AMENDMENTS SECTION OF: 1-3

 THE CONSTITUTION (ONE HUNDRED THREE AMENDMENT) ACT, 2016

SECTION OF: 1-3

MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE 

(Legislative Department)

 New Delhi, the 12th January, 2019/Pausha 22, 1940 (Saka)

 I'he following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the

12th January, 2019. and is hereby published for general information: —

THE CONSTITUTION (ONE HUNDRED AND TJIRD AMENDMENT) ACT, 2019

 [ 12th. January, 2019.)

An Act further to amend the Constitution of India.

Bi itenacted by Parliament in the Sixty-ninth Year of the Republic of India as follows: —

 1. (7) This Act may be called the Constitution (One Hundred and Third Amendment) Act, 2019.

 (2) lt shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette. appoint.

2. In article 15 of the Constitution, after clause (5), the following clause shall be inserted. namely:

"(6) Nothing in this article or sub-clause (g) of clause (1) of article 19 or clause (2) ofarticle 29 shall prevent the State from making,

(a) any special provision for the advancement of any economically weaker sections of citizens other than the classes mentioned in clauses (4) and (5); and

 (b) any special provision for the advancement of any economically weaker sections of citizens other than the classes mentioned in clauses (4) and (5) in so

o 14-01-2019 vide Notification No. $.0.292(E) dt.14™ Jan. 2019.

 Short title and commencement

Amendment of article 15,

THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PART II-SEC. 1]

far as such special provisions relate to their admission to educational institutions including private educational institutions, whether aided or unaided by the State, other than the minority educational institutions referred to in clause (1) of article 30, which in the case of reservation would be in addition to the existing reservations and subject to a maximum of ten percent. of the total seats in each category.

 Explanation. —Tor the purposes of this article and article 16. "economically weaker sections” shall be such as may be notified by the State from time to time on the basis of family income and other indicators of economic disadvantage.”

3. In article 16 of the Constitution. after clause (5), the following clause shall be Amendment of inserted.

 namely: — article

"(6) Nothing in this article shall prevent the State from making any provision for the reservation of appointments or posts in favour of any economically weaker sections of citizens other than the classes mentioned in clause (4), in addition to the existing reservation and subject to a maximum of ten percent. of the posts in each “category.”