Twenty-third Amendment of the Constitution of India

The Constitution (Twenty-third Amendment) Act, 1969
Parliament of India
Long title An Act further to amend the Constitution of India.
Citation	23rd Amendment
Territorial extent	India
Passed by	Lok Sabha
Passed	9 December 1969
Passed by	Rajya Sabha
Passed	17 December 1969
Assented to	23 January 1970
Signed by	V. V. Giri
Commenced	23 January 1970
Legislative history
First chamber: Lok Sabha
Bill title	The Constitution (Twenty-third Amendment) Bill, 1969
Introduced by	Panampilly Govinda Menon
Introduced	21 August 1969
Related legislation
8th, 45th, 62nd, 79th and 95th Amendments
Summary
Discontinued reservation of seats for the Scheduled Tribes in Nagaland, both in the Lok Sabha and the State Legislative Assembly; stipulated that not more than one Anglo-Indian could be nominated by the Governor to any State Legislative Assembly; and 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 1980.
Status: Amended

The Twenty-third Amendment of the Constitution of India, officially known as The Constitution (Twenty-third Amendment) Act, 1969, discontinued reservation of seats for the Scheduled Tribes in Nagaland, both in the Lok Sabha and the State Legislative Assembly and stipulated that not more than one Anglo-Indian could be nominated by the Governor to any State Legislative Assembly. Prior to the amendment, the number of Anglo-Indians who could be nominated to the State Legislative Assemblies, was left to the discretion of the Governor of the State. The amendment also 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 1980.

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. The 23rd Amendment extended this period to 1980.^[1] The period of reservation was extended to 1990, 2000, 2010, 2020 and 2030 by the 45th, 62nd, 79th, 95th and 104th Amendments respectively.