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MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE
(Legislative Department)

New Delhi, the 23rd September, 2011 Asvina 1, 1933 (Saka)

The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the 23rd September, 20 II, and is hereby published for general information.

THE CONSTITUTION (NINETY-SIXTH AMENDMENT) ACT, 2011

[23rdSeptemb 2011]

An Act further to amend the Constitution ofIndia.

BE it enacted by Parliament in the Sixty-second Year of the Republic of India as follows:-

Short title.

1.This Act may be called the Constitution (Ninety-sixth Amendment) Act, 2011.

Amendment of Eighth Schedule.

2. In the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution, in entry 15, for the word "Oriya", the word "Odia" shall be substituted.

(V K Bhasin)
Secretary to the Government of India

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