justice: A department of the Government responsible for legislative matters.
Parliament: The legislative body of the Republic of India.
President: The head of state of the Republic of India who assented to the Act.
Constitution of India: The supreme law of India, which the Act amends.
Constitution One Hundred and Fourth Amendment Act, 2019: The Act of Parliament that amends the Constitution of India.
Article 334: The specific article of the Constitution of India that is amended by the Act, pertaining to reservation of seats and special representation.
New Delhi: The location of the Legislative Department. Union Territory of Delhi.
Dr. G. Narayana Raju: Secretary to the Government of India.
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MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE
(Legislative Department)
New Delhi, the 22nd January, 2020/Magha 2, 1941 (Saka)
The following Act of Parliament, after having been ratified by the Legislatures of not
less than one-half of the States by resolutions to that effect, received the assent of the
President on the 21st January, 2020, and is hereby published for general information:—
THE CONSTITUTION (ONE HUNDRED AND FOURTH
AMENDMENT) ACT, 2019
[21st January, 2020.]
An Act further to amend the Constitution of India.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Seventieth Year of the Republic of India as follows:—
1. (1) This Act may be called the Constitution (One Hundred and Fourth Short title and
Amendment) Act, 2019. commencement.
(2) It shall come into force on the 25th day of January, 2020.
2. In article 334 of the Constitution,— Amendment
of article 334.
(a) for the marginal heading, the following marginal heading shall be
substituted, namely:—
“Reservation of seats and special representation to cease after certain
period”;2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PART II— SEC. 1]
(b) in the long line, after clauses (a) and (b), for the words "seventy years",
the words "eighty years in respect of clause (a) and seventy years in respect of
clause (b)" shall be substituted.
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DR. G. NARAYANA RAJU,
Secretary to the Govt. of India.
UPLOADED BY THE MANAGER, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA PRESS, MINTO ROAD, NEW DELHI–110002
AND PUBLISHED BY THE CONTROLLER OF PUBLICATIONS, DELHI–110054.
MGIPMRND—4704GI—22-01-2020.