 bill no xxxviii of 2016 the constitution (amendment) bill, 2016 a billfurther to amend the constitution of indiabe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-seventh year of the republic of  india as follows:—1  (1) this act may be called the constitution (amendment) act, 2016short title and commencement(2) it shall come into force at once52 in article 324 of the constitution, after clause (1), the following provisos shall beinserted, namely:amendment of article 32410"provided that notwithstanding any judgement or order of any court, nothingin clause (1) of article 324 shall authorise the election commission to pass any order or issue any instruction covering a substantive law with respect to which parliament has the legislative competence:provided further that the election commission shall be authorised to deliberate on matters which do not fall within its jurisdiction for the purpose of recommending to the union for intimating legislation on the subject" statement of objects and reasonsunder article 324(1) of the constitution of india, election commission of india has power of "superintendence, direction and control of the preparation of the electoral rolls for, and the conduct of, all elections to parliament and to the legislature of every state"however, at times the election commission issues instructions and orders purportedly under the above clause, which cover substantive lawindia has two substantive laws, namely the representation of the people act, 1950 and the representation of the people act, 1951 these legislations are exhaustive in nature and no other legislations are needed to conduct elections in free and fair mannerarticle 324 does not authorise the election commission to play the role of law maker which has been assigned to parliament it is, therefore, necessary to amend the constitutionhence this billshantaram  naik annexure extracts from the constitution of india     324  (1) the superintendence, direction and control of the preparation of the electoral rolls for, and the conduct of, all elections to parliament and to the legislature of every state and of elections to the offices of president and vice-president held under this constitution shall be vested in a commission (referred to in this constitution as the election commission)(2)     superintendence, direction and control of elections to be vested in an election commission(3)     (4)     (5)     (6)      rajya  sabha———— a billfurther to amend the constitution of india————(shri shantaram naik, mp)gmgipmrnd—2250rs(s3)—05082016