 bill no xvii of 2006 the representation of the people (second amendment) bill, 2006 a billfurther to amend the representation of the people act, 1951be  it enacted by parliament in the fifty-seventh year of the republic of india as follows:—1  (1) this act may be called the representation of the people (second amendment)act, 2006short title and commencement2  in the representation of the people act, 1951, in section 29a, after sub-section 9, the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:—amendment of section 29a of act no 43 of 1951''10  the registration of a political party shall be cancelled by the commission, if on the basis of report received by the commission or otherwise, and after hearing the political party, commission comes to a conclusion that the activities of the political party have become directly detrimental to the principles of socialism, secularism and democracy and, have become a threat to the sovereignty, unity and integrity of india'' statement of objects and reasonspolitical parties are registered with the election commission under section 29a of the representation of peoples act 1951 under the section, the commission requires association or bodies of individual citizens seeking registration as political parties to submit to the commission copies of their memorandum of rules and regulations it is required that such rules and regulations should contain a specific provision that the association or body shall bear true faith and allegiance to the constitution of india as by law established, and to the principles of socialism, secularism and democracy, and it would uphold the sovereignty, unity and integrity of india some political parties, it is found, blatantly disregard this provision some of them openly defy the principles of secularism enshrined in the constitution such open defiance cannot be tolerated, and those political parties defying vital provision of constitution should have no right of either registration or recognitionhence this billshantaram  laxman  naik rajya  sabha———— a bill further to amend the representation of people act, 1951————(shri shantaram laxman naik, mp)mgipmrnd—6494rs(s1)—16032006