Article 1 - Short title and commencement - Constitution (86th Amendment) Act, 2002

MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE (Legislative Department) New Delhi, the 13th December, 2002/Agrahayana 22, 1924(Saka) The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the 12th December, 2002, and is hereby published for general information:- THE CONSTITUTION (EIGHTY-SIXTH AMENDMENT)ACT, 2002 [12th December, 2002.] An Act further to amend the Constitution of India. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-third Year of the Republic of India as follows:- 1. Short title and commencement . (1) This Act may be called the Constitution (Eighty-sixth Amendment) Act, 2002. (2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.