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EXTRAORDINARY
PART II — Section 1
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 26] NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2025/SHRAVANA 22, 1947 (Saka)
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MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE
(Legislative Department)
New Delhi, the 13th August, 2025/Shravana 22, 1947 (Saka)
The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the
13th August, 2025 and is hereby published for general information:-
THE READJUSTMENT OF REPRESENTATION OF
SCHEDULED TRIBES IN ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES OF
THE STATE OF GOA ACT, 2025
No. 21 OF 2025
[13th August, 2025.]
An Act for enabling reservation of seats in accordance with article 332 of
the Constitution for effective democratic participation of members of
Scheduled Tribes and to provide for the readjustment of seats in the
Legislative Assembly of the State of Goa, in so far as such readjust-
ment is necessitated by inclusion of certain communities in the list
of the Scheduled ribes in the State of Goa and for matters connected
therewith or incidental thereto.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Seventy-sixth Year of the Republic of
India as follows:-
1. (1) This Act may be called the Readjustment of Representation of
Scheduled Tribes in Assembly Constituencies of the State of Goa Act, 2025.
(2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by
notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
(a) "Census Commissioner" means the Census Commissioner appointed
under sub-section (1) of section 4 of the Census Act, 1948;
Short title and
commencement.
Definitions.
37 of 1948.
(b) "Commission" means the Election Commission referred to in
article 324 of the Constitution;
(c) "Delimitation Act” means the Delimitation Act, 2002;
(d) "Delimitation Order" means the Delimitation of Parliamentary and
Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008;
(e) "last census" means the census held in India in 2001;
(f) "Scheduled Tribes Orders" means the Constitution (Scheduled
Tribes) Order, 1950, and the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) (Union
Territories) Order, 1951, as amended from time to time, made by the President
under article 342 of the Constitution;
(g) “State” means the State of Goa.
3. (1) As soon as may be after the commencement of this Act, the population
as at the last census of the Scheduled Tribes in the State shall be ascertained or
estimated by the Census Commissioner.
(2) Where by reason of the amendments made in the Scheduled Tribes
Orders after the last census and up to the date of commencement of this Act, the
population of the Scheduled Tribes as at the last census is varied in the State, the
Census Commissioner shall ascertain or estimate as on the date of such
commencement, the population of the Scheduled Tribes so varied, and also
ascertain or estimate the proportion of such population of the Scheduled Tribes to
the total population of the State.
(3) The population figures ascertained or estimated under sub-section (2) shall
be notified by the Census Commissioner in the Gazette of India.
(4) The population figures so notified shall be taken to be the relevant
population figures and shall replace any figures previously published as ascertained
or estimated at the last census; and the figures so notified shall be final and shall not
be called in question in any court.
4. (1) After the population figures have been notified for the State under
section 3, the Commission shall make such amendments as may be necessary in the
Delimitation Order, having regard to the provisions of articles 170 and 332 of the
Constitution, of section 8 of the Delimitation Act, and of this Act, for the purpose
of giving proper representation to the Scheduled Tribes of the State, and the Second
Schedule to the Representation of the People Act, 1950 shall be deemed to have
been amended accordingly.
(2) In making any amendments in the Delimitation Order under
sub-section (1), the Commission shall, as far as may be necessary, have regard to
the provisions of clause (d) of sub-section (1) of section 9 of the Delimitation Act.
(3) The Commission shall-
(a) publish its proposals for the amendments in the Gazette of India and
the Official Gazette of the State and also in such other manner as it thinks fit;
(b) specify a date on or after which such proposals will be further
considered by it;
(c) consider all objections and suggestions which may have been
received by it before the date so specified and for such consideration hold one
or more public sittings at such place or places in the State as it thinks fit; and
(d) thereafter make necessary amendments in the Delimitation Order.
33 of 2002.
С. О. 19.
C. O. 32.
Estimation of
population of
Scheduled
Tribes.
Readjustment of
seats by
Commission.
43 of 1950.
5. (1) In the discharge of its functions under this Act, the Commission shall
determine its own procedure and shall have all the powers of a civil court under the
Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, while trying a suit, in respect of the following
matters, namely:-
(a) summoning and enforcing the attendance of witnesses;
(b) requiring the production of any document; and
(c) requisitioning any public record from any court or office.
(2) The Commission shall have the power to require any person to furnish any
information on such points or matters as, in the opinion of the Commission, may be
useful for, or relevant to, any matter under the consideration of the Commission.
(3) The Commission shall be deemed to be a civil court for the purposes of
sections 384 and 385 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.
(4) For the purposes of enforcing the attendance of witnesses, the local limits
of the jurisdiction of the Commission shall be the limits of the territory of India.
6. (1) The Commission shall cause the amendments made by it in the
Delimitation Order to be published in the Gazette of India and in the Official Gazette
of the State.
(2) Upon publication in the Gazette of India, every such amendment shall have
the force of law and shall not be called in question in any court.
(3) As soon as may be after such publication in the Gazette of India, every
such amendment shall be laid before the House of the People and the Legislative
Assembly of the State.
(4) Subject to any law that may govern readjustment and subject to the
provisions of sub-section (5), the readjustment of seats in the Legislative Assembly
of the State necessitated by any amendments made by the Commission in the
Delimitation Order and provided for in that Order as so amended shall apply in
relation to every election to the Assembly, held after the publication of such
amendments in the Gazette of India and shall so apply in supersession of the
provisions relating to representation as provided in the Representation of the
People Act, 1950.
(5) Nothing in the foregoing sub-sections shall affect the representation in the
Legislative Assembly of the State until the dissolution of the Assembly, existing on
the date of publication in the Gazette of India of the amendments in the Delimitation
Order made by the Commission.
7. (1) The Commission may, from time to time, by notification in the Gazette
of India and in the Official Gazette of the State,-
(a) correct any printing mistake in the Delimitation Order as amended
under this Act, or any error occurring therein from any inadvertent slip or
omission; and
(b) where the boundaries or the name of any district or any territorial
division mentioned in the said Order are or is altered, make such amendments
as appear to it to be necessary or expedient for bringing the Order up-to-date.
(2) Every notification under this section shall be laid, as soon as may be after
it is issued, before the House of the People and the Legislative Assembly of the
State.
Procedure and
powers of
Commission.
5 of 1908.
46 of 2023.
Publication of
amendments and
their dates of
operation.
43 of 1950.
Certain other
powers of
Commission.
8. (1) If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this Act, the
Central Government may, by order published in the Official Gazette, make such
provisions, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, as appear to it to be
necessary or expedient for removing the difficulty:
Provided that no order shall be made under this section after the expiry of a
period of two years from the commencement of this Act.
(2) Every order made under sub-section (1) shall be laid, as soon as may be
after it is made, before each House of Parliament.
NEW DELHI;
August 13, 2025
Shravana 22, 1947 (Saka)
DR. RAJIV MANI,
Secretary to the Govt. of India.
UPLOADED BY THE MANAGER, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA PRESS, MINTO ROAD, NEW DELHI-110002
AND PUBLISHED BY THE CONTROLLER OF PUBLICATIONS, DELHI-110054.
MGIPMRND—158GI (S4)—13-08-2025.
KSHITIZ Digitally signed by
KSHITIZ MOHAN
Date: 2025.08.13
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