 bill no 17 of  2016 the election laws (amendment) bill, 2016 a billfurther to amend the representation of the people  act, 1950 and the delimitation act, 2002be it enacted by parliament in the sixty-seventh year of the republic of india as follows:— chapter i preliminary chapter ii amendment to the representation of the people  act, 195043 of 1950amendment of section 92  in section  9 of the representation of the people act, 1950, in sub-section (1), after clause (b), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:—5''(c) make such amendments in the delimitation of parliamentary and assembly constituencies order, 2008 as appear to it to be necessary or expedient for bringing the order up-to-date by including therein and excluding therefrom the relevant areas, consequent upon the exchange of one hundred and eleven enclaves of india and fiftyone enclaves of bangladesh with effect from 31st july, 2015, in pursuance of the constitution (one hundredth amendment) act, 2015''10 chapter iii amendment to the delimitation act, 2002amendment of section 1133 of 20023  in section 11 of  the delimitation act, 2002, in sub-section (1), in clause (b), the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:—1520"provided that the election commission may make such amendments, as appear to it to be necessary or expedient, for bringing the said orders up-to-date by including therein and excluding therefrom the relevant areas, consequent upon the exchange of one hundred and eleven enclaves of india and fifty-one enclaves of bangladesh with effect from 31st july, 2015, in pursuance of the constitution (one hundredth amendment) act, 2015" statement of objects and reasonsthe enactment of the constitution (hone hundredth amendment) act, 2015 resulted in exchange of fifty-one bangladeshi enclaves in indian territory and one hundred and eleven indian enclaves in bangladeshi territory with effect from 31st july, 20152 consequently, the state government of west bengal  issued a notification on26th august, 2015 for amalgamation of the area of the fifty-one  erstwhile bangladeshi enclaves some in existing mouzas and some by creating new mouzas during a joint field visit conducted by india and bangladesh, it was ascertained that all the fourteen thousand eight hundred and sixty-four persons living in the erstwhile bangladeshi enclaves now amalgamated to the indian territory, opted to acquire indian citizenship similarly, nine hundred and eightyseven persons out of thirty-nine thousand one hundred and seventy-six persons, living in indian enclaves and transferred to bangladesh, opted to retain indian citizenship and settle in india in cooch behar district of state of  the west bengal3 as per clause (2) of article 170 of the constitution, which provides that each state shall be divided into territorial constitutencies, the new areas falling within the said district have to be incorporated into the extent of the relevant parliamentary and assembly constituencies similarly, the reas transferred to bangladesh are to be excluded from such territorial constituencies further, the persons who have opted to acquire or to retain indian citizenships are required to be given voting rights in india4 with a view to carrying out the consequential procedural requirements referred to above and in view of the impending elections in the state of west bengal in the month of may, 2016, amendments in the representation of the people act, 1950 and the delimitation act, 2002 are required to be made empowering the election commission to undertake limited delimitation in the areas amalgamated in teh cooch behar district of the state of west bengal5 the bill seeks to achieve the above objectsnew delhi;d v  sadananda gowdathe 17th february, 2016———— a billfurther to amend the representation of the people  act, 1950 and the delimitation act, 2002————(shri d v sadananda gowda, minister of law and justice)gmgipmrnd—4349ls(s3)—19022016