Eighteenth Amendment of the Constitution of India

The Constitution (Eighteenth Amendment) Act, 1966
Parliament of India
  • An Act further to amend the Constitution of India.
Citation18th Amendment
Territorial extentIndia
Passed byLok Sabha
Passed10 August 1966
Passed byRajya Sabha
Passed24 August 1966
Assented to27 August 1966
Commenced27 August 1966
Legislative history
First chamber: Lok Sabha
Bill titleConstitution (Twentieth Amendment) Bill, 1966
Introduced byC. R. Pattabhi Raman
Introduced25 July 1966
Status: In force

The Eighteenth Amendment of the Constitution of India, officially known as The Constitution (Eighteenth Amendment) Act, 1966, amended article 3 of the Constitution in order to clarify the "State" in clauses (a) to (e) of that article (but not in the proviso) include "Union territories". It also added another "Explanation" that the power conferred on Parliament by clause (a) includes the power to form a new State or Union territory by uniting a part of any State or Union territory to any other State or Union territory.


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