THE CONSTITUTION (SEVENTY-SECOND AMENDMENT) ACT, 1992.
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SEVENTY-SECOND AMENDMENT
Statement of Objects and Reasons appended to the Constitution(Seventy-fifth Amendment) Bill, 1991 (Bill No. 209 of 1991) which wasenacted as THE CONSTITUTION (Seventy-second Amendment) Act, 1992
STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS
For restoring peace and harmony in the areas of the State of Tripurawhere disturbed conditions prevailed, a Memorandum of Settlement wassigned by the Government of India with Tripura National Volunteers on12-8-1988. The said Memorandum provides for a greater share oftribals in the governance of the State. The said Memorandum envisagesamendment of the Constitution to provide that notwithstanding anythingcontained in the Constitution, the number of seats in the Legis-lative Assembly of the State of Tripura reserved for Scheduled Tribesshall be, such number of seats as bears to the total number of seats,a proportion not less than the number, as on the date of coming intoforce of the Constitutional amendment, of members belonging to theScheduled Tribes in the existing Assembly bears to the total number ofseats in the existing Assembly. It also provides that the amendmentsshall not affect any representation in the existing Assembly of theState of Tripura until its dissolution.
2. In order to implement the said Memorandum, action is to be takento determine the seats which are to be reserved for Scheduled Tribesin the State of Tripura. Reservation of seats for Scheduled Castesand Scheduled Tribes in the Legislative Assembly of any State isgoverned by the provisions of article 332 of the Constitution. Havingregard to the special circumstances obtaining in the State of Tripura,it is proposed to further amend article 332 of the Constitution formaking a temporary provision for the determination of the number ofseats reserved for Scheduled Tribes until the re-adjustment of seatson the basis of the first census after the year 2000 under article 170of the Constitution for the State of Tripura.
3. The Bill seeks to achieve the aforesaid objects.
NEW DELHI; S. B. CHAVAN.
The 11th December. 1991.
THE CONSTITUTION (SEVENTY-SECOND AMENDMENT) ACT, 1992.
[14th December, 1992.]
An Act further to amend the Constitution of India
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Forty-third Year of the Republicof India as follows:-
1. Short title and commencement.-(1) This Act may be called theConstitution (Seventy-second Amendment) Act, 1992.
(2) It shall come into force on such date_679 as the CentralGovernment may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
2. Amendment of article 332.- (I) In article 332 of the Constitution,after clause (3A), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:-
"(3B) Notwithstanding anything contained in clause (3), until there-adjustment, under article 170, takes effect on the basis of thefirst census after the year 2000, of the number of seats in the Legis-lative Assembly of the State of Tripura, the seats which shall bereserved for the Scheduled Tribes in the Legislative Assembly shallbe, such number of seats as bears to the total number of seats, aproportion not less than the number, as on the date of coming intoforce of THE CONSTITUTION (Seventy-second Amendment) Act, 1992, ofmembers belonging to the Scheduled Tribes in the Legislative Assemblyin existence on the said date bears to the total number of seats inthat Assembly.".
(2) The amendment made to article 332 of the Constitution by sub-section (I) shall not affect any representation in the LegislativeAssembly of the State of Tripura until the dissolution of theLegislative Assembly existing at the commencement of this Act
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