SIKKIM COMMISSION FOR BACKWARD CLASSES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2001

Act No. 10 of 2001

12th November, 2001

An Act to amend the Sikkim Commission for Backward Classes Act, 1993. Be it enacted by the Legislature of Sikkim in the Fifty-second Year of Republic of India as follows:

S.1 Sort title extent and Commencement

• (1) This Act may be called the Sikkim Commission for Backward Classes (amendment) Act, 2001.
• (2) It extends to the whole of Sikkim.
• (3) It shall come into force at once.

S.2 Amendment of Section 3

In the Sikkim Commission for Backward Classes Act, 1993, in section 3, for sub-section 4, the following shall be substituted, namely:

"(4) The State Government shall appoint a person who is a socio-political worker of eminence, ability, integrity and standing and who inspires confidence amongst the other backward classes as the Chairperson of the Commission".