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THE CONSTITUTION (NINETIETH AMENDMENT) ACT, 2003

Dated: September 28, 2003

An Act further to amend the Constitution of India.

BE it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-fourth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-

1. Short title:- This Act may be called the Constitution (Ninetieth Amendment) Act, 2003.

2. Amendment of article 332:- In article 332 of the Constitution, in clause (6), the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:-

"Provided that for elections to the Legislative Assembly of the State of Assam, the representation of the Scheduled Tribes and non-Scheduled Tribes in the constituencies included in the Bodoland Territorial Areas District, so notified, and existing prior to the constitution of the Bodoland Territorial Areas District, shall be maintained.".

(Subhash C Jain)
(Secy. to the Government of India.)

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