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This Regulation promulgates further amendments to the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Councils Act, 1997.

Detailed Summary

The President of India, Droupadi Murmu, promulgated The Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Councils (Amendment) Regulation, 2025 (No. 2 of 2025), on June 2, 2025, in the seventy-sixth year of the Republic of India. This Regulation, made under the powers conferred by article 240 of the Constitution read with sub-section (2) of section 58 of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019, amends the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Councils Act, 1997. Specifically, it inserts new sub-sections (1A) and (1B) after sub-section (1) in section 4 of the 1997 Act. Sub-section (1A) mandates that not less than one-third of the total number of seats in the Council shall be reserved for women, with such seats allotted by rotation to different territorial constituencies. Sub-section (1B) specifies that the rotation of constituencies reserved for women, as referred to in sub-section (1A), shall be determined based on serial numbers allotted to each constituency via notification in the Official Gazette. The Regulation will come into force on a date appointed by the Central Government through a notification in the Official Gazette.

Full Text

REGISTERED NO. DL-(N)04/0007/2003-25 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-02062025-263536 EXTRAORDINARY PART II — Section 1 PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 19] NEW DELHI, MONDAY, JUNE 2, 2025/JYAISTHA 12, 1947 (Saka) Separate paging is given to this Part in order that it may be filed as a separate compilation. MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE (Legislative Department) New Delhi, the 2nd June, 2025/Jyaistha 12, 1947 (Saka) THE LADAKH AUTONOMOUS HILL DEVELOPMENT COUNCILS (AMENDMENT) REGULATION, 2025 No. 2 OF 2025 Promulgated by the President in the Seventy-sixth Year of the Republic of India. A Regulation further to amend the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Councils Act, 1997. In exercise of the powers conferred by article 240 of the Constitution read with sub-section (2) of section 58 of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019, the President is pleased to promulgate the following Regulation made by her:- 1. (1) This Regulation may be called the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Councils (Amendment) Regulation, 2025. Short title and commencement. (2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. 2. In section 4 of the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Councils Act, 1997, after sub-section (1), the following sub-sections shall be inserted, namely:- Amendment of Act XXXI of 1997. "(1A) Not less than one-third of the total number of seats in the Council shall be reserved for women and such seats may be allotted by rotation to different territorial constituencies. (1B) The rotation of constituencies reserved for women referred to in sub-section (1A) shall be made on the basis of serial number allotted to each constituencies by notification in the Official Gazette.". DROUPADI MURMU, President. DR. RAJIV MANI, Secretary to the Govt. of India.

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