The Constitution of India
The words and figure “and paragraph 4 of the Tenth Schedule,” omitted by the Constitution (Thirty-sixth Amendment)
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Official sourceAct, 1975, s.5 (w.e.f.26.4.1975).
4. Substituted by the Goa, Daman and Diu Reorganisation Act, 1987 (18 of 1987), s.63, for “five hundred and twenty-
five members”, (w.e.f.30.5.1987).
5. Substituted by the Constitution (Thirty-first Amendment) Act, 1973, s.2, for “twenty-five members”
(w.e.f.17.10.1973).
6. Inserted by the Constitution (Thirty-first Amendment) Act, 1973, s.2, for “twenty-five members” (w.e.f.17.10.1973).
39 THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA
(Part V. — The Union)
1
[Provided that the reference in this clause to the last preceding census of which the
relevant figures have been published shall, until the relevant figures for the first census taken
after the year 2[2026] have been published, 3[be construed,—
(i) for the purposes of sub-clause (a) of clause (2) and the proviso to that clause,
as a reference to the 1971 census; and
(ii) for the purposes of sub-clause (b) of clause (2) as a reference to the 4[2001]
census.]
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