Act Number: 108

Act Name: The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Orders (Amendment) Act, 1976

Year: 1976

Enactment Date: 1976-09-18

Long Title: An Act to provide for the inclusion in, and the exclusion from, the lists of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, of certain castes and tribes, for the re-adjustment of representation of parliamentary and assembly constituencies in so far as such re-adjustment is necessitated by such inclusion or exclusion and for matters connected therewith.

Ministry: Ministry of Home Affairs

Department: Department of Internal Security

Section 6: Re-adjustment of constituencies by the Election Commission.
    (1) After the population figures have been notified for any State under section 5, it shall be the duty of the Commission to make such amendments as may be necessary in the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976, (without altering the extent of any constituency as given in such Order) having regard to the provisions of articles 81, 170, 330 and 332 of the Constitution, of section 8 of the Delimitation Act, and of this Act, for the purpose of giving proper representation to the Scheduled Castes or, as the case may be, to the Scheduled Tribes of that State on the basis of the number of reserved seats as specified in that Order as hereunder amended by the Commission, and the First Schedule and Second Schedule to the Representation of the People Act, 1950 (43 of 1950) shall be deemed to have been amended accordingly.
     (2) In making any amendments under sub-section (1), the Commission shall, as far as may be necessary, have regard to the provisions of clauses (c) and (d) of sub-section (1) of section 9 of the Delimitation Act.
     (3) The Commission shall—
         (a) publish its proposals for the amendments in the Gazette of India and the Official Gazette of the State concerned and also in such other manner as it thinks fit;
         (b) specify a date on or after which such proposals will be further considered by it;
        (c) consider all objections and suggestions which may have been received by it before the date so specified; and
         (d) thereafter make the necessary amendments in the order.
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