Article 16 - Amendment of Article 82 - Constitution (42nd Amendment) Act, 1976

Amendment of Article 82 . 16. In Article 82 of the Constitution, after the proviso, the following provisos shall be inserted , namely: Provided further that such readjustment shall take effect from such date as the President may, by order, specify and until such readjustment takes effect, any election to the House may be held on the basis of the territorial constituencies existing before such readjustment: Provided also that until the relevant figures for the first census taken after the year 2000 have been published, it shall not be necessary to readjust the allocation of seats in the House of the People to the States and the division of each State into territorial constituencies under this article. . **************** NOTES:- 1. Shall come into force, w.e.f. 3rd day of January 1977 vide G.S.R. 2(E), dated 3-1-1977.