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3[may with respect to any State
2[or Union territory], and where it is a State 4***, after
consultation with the Governor 5*** thereof,] by public
notification6, specify the tribes or tribal communities or
parts of or groups within tribes or tribal communities
which shall for the purposes of this Constitution bedeemed to be Scheduled Tribes in relation to that State
2[or Union territory, as the case may be].
(2) Parliament may by law include in or exclude from
the list of Scheduled Tribes specified in a notification
issued under clause (1) any tribe or tribal community or
part of or group within any tribe or tribal community, butsave as aforesaid a notification issued under the said
clause shall not be varied by any subsequent notification.Scheduled Tribes.
1See the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950 (C.O. 19), the Constitution
(Scheduled Castes) (Union Territories) Order, 1951 (C.O. 32), the Constitution (Jammu andKashmir) Scheduled Castes Order, 1956 (C.O. 52), the Constitution (Dadra and NagarHaveli) Scheduled Castes Order, 1962 (C.O. 64), the Constitution (Pondicherry) ScheduledCastes Order, 1964 (C.O. 68), the Constitution (Goa, Daman and Diu) Scheduled CastesOrder, 1968 (C.O. 81) and the Constitution (Sikkim) Scheduled Castes Order, 1978 (C.O.110).
2Ins. by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, s. 29 and Sch.
3Subs. by the Constitution (First Amendment) Act, 1951, s. 11, for “may, after consultation
with the Governor or Rajpramukh of a State,”.
4The words and letters “Specified in Part A or Part B of the First Schedule” omitted by
the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, s. 29 and Sch.
5The words “or Rajpramukh” omitted by s. 29 and Sch., ibid.
6See the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order, 1950 (C.O. 22), the Constitution
(Scheduled Tribes) (Union Territories) Order, 1951 (C.O. 33), the Constitution (Andamanand Nicobar Islands) Scheduled Tribes Order, 1959 (C.O. 58), the Constitution (Dadra andNagar Haveli) Scheduled Tribes Order, 1962 (C.O. 65), the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes)(Uttar Pradesh) Order, 1967 (C.O. 78), the Constitution (Goa, Daman and Diu) ScheduledTribes Order, 1968 (C.O. 82), the Constitution (Nagaland) Scheduled Tribes Order, 1970
(C.O. 88) and the Constitution (Sikkim) Scheduled Tribes Order, 1978 (C.O. 111).THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA
(Part XVI. —Special Provisions relating to certain
Classes.—Arts. 341-342.)211
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