Election Laws (Amendment) Act, 2016*
| [Act No. 10 of 2016] | [3rd March, 2016] |
An Act further to amend the Representation of the People Act, 1950 and the Delimitation Act, 2002.
Be it enacted by Parliament in the Sixty-seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows:-
* The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the 3rd March, 2016
Chapter 1 - Preliminary
CHAPTER I
Preliminary
1. Short title and commencement.- (1) This Act may be called the Election Laws (Amendment) Act, 2016.
(2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
Chapter 2 - Amendment to the Representation of the People Act
CHAPTER II
Amendment to the Representation of the People Act, 1950
2. Amendment of Section 9.- In section 9 of the Representation of the People Act, 1950 (43 of 1950), in sub-section (1), after clause (b), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:-
"(c) make such amendments in the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008 as appear to it to be necessary or expedient for bringing the Order up-to-date by including therein and excluding therefrom the relevant areas, consequent upon the exchange of one hundred and eleven enclaves of India and fifty-one enclaves of Bangladesh with effect from 31st July, 2015, in pursuance of the Constitution (One Hundredth Amendment) Act, 2015.".
Chapter 3 - Amendment to the Delimitation Act, 2002
CHAPTER III
Amendment to the Delimitation Act, 2002
3. Amendment of Section 11.- In section 11 of the Delimitation Act, 2002 (33 of 2002), in sub-section (1), in clause (b), the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:-
"Provided that the Election Commission may make such amendments, as appear to it to be necessary or expedient, for bringing the said orders up-to-date by including therein and excluding therefrom the relevant areas, consequent upon the exchange of one hundred and eleven enclaves of India and fifty-one enclaves of Bangladesh with effect from 31st July, 2015, in pursuance of the Constitution (One Hundredth Amendment) Act, 2015.".