Twenty-second Amendment of the Constitution of India

The Constitution (Twenty-second Amendment) Act, 1969
Parliament of India
Long title An Act further to amend the Constitution of India.
Citation	22nd Amendment
Territorial extent	India
Passed by	Lok Sabha
Passed	15 April 1969
Passed by	Rajya Sabha
Passed	30 April 1969
Assented to	25 September 1969
Commenced	25 September 1969
Legislative history
First chamber: Lok Sabha
Bill title	Constitution (Twenty-second Amendment) Bill, 1969
Introduced by	Yashwantrao Chavan
Introduced	10 April 1969
Summary
Empowered Parliament to enact a law for constituting an autonomous State within the State of Assam, and also to provide the autonomous State with Legislature or a Council of Ministers or both with such powers and functions as may be defined by that law.

The Twenty-second Amendment of the Constitution of India, officially known as The Constitution (Twenty-second Amendment) Act, 1969, inserted new article 244A in the Constitution to empower Parliament to enact a law for constituting an autonomous State within the State of Assam and also to provide the autonomous State with Legislature or a Council of Ministers or both with such powers and functions as may be defined by that law.

The 22nd Amendment amended article 275 in regard to sums and grants payable to the autonomous State on and from its formation under article 244A. It also inserted new article 371B which provided for constitution and functions of a committee of the Legislative Assembly of the State of Assam consisting of members of that Assembly elected from the tribal areas specified in Part A of the Table appended to Paragraph 20 of the Sixth Schedule, and such number of other members of that Assembly as may be specified in the order.