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[12th January, 2019]

An Act further to amend the Constitution of India.

Be it enacted by Parliament in the Sixty-ninth Year of the Republic of India as follows:--

S.1 Short title and commencement

(1) This Act may be called the Constitution (One Hundred and Third Amendment) Act, 2019.

*[(2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.]

In article 15 of the Constitution, after clause (5), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:--

'(6) Nothing in this article or sub-clause (g) of clause (1) of article 19 or clause (2) of article 29 shall prevent the State from making,--

(a) any special provision for the advancement of any economically weaker sections of citizens other than t

S.3 Amendment of article 16

In article 16 of the Constitution, after clause (5), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:--

"(6) Nothing in this article shall prevent the State from making any provision for the reservation of appointments or posts in favour of any economically weaker sections of citizens other than the classes mentioned in clause (4), in addition to the existing reservation and subject to a maximum of ten per cent. of the posts in eac