The Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Act, 2023

THE JAMMU AND KASHMIR RESER V ATION (AMENDMENT) ACT , 2023 NO. 34 OF 2023 [15th December , 2023.] An Act further to amend the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation Act, 2004. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Seventy-fourth Year of the Republic of India as follows:— 1. (1) This Act may be called the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Act, 2023. (2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may , by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.Short title, and commencement.MINISTR Y OF LA W AND JUSTICE (Legislative Department) New Delhi, the 15th December , 2023/ Agrahayana 24, 1945 ( Saka ) The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the 15th December , 2023 and is hereby published for general information:—vlk/kkj.k EXTRAORDINARY Hkkx II — [k.M 1 PART II—Section 1 izkf/kdkj ls izdkf'kr PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY lañ 42] ubZ fnYyh] 'kq Øokj] fnlEcj 15] 2023 @vxzgk;.k 24 ] 1945 ¼'kd½ No. 42] NEW DELHI, FRIDA Y, DECEMBER 15, 2023/AGRAHA YANA 24, 1945 (SAKA) bl Hkkx esa fHkUu i`"B la[;k nh tkrh gS ftlls fd ;g vyx ladyu ds :i esa j[kk tk ldsA Separate paging is given to this Part in order that it may be filed as a separate compilation.xxxGIDHxxx jftLVªh lañ Mhñ ,yñ —(,u)04@0007@2003—23 REGISTERED N O. DL—(N)0 4/000 7/200 3—23 CG-DL-E-15122023-250691 CG-DL-E-15122023-250691 CG-DL-E-15122023-250691 UPLOADED BY THE MANAGER, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA PRESS, MINTO ROAD, NEW DELHI–110002 AND PUBLISHED BY THE CONTROLLER OF PUBLICA TIONS, DELHI–1 10054. MGIPMRND—473GI—15-12-2023.2. In the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation Act, 2004, in section 2,— (i) in clause ( o),— (A) for sub-clause ( iii), the following sub-clause shall be substituted, namely:— “(iii) other backward classes declared as such by the Government from time to time:"; (B) in the first proviso, for the words "said category", the words "category of socially and educationally backward classes" shall be substituted; (ii) clause ( q) shall be omitted. ————— S.K.G. RAHA TE, Secretary to the Govt. of India.Amendment of section 2.Jammu and Kashmir Act XIV of 2004.2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINAR Y [PART II—S EC. 1]