 bill no xiii of 2016 the representation of the people (amendment) bill, 2016 a billfurther to amend the representation of the people act, 1950be it enacted by parliament in the sixty-seventh year of the republic of india as follows:—short title1 this act may be called the representation of the people (amendment) act, 2016 2 in section 14 of representation of the people act, 1950, for clause (b), the following clause be substituted, namely,—5amendment of section 14 of act 43 of 1950"(b) "qualifying date" in relation to preparation or revision of every electoral roll under this part, means 1st day of january of the year in which it is so prepared or revised:10provided that the "qualifying date" shall be the actual date of birth in respect of the citizens whose names are included for the first time in the electoral roll on completion of eighteen years of age" statement  of  objects  and  reasonsarticle 326 of the constitution of india stipulates that elections to the lok sabha and state assemblies will be on the basis of adult suffrage ie every person who is a citizen of india and who is not less than eighteen years of age on such date as may be fixed in that behalf by or under any law made by the appropriate legislature, shall be entitled to be registered as a voterclause (g) of section 14 of the representation of the people act 1950 has stipulated that the "qualifying date" in relation to the preparation or revision of every electoral roll means the 1st day of january of the year in which it is so prepared or reviseda combined reading of the above two provisions leads to a situation wherein, barring those who were born on 1st january, the rest of the youth have to wait till the 1st january of the year following the year in which he or she was born for getting included in the electoral rollthis anomaly virtually deprives a substantial proportion of the younger population of its rights to exercise their franchise in the year in which he or she completes eighteen years of agethis anomaly needs a corrective to be legislated hence, this billrangasayee  ramakrishna rajya  sabha———— a billfurther to amend the representation of the people act, 1950————(shri rangasayee ramakrishna, mp)gmgipmrnd—5048rs(s3)—11-03-2016