Article 2 - Amendment of Article 75 - Constitution (91st Amendment) Act, 2003

Amendment of Article 75 . 2. In Article 75 of the Constitution, after clause (1), the following clauses shall be inserted , namely: (1-A) The total number of Ministers, including the Prime Minister, in the Council of Ministers shall not exceed fifteen per cent of the total number of members of the House of the People. (1-B) A member of either House of Parliament belonging to any political party who is disqualified for being a member of that House under Paragraph 2 of the Tenth Schedule shall also be disqualified to be appointed as a Minister under clause (1) for duration of the period commencing from the date of his disqualification till the date on which the term of his office as such member would expire or where he contests any election to either House of Parliament before the expiry of such period, till the date on which he is declared elected, whichever is earlier. .