 bill no 167 of  2017 the  representation of the people (amendment) bill,  2017 by shri ninong ering, mp a billfurther to amend the representation of the people act, 1951be  it enacted  by parliament in the sixty-eighth year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the representation of the people (amendment) act, 2017short title and commencement5(2) it shall come into force on such date as the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, appoint2  after section 75a of the representation of the people act, 1951, the following section shall be inserted, namely:—insertion of new section 75b10"75b (1) every member of either house of parliament shall, within ninety days from the date on which he ceases to be member of that house, furnish the information relating to—(i) movable and immovable property of which he, his spouse and his dependant children are jointly or severally owners or beneficiaries;declaration of assets and liabilities by members of parliament on cessation of membership(ii) his liabilities to any public financial institution; and (iii) his liabilities to the central government or the state government,to the chairman of the council of  states or the speaker of the house of the people, as the case may be5(2) the provisions of sub-sections (2) to (5) of section 75a including those relating to furnishing of information and making and laying of rules shall also apply, mutatis mutandis,  to this section" statement of objects and reasonsthe representation of the people act, 1951 provides for the conduct of elections to the houses of parliament and the house or houses of the legislature of each state, the qualifications and disqualifications for membership of those houses, the corrupt practices and other offences at or in connection with such elections and the decision of doubts and disputes arising out of or in connection with such electionsalready, there are provisions for declaration of assets and liabilities by every elected candidate of either house of parliament within a period of ninety days from the date on which he takes his seat this helps in winning the trusts of voters and strengthen the roots of democracy however, there is no such provision for declaration of assets and liabilities after the expiry of the term of membership of elected members of either house of parliament the proposed amendment seeks to disclose the income and assets even after the completion of the term of house by each member of parliamentthe proposed amendment in the parent act will help in maintaining transparency and accountability of people's representative at the apex level it will also help in creating a positive atmosphere of corruption free status for members of parliamenthence this billnew delhi;ninong  eringjuly 11, 2017 annexure extract from the representation of peoples act, 1951 (43 of 1951)|               ||----------------|| declaration of || assets and     || liabilities   |75a (1) every elected candidate for a house of parliament shall, within ninety days from the date on which he makes and subscribes an oath or affirmation, according to the form set out for the purpose in the third schedule to the constitution, for taking his seat in either house of parliament, furnish the information, relating to—(i) the movable and immovable property of which he, his spouse and his dependant children are jointly or severally owners or beneficiaries;(ii) his liabilities to any public financial institution; and (iii) his liabilities to the central government or the state government, to the chairman of the council of states or the speaker of the house of the people, as the case may be(2) the information under sub-section (1) shall be furnished in such form and in such manner as may be prescribed in the rules made under sub-section (3)(3) the chairman of the council of states or the speaker of the house of the people, as the case may be, may make rules for the purposes of sub-section (2)(4) the rules made by the chairman of the council of states or the speaker of the house of the people, under sub-section (3) shall be laid, as soon as may be after they are made, before the council of states or the house of the people, as the case may be, for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions and shall take effect upon the expiry of the said period of thirty days unless they are sooner approved with or without modifications or disapproved by the council of states or the house of the people and where they are so approved, they shall take effect on such approval in the form in which they were laid or in such modified form, as the case may be, and where they are so disapproved, they shall be of no effect(5) the chairman of the council of states or the speaker of the house of the people, as the case may be, may direct that any wilful contravention of the rules made under subsection (3) by an elected candidate for a house of parliament referred to in sub-section (1)may be dealt with in the same manner as a breach of privilege of the council of states or the house of the people, as the case may beexplanation—for the purposes of this section,—(i) "immovable property" means the land and includes any building or other structure attached to the land or permanently fastened to anything which is attached to the land;(ii) "movable property" means any other property which is not the immovable property and includes corporeal and incorporeal property of every description;(iii) "public financial institution" means a public financial institution within the meaning of section 4a of the companies act, 1956 (1 of 1956), and includes bank;(iv) "bank" referred to in clause (iii) means—(a) state bank of india constituted under section 3 of the state bank of india act, 1955 (23 of 1955);(b) subsidiary bank having the meaning assigned to it in clause (k) of section 2 of the state bank of india (subsidiary banks) act, 1959 (38 of 1959);(c) regional rural bank established under section 3 of the regional rural banks act, 1976 (21 of 1976);(d) corresponding new bank having the meaning assigned to it in clause(da) of section 5 of the banking regulation act, 1949 (10 of 1949); and(e) co-operative bank having the meaning assigned to it in clause (cci) of section 5 of the banking regulation act, 1949 (10 of 1949) as modified by subclause (i) of clause (c) of section 56 of that act; and (v) "dependant children" means sons and daughters who have no separate means of earning and are wholly dependant on the elected candidate referred to in sub-section (1) for their livelihood]  lok  sabha————— a billfurther to amend the representation of the people act, 1951—————(shri ninong ering, mp)gmgipmrnd—2167ls(s3)—13102017