334. Reservation of seats and special representation to cease after¹[sixty years]

Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing provisions of this Part, the provisions of 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 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 ²[seventy years] 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.

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1. Substituted by the Constitution (Sixty-second Amendment) Act, 1989, section 2, for "forty years" (w.e.f.20-12-1989), and again substituted by the Constitution (Seventy-ninth Amendment) Act, 1999, section 2 for "fifty years" (w.e.f. 25-1-2000).

2. Substituted by the Constitution (Ninety-Fifth Amendment) Act, 2009 effective from 25.01.2010 previous text was:-"1[sixty years]"