THE CONSTITUTION (AMENDMENT) ACTS

INCLUDING STATEMENT OF OBJECTS & REASONS (SOR)

1.

The Constitution (First Amendment) Act, 1951. Date on which the Act came
into
force: 18-6-1951 (Date of Assent)

2.

The Constitution (Second Amendment) Act, 1952. Date on which the Act
came into
force: 1-5-1953 (Date of Assent).

3.

The Constitution (Third Amendment) Act, 1954. Date on which the Act came
into
force: 22-2-1955 (Date of Assent).

4.

The Constitution (Fourth Amendment) Act, 1955. Date on which the Act
came into
force: 27-4-1955 (Date of Assent).

5.

The Constitution (Fifth Amendment) Act, 1955. Date on which the Act came
into
force: 24-12-1955 (Date of Assent).

6.

The Constitution (Sixth Amendment) Act, 1956. Date on which the Act came
into
force: 11-9-1956 (Date of Assent).

7.

The Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956. Date on which the Act
came
into force: 1-11-1956 (as per s. 1(2) of the Act).

8.

The Constitution (Eighth Amendment) Act, 1959. Date on which the Act
came into
force: 5-1-1960 (Date of Assent).

9.

The Constitution (Ninth Amendment) Act, 1960. Date on which the Act came
into
force: 28-12-1960 (Date of Assent).

10.

The Constitution (Tenth Amendment) Act, 1961. Date on which the Act came
into
force: 11-8-1961 (as per s. 1 (2) of the Act).

11.

The Constitution (Eleventh Amendment) Act, 1961. Date on which the Act
came
into force: 19-12-1961 (Date of Assent).

12.

The Constitution (Twelfth Amendment) Act, 1962. Date on which the Act
came
into force: 20-12-1961 (as per s. 1 (2) of the Act).

13.

The Constitution (Thirteenth Amendment) Act, 1962. Date on which the Act
came
into force: 1-12-1963 [GSR 1734, dated 30-10-1963].

14.

The Constitution (Fourteenth Amendment) Act, 1962 Date on which the Act
came
into force: 28-12-1962 (Date of Assent).

15.

The Constitution (Fifteenth Amendment) Act, 1963. Date on which the Act
came
into force: 5-10-1963 (Date of Assent).

16.

The Constitution (Sixteenth Amendment) Act, 1963. Date on which the Act
came
into force: 5-10-1963 (Date of Assent).

17.

The Constitution (Seventeenth Amendment) Act, 1964. Date on which the

Act came
into force: 20-6-1964 (Date of Assent).

18.

The Constitution (Eighteenth Amendment) Act, 1966. Date on which the Act
came
into force: 27-8-1966 (Date of Assent).

19.

The Constitution (Nineteenth Amendment) Act, 1966. Date on which the Act
came
into force: 11-12-1966 (Date of Assent).

20.

The Constitution (Twentieth Amendment) Act, 1966. Date on which the Act
came
into force: 22-12-1966 (Date of Assent).

21.

The Constitution (Twenty-first Amendment) Act, 1967. Date on which the Act
came
into force: 10-4-1967 (Date of Assent).

22.

The Constitution (Twenty-second Amendment) Act, 1969. Date on which the

Act
came into force: 25-9-1969 (Date of Assent).

23.

The Constitution (Twenty-third Amendment) Act, 1969 Date on which the Act
came
into force: 23-1-1970 (Date of Assent).

24.

The Constitution (Twenty-fourth Amendment) Act, 1971 Date on which the

Act
came into force: 5-11-1971 (Date of Assent).

25.

The Constitution (Twenty-fifth Amendment) Act, 1971. Date on which the

Act
came into force: 20-4-1972 (Date of Assent).

26.

The Constitution (Twenty-sixth Amendment) Act, 1971. Date on which the

Act
came into force: 28-12-1971 (Date of Assent).

27.

The Constitution (Twenty-seventh Amendment) Act, 1971. Date on which the

Act
came into force:-(i) Ss. 1 and 3.....30-12-1971 (as per s. 1 (2) of the Act).
(ii) Ss. 2, 4 and 5 15-2-1972 [GSR 73(E), dated 14-2-1972].

28.

The Constitution (Twenty-eighth Amendment) Act, 1972. Date on which the

Act
came into force: 29-8-1972 [GSR 391(E), dated 29-8-1972].

29.

The Constitution (Twenty-ninth Amendment) Act, 1972. Date on which the

Act
came into force: 9-6-1972 (Date of Assent).

30.

The Constitution (Thirtieth Amendment) Act, 1972. Date on which the Act
came
into force: 27-2-1973 [GSR 73(E), dated 27-2-1973].

31.

The Constitution (Thirty-first Amendment) Act, 1973. Date on which the Act
came
into force: 17-10-1973 (Date of Assent).

32.

The Constitution (Thirty-second Amendment) Act, 1973. Date on which the

Act
came into force: 1-7-1974 [GSR 297(E), dated 1-7-1974].

33.

The Constitution (Thirty-third Amendment) Act, 1974. Date on which the Act
came
into force: 19-5-1974 (Date of Assent).

34.

The Constitution (Thirty-fourth Amendment) Act, 1974. Date on which the

Act
came into force: 7-9-1974 (Date of Assent).

35.

The Constitution (Thirty-fifth Amendment) Act, 1974. Date on which the Act
came
into force: 1-3-1975 [GSR 61(E), dated 28-2-1975].

36.

The Constitution (Thirty-sixth Amendment) Act, 1975. Date on which the Act
came
into force: 26-4-1975 (As per s. 1 (2)- i.e. date on which the Bill "as passed
by
the House of People is passed by the Council of States").

37.

The Constitution (Thirty-seventh) Act, 1975. Date on which the Act came
into
force: 3-5-1975 (Date of Assent).

38.

The Constitution (Thirty-eighth Amendment) Act, 1975. Date on which the

Act
came into force: 1-8-1975 (Date of Assent).

39.

The Constitution (Thirty-ninth Amendment) Act, 1975. Date on which the Act
came
into force: 10-8-1975 (Date of Assent).

40.

The Constitution (Fortieth Amendment) Act, 1976. Date on which the Act
came
into force: 27-5-1976 (Date of Assent).

41.

The Constitution (Forty-first Amendment) Act, 1976. Date on which the Act
came
into force: 7-9-1976 (Date of Assent).

42.

The Constitution (Forty-second Amendment) Act, 1976. Date on which the

Act came into force:--

(i) Sections 2 to 5, 7 to 17, 20, 28, 29, 30, 33, 36, 43 to 53, 55, 56, 57 and 59.
3-1-1977
(ii) Sections 6, 23 to 26, 37 to 42, 54 and 58. 1-2-1977
(iii) Section 27 1-4-1977
[GSR 2(E), dated 3-1-1977].
43.

The Constitution (Forty-third Amendment) Act, 1977. Date on which the Act
came
into force: 13-4-1978 (Date of Assent).

44.

The Constitution (Forty-fourth Amendment) Act, 1978. Date on which the Act
came into force:-(i) Sections 2, 4 to 16, 22, 23, 25 to 29, 31 to 42, 44 and 45 20-6-1979 [GSR
383(E), dated 19-6-1979].
(ii) Sections 17 to 21 and 30 1-8-1979 [GSR 383(E), dated 19-6-1979].
(iii) Sections 24 and 43

45.

6-9-1979 [GSR 529(E), dated 5-9-1979].

The Constitution (Forty-fifth Amendment) Act, 1980. Date on which the Act
came
into force: 25-1-1980 (as per s. 1 (2) of the Act).

46.

The Constitution (Forty-sixth Amendment) Act, 1982. Date on which the Act
came
into force: 2-2-1983 (Date of Assent).

47.

The Constitution (Forty-seventh Amendment) Act, 1984. Date on which the

Act
came into force: 26-8-1984 (Date of Assent).

48.

The Constitution (Forty-eighth Amendment) Act, 1984. Date on which the

Act came
came into force: 1-4-1985 (S.O. 184(E), dated 11-3-1985).

49.
50.

The Constitution (Forty-ninth Amendment)Act, 1984. Date on which the Act

came into force: 11-09-1984.
The Constitution (Fiftieth Amendment) Act, 1984. Date on which the Act
came into
force: 11-9-1984 (Date of Assent).

51.

The Constitution (Fifty-first Amendment) Act, 1984. Date on which the Act
came
into force: 16-6-1986 [GSR 871(E), dated 16-6-1986].

52.

The Constitution (Fifty-second Amendment) Act, 1985. Date on which the

Act
came into force: 1-3-1985 [GSR 131(E), dated 1-3-1985].

53.

The Constitution (Fifty-third Amendment) Act, 1986. Date on which the Act
came
into force: 20-2-1987 (S.O. 71 (E), dated 11-2-1987).

54.

The Constitution (Fifty-fourth Amendment) Act, 1986. Date on which the Act
came
into force: 1-4-1986 (as per s. 1 (2) of the Act).

55.

The Constitution (Fifty-fifth Amendment) Act, 1986. Date on which the Act
came

into force: 20-2-1987 (S.O. 73(E), dated 11-2-1987).

56.

The Constitution (Fifty-sixth Amendment) Act, 1987. Date on which the Act
came
into force: 30-5-1987 (S.O. 517(E), dated 26-5-1987).

57.

The Constitution (Fifty-seventh Amendment) Act, 1987. Date on which the

Act
came into force: 21-9-1987 [GSR 810(E), dated 21-9-1987].

58.

The Constitution (Fifty-eighth Amendment) Act, 1987. Date on which the Act
came
into force: 9-12-1987 (Date of Assent).

59.

The Constitution (Fifty-ninth Amendment) Act, 1988 Date on which the Act
came
into force: 30-3-1988 (Date of Assent).

60.

The Constitution (Sixtieth Amendment) Act, 1988. Date on which the Act
came into
force: 20-12-1988 (Date of Assent).

61.

The Constitution (Sixty-first Amendment) Act, 1988. Date on which the Act
came
into force: 28-3-1989 (Date of Assent).

62.

The Constitution (Sixty-second Amendment) Act, 1989. Date on which the

Act
came into force: 20-12-1989 (as per s. 1 (2) of the Act, i.e. date on which
the
Bill for this Act is introduced in the Council of States).

63.

The Constitution (Sixty-third Amendment ) Act, 1989. Date on which the Act
came
into force: 6-1-1990 (Date of Assent).

64.

The Constitution (Sixty-fourth Amendment ) Act, 1990. Date on which the

Act
came into force: 16-4-1990 (Date of Assent).

65.

The Constitution (Sixty-fifth Amendment) Act, 1990. Date on which the Act
came
into force: 12-3-1992 (S.O. 204(E), dated 12-3-1992).

66.

The Constitution (Sixty-sixth Amendment) Act, 1990. Date on which the Act
came
into force: 7-6-1990 (Date of Assent).

67.

The Constitution (Sixty-seventh Amendment) Act, 1990. Date on which the

Act
came into force: 4-10-1990 (Date of Assent).

68.

The Constitution (Sixty-eighth Amendment) Act, 1991. Date on which the Act
came
into force: 12-3-1991 (Date of Assent).

69.

The Constitution (Sixty-ninth Amendment) Act, 1991. Date on which the Act
came
into force: 1-2-1992 (S.O. 96(E), dated 31-1-1992).

70.

The Constitution (Seventieth Amendment) Act, 1992. Date on which the Act
came into force:-(i) S.2........Yet to be notified.
(ii) S.3........21-12-1991 (as per s.1 (2) of the Act).

71.

The Constitution (Seventy-first Amendment) Act, 1992. Date on which the

Act
came into force: 31-8-1992 (Date of Assent).

72.

The Constitution (Seventy-second Amendment) Act, 1992. Date on which

the Act
came into force: 5-12-1992 (S.O. 887(E), dated 5-12-1992).

73.

The Constitution (Seventy-third Amendment) Act, 1992. Date on which the

Act
came into force: 24-4-1993 (S.O. 267(E), dated 24-4-1993).

74.

The Constitution (Seventy-fourth Amendment) Act, 1992. Date on which the

Act
came into force: 1-6-1993 (S.O. 346(E), dated 1-6-1993).

75.

The Constitution (Seventy-fifth Amendment) Act, 1993. Date on which the

Act
came into force: 15-5-1994 (S.O. 372(E), dated 13-5-1994).

76.

The Constitution (Seventy-sixth Amendment) Act, 1994. Date on which the

Act
came into force: 31-8-1994 (Date of Assent).

77.

The Constitution (Seventy-seventh Amendment) Act, 1995. Date on which

the Act
came into force: 17-6-1995 (Date of Assent).

78.

The Constitution (Seventy-eighth Amendment) Act, 1995. Date on which the

Act
came into force: 30-8-1995 (Date of Assent).

79.

The Constitution (Seventy-ninth Amendment) Act, 2000. Date on which

the Act
came into force: 25-1-2000 ( Date of Assent: 21-1-2000).

80.

The Constitution (Eightieth Amendment) Act, 2000 .Date on which the Act
came into force: 9-6-2000 (Date of Assent)

81.

The Constitution (Eighty-first Amendment) Act, 2000. Date on which the Act
came into force: 9-6-2000 (Date of Assent).

82.
83.
84.
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86

The Constitution (Eighty-second Amendment) Act, 2000.Date on which the

Act came into force: 8-9-2000 (Date of Assent)
The Constitution (Eighty-third Amendment) Act, 2000.Date on which the Act
came into force: 8-9-2000 (Date of Assent)
The Constitution (Eighty-fourth Amendment) Act, 2001.Date on which the
Act came into force: 21-02-2002 (Date of Assent)
The Constitution (Eighty-fifth Amendment) Act, 2002. Date on which the Act
came into force: 4-1-2002 (Date of Assent)
The Constitution (Eighty-sixth Amendment) Act, 2002. Date on which the Act
came into force:
12-12-2002 (Date of Assent)

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The Constitution (Eighty-seventh Amendment) Act, 2003. Date on which the

Act came into force: 22-06-2003 (Date of Assent)
The Constitution (Eighty-eighth Amendment) Act, 2003. Date on which the
Act came into force: 15-01-2004 (Date of Assent)
The Constitution (Eighty-ninth Amendment) Act, 2003. Date on which the
Act came into force:
28-09-2003 (Date of Assent)
The Constitution (Ninetieth Amendment) Act, 2003. Date on which the Act
came into force:
28-09-2003 (Date of Assent)
The Constitution (Ninety-First Amendment) Act, 2003. Date on which the Act
came into force:
01-01-2004 (Date of Assent)
The Constitution (Ninety-Second Amendment) Act, 2003. Date on which the
Act came into force: 07-01-2004 (Date of Assent)
The Constitution (Ninety-Third Amendment) Act, 2005. Date on which the
Act came into force:
20-01-2006