Article 334 - Reservation of seats and special representation to cease after certain period - Constitution of India

Article. 334. 2 [ Reservation of seats and special representation to cease after certain period ]- 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 3 [ 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. ***************************** Notes : 1. Substituted by the Constitution (Ninety-fifth Amendment) Act, 2009, Section 2 for Sixty years (w.e.f. 25-1-2010). Earlier the words sixty years were substituted by the Constitution (Seventy-ninth Amendment) Act, 1999, Section 2 for the words fifty years (w.e.f. 25-1-2000), the words fifty years were substituted by the Constitution (Sixty-second Amendment) Act, 1989, Section 2, for the words forty years (w.e.r.f. 20-12-1989) the words forty years were substituted by the Constitution (forty-fifth Amendment) Act, 1980, Section 2, for the words thirty years (w.e.f. 25-1-1980) and the words thirty years by the Constitution (Twenty-third Amendment) Act, 1969, Section 5, the words twenty years (w.e.f. 23-1-1970). 2. Substituted by the Constitution (One Hundred And Fourth Amendment) Act, 2019 w.e.f. 25-01-2020 before it was read as Reservation of seats and special representation to cease after 1 [seventy years]. 3. Substituted by the Constitution (One Hundred And Fourth Amendment) Act, 2019 w.e.f. 25-01-2020 before it was read as 1 [seventy years]