TMI BlogReservation of seats for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in the Legislative Assemblies of the StatesX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... nd the Scheduled Tribes, 1 [except the Scheduled Tribes in the autonomous districts of Assam], in the Legislative Assembly of every State 2 *** . (2) Seats shall be reserved also for the autonomous districts in the Legislative Assembly of the State of Assam. (3) The number of seats reserved for the Scheduled Castes or the Scheduled Tribes in the Legislative Assembly of any State under clause (1) s ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ate in existence on the date of coming into force of the Constitution (Fifty-seventh Amendment) Act, 1987 (hereafter in this clause referred to as the existing Assembly) are held by members of the Scheduled Tribes, all the seats except one; (b) in any other case, such number of seats as bears to the total number of seats, a proportion not less than the number (as on the said date) of members belon ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Assembly. (4) The number of seats reserved for an autonomous district in the Legislative Assembly of the State of Assam shall bear to the total number of seats in that Assembly a proportion not less than the population of the district bears to the total population of the State. (5) The constituencies for the seats reserved for any autonomous district of Assam shall not comprise any area outside t ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... .f. 16-6-1986). Earlier the words except the Scheduled Tribes in the Triable areas of Assam and Nagaland were Substituted by the Constitution (Twenty-third Amendment) Act, 1969, Section 3, for the words except the Scheduled Tribes in the Triable areas of Assam (w.e.f. 23-1-1970) and the words except the Scheduled Tribes in the Triable areas of Assam, in Nagaland and in Meghalaya were Substituted b ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... 002) 7. Certain words omitted by the North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971 (81 of 1971), Section 71 (w.e.f. 21-1-1972). 8. Certain words omitted by the North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971 (81 of 1971), Section 71 (w.e.f. 21-1-1972). 9. Inserted by the Constitution (Ninetieth Amendment) Act, 2003, Section 2. (w.e.f 8-9-200). - - statute, statutory provisions legislation, law, ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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