Article 334 - Reservation of seats and special representation to cease after certain period - Constitution of India

Article 334. 7 [ Reservation of seats and special representation to cease after certain period]- Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing provisions of this Part, the provisions of this Constitution relating to- (a) the reservation of seats for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes in the House of the People and in the Legislative Assemblies of the States; and (b) the representation of the Anglo-Indian community in the House of the People and in the Legislative Assemblies of the States by nomination, shall cease to have effect on the expiration of a period of 8 [ eighty years in respect of clause (a) and seventy years in respect of clause (b) ] from the commencement of this Constitution: Provided that nothing in this article shall affect any representation in the House of the People or in the Legislative Assembly of a State until the dissolution of the then existing House or Assembly, as the case may be. ******************* NOTES:- 1 . Substituted vide Article 2 of the Constitution (8th Amendment) Act, 1960 dated 05-01-1960 w.e.f. 05-01-1960, before it was read as, ten years 2 . Substituted vide Article 5 of the Constitution (23rd Amendment) Act, 1969 dated 23-01-1970 w.e.f. 23-01-1970, before it was read as, 1 [ twenty years ] 3 . Substituted vide Article 2 of the Constitution (45th Amendment) Act, 1980 dated 14-04-1980 w.e.f. 25-01-1980, before it was read as, 2 [ thirty years ] 4 . Substituted vide Article 2 of the Constitution (62nd Amendment) Act, 1989 dated 25-01-1990 w.e.f. 20-12-1989, before it was read as, 3 [ forty years ] 5 . Substituted vide Article 2 of the Constitution (79th Amendment) Act, 1999 dated 21-01-2000 w.e.f. 25-01-2000, before it was read as, 4 [ fifty years ] 6 . Substituted vide Article 2 of the Constitution (95th Amendment) Act, 2009 dated 18-01-2010 w.e.f. 25-01-2010, before it was read as, 5 [ sixty years ] 7 . Substituted vide Article 2 of the Constitution (104th Amendment) Act, 2019 dated 21-01-2020 w.e.f. 25-01-2020, before it was read as, Reservation of seats and special representation to cease after Seventy years 8 . Substituted vide Article 2 of the Constitution (104th Amendment) Act, 2019 dated 21-01-2020 w.e.f. 25-01-2020, before it was read as, 6 [ seventy years ]