 bill no  62  of 2010 the constitution (amendment) bill,  2010 bykumari saroj pandey, mpa billfurther to amend the constitution of indiabe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-first  year of the republic of  india  as follows:—short title1 this act may be called the constitution (amendment) act, 2010amendment of article 842 in article 84 of the constitution, for clause (b), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:—5"(b) is, in the case of a seat in the council of states, not less than twenty-fiveyears of age and, in the case of a seat in the house of the people, not less than twentyone years of age; and"amendment of article 1733 in article 173 of the constitution, for clause (b), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:—10"(b) is, in the case of a seat in the legislative assembly, not less than twentyone years of age and, in the case of a seat in the legislative council, not less than twenty-five years of age; and" statement  of  objects  and  reasonsit has been more than two decades when the voting age was lowered in the country to give to the youth an opportunity to participate in the democratic process the lowering of voting age is seen as a positive phenomenon which has allowed the youth to play their rightful role in nation building to complete the process of political empowerment of the youth, it has now become imperative that the youth of the country are given proper and adequate opportunity to participate in the electoral process as candidates to the legislatures it is, therefore, urgently required to amend the constitution with a view to lower the age limit for being chosen to fill a seat in parliament or state legislaturethe bill seeks to amend the constitution with a view to reduce the age for qualification of membership of council of states from thirty years to twenty-five years and from twenty-five years to twenty-one years for membership in the house of the people the bill also provides for lowering the age for qualification for membership of legislative assembly from twentyfive years to twenty-one years and from thirty years to twenty-five years for membership in the legislative councilnew delhi;saroj  pandeyapril 19, 2010 annexure extract from the constitution of india part v the union chapter ii—parliament       84 a person shall not be qualified to be chosen to fill a seat in parliament unless he— (a)        qualification for membership of parliament(b) is, in the case of a seat in the council of states, not less than thirty years of age and, in the case of a seat in the house of the people, not less than  twenty-five years of age; and       173 a person shall not be qualified to be chosen to fill a seat in legislature of a state unless he—(a)        (b) is, in the case of a seat in the legislative assembly, not less than twenty-five years of age and, in the case of a seat in the legislative council, not less than thirty years of age; and       ———————— a billfurther to amend the constitution of india————(kumari saroj pandey, mp)gmgipmrnd—2617ls(s4)—24-05-2010