THE CONSTITUTION (REMOVAL OF DIFFICULTIES) ORDER NO. VIII

C. O. 24, dated the 25th October, 1950

In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of Article 392 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to make the following Order, namely :--

1. (1) This Order may be called the Constitution (Removal of Difficulties) Order No. VIII.

(2) It shall come into force at once.

2. For the period during which the tribal areas specified in Part B of the table appended to paragraph 20 of the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution or any parts thereof are administered by the President by virtue of sub-paragraph (2) of paragraph 18 of the said Schedule, the Constitution of India shall have effect subject to the following adaptations :--

(1) In Article 81,--

(a) to sub-clause (b) of clause (1), the following proviso shall be added :--

Provided that the constituencies into which the State of Assam is divided shall not comprise the Tribal Areas specified in Part B of the table appended to paragraph 20 of the Sixth Schedule ; and

(b) in clause (2), after the words not included within any State the words, letter and figure and of the Tribal Areas specified in Part B of the table appended to paragraph 20 of the Sixth Schedule shall be inserted.

(2) In Article 82, after the words not included within any State the words, letter and figure and of the Tribal Areas specified in Part B of the table appended to paragraph 20 at the Sixth Schedule shall be inserted.

(3) In Article 170, after clause (1), the following clause shall be inserted :--

(1A) The constituencies into which the State of Assam is divided for the purposes of clause (1) shall not comprise the Tribal Areas specified in Part B of the table appended to paragraph 20 of the Sixth Schedule.