CONSTITUTION OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR (TWENTY-NINTH AMENDMENT) ACT, 2002

CONSTITUTION OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR (TWENTY-NINTH AMENDMENT) ACT, 2002

Preamble - THE CONSTITUTION OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR (TWENTY-NINTH AMENDMENT) ACT, 2002

THE CONSTITUTION OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR (TWENTY-NINTH AMENDMENT) ACT, 2002

[23rd April, 2002]

PREAMBLE

An Act further to amend the Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir

Be it enacted by the Jammu and Kashmir State Legislature in the Fifty-third Year of the Republic of India as follows:?

Section 1 - Short title

This Act may be called the Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir (Twenty-ninth Amendment) Act, 2002.

Section 2 - Amendment of section 47 of the Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir

The full-stop at the end of proviso to sub-section (3) of section 47 of the Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir (hereinafter referred to as 'the Constitution') shall be substituted by a colon and thereafter the following proviso shall be added, namely:?

"Provided that until the relevant figures for the first census taken after the year 2026 have been published, it shall not be necessary to readjust the total number of seats in the Legislative Assembly of the State and the division of the State into territorial constituencies under this sub-section."

Section 3 - Amendment of section 49 of the Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir

The full-stop at the end of Explanation to sub-section (1) of section 49 of the Constitution shall be substituted by a colon and thereafter the following proviso shall be added, namely:?

"Provided that the reference in this Explanation to the last preceding census of which the relevant figures have been published shall, until the relevant figures of the first census taken after the year 2026 have been published, be construed as a reference to the 1981 census."