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Act 025 of 2002 : Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order (Amendment) Act, 2002

Preamble

Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order (Amendment) Act, 20021

[Act 25 of 2002, Repealed by Act 23 of 2016*][24th May, 2002]

An Act further to amend the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950

Be it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-third Year of the Republic of India as follows:-

1 Received the assent of the President on 24-5-2002 and published in the Gazette of India, Extra., Part II, Section 1, dated 27-5-2002, pp. 1-2, No. 28.

* Ed.: Act 25 of 2002 repealed by Act 23 of 2016, S. 2 & Sch. I. See also S. 4 of the Repealing and Amending Act, 2016:

"4. Savings.- The repeal by this Act of any enactment shall not affect any other enactment in which the repealed enactment has been applied, incorporated or referred to;

and this Act shall not affect the validity, invalidity, effect or consequences of anything already done or suffered, or any right, title, obligation or liability already acquired, accrued or incurred, or any remedy or proceeding in respect thereof, or any release or discharge of or from any debt, penalty, obligation, liability, claim or demand, or any indemnity already granted, or the proof of any past act or thing;

nor shall this Act affect any principle or rule of law, or established jurisdiction, form or course of pleading, practice or procedure, or existing usage, custom, privilege, restriction, exemption, office or appointment, notwithstanding that the same respectively may have been in any manner affirmed or recognised or derived by, in or from any enactment hereby repealed;

nor shall the repeal by this Act of any enactment revive or restore any jurisdiction, office, custom, liability, right, title, privilege, restriction, exemption, usage, practice, procedure or other matter or thing not now existing or in force."

Section 1. Short title

1. Short title.-This Act may be called the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order (Amendment) Act, 2002.

Section 2. Amendment of the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950

2. Amendment of the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950.-The Schedule to the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950 is hereby amended in the manner and to the extent specified hereunder, namely:-

(a) in Part XIII.-Orissa,-

(i) omit Entry 22;

(ii) omit Entry 90;

(iii) after Entry 93, insert-

"94. Mangali (in Koraput and Kalahandi districts);

95. Mirgan (in Navrangpur district).";

(b) in Part XIV.-Punjab,-

(i) for Entry 9, substitute-

"9. Chamar, Jatia Chamar, Rehgar, Raigar, Ramdasi, Ravidasi, Ramdasia, Ramdasia Sikh, Ravidasia, Ravidasia Sikh.";

(ii) after Entry 37, insert-

"38. Mochi.";

(c) in Part XIX.-West Bengal,-

(i) for Entry 22, substitute-

"22. Hari, Mehtar, Mehtor, Bhangi, Balmiki.";

(ii) after Entry 59, insert-

"60. Chain (in Malda, Murshidabad, Nadia and Dakshin Dinajpur districts).".