Forty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution of India

The Constitution (Forty-fifth Amendment) Act, 1980
Parliament of India
Long title An Act further to amend the Constitution of India.
Citation	45th Amendment
Territorial extent	India
Passed by	Lok Sabha
Passed	24 January 1980
Passed by	Rajya Sabha
Passed	25 January 1980
Assented to	14 April 1980
Signed by	Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
Commenced	25 January 1980
Date of expiry	26 January 1990
Legislative history
First chamber: Lok Sabha
Bill title	The Constitution (Forty-fifth Amendment) Bill, 1980
Introduced by	Zail Singh
Introduced	16 January 1980
Related legislation
8th, 23rd, 62nd, 79th and 95th Amendments
Summary
Extended the period of reservation of seats for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and Anglo-Indians in the Lok Sabha and the State Legislative Assemblies till 1990.
Status: Spent

The Forty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution of India, officially known as The Constitution (Forty-fifth Amendment) Act, 1980, extended the period of reservation of seats for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and representation of the Anglo-Indians in the Lok Sabha and the State Legislative Assemblies for another ten years, i.e. up to 26 January 1990.

Article 334 of the Constitution had originally required the reservation of seats to cease in 1960, but this was extended to 1970 by the 8th Amendment, and the 23rd Amendment extended this period to 1980. The 45th Amendment extended the period of reservation to 1990.^[1] The period of reservation was extended to 2000, 2010, 2020 and 2030 by the 62nd, 79th, 95th and 104th Amendments respectively.