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PART XIV
Special Provisions Relating to Minorities
Reservation 292. Seats shall be reserved in the House of the
of seats for People for— 5
minorities in (a) the Muslim community and the Scheduled the House of Castes; the People. (b) the scheduled tribes in every State for the
time being specified in Part I of the first Schedule; and 10
(c) the Indian Christian community in the
States of Madras and Bombay,
according to the scale prescribed in sub-clause (b) of
clause (5) of article 67 of this Constitution.
Special 293. Notwithstanding anything contained in 15
provisions article 67 of this Constitution, the President may,
regarding if he is of opinion that the Anglo-Indian community
the repre- is not adequately represented in the House of the
sentation of People, nominate not more than two members of the
the Anglo- community to the House of the People. 20
Indian
community
in the House
of the People.
Reservation 294. (1) Seats shall be reserved for—
of seats for (a) the Muslim community, the Scheduled Castes minorities and the scheduled tribes (except the in the scheduled tribes in the autonomous Legislative districts of Assam) in the Legislative 25 Assemblies Assembly of every State for the time being of the States. specified in Part I of the First Schedule;
and (b) the Indian Christian community in the Legis lative Assemblies of the States of Madras 30
and Bombay,
according to the scale prescribed in clause (3) of
article 149 of this Constitution.
(2) Seats shall be reserved also for the autono mous districts in the Legislative Assembly of the 35
State of Assam.
(3) The number of seats reserved for any commu nity in the Legislative Assembly of any State for the
time being specified in Part I of the First Schedule
shall bear, as nearly as may be, the same proportion 40