 bill no 109  of  2017 the representation of the people (amendment) bill, 2017 byshri nishikant dubey, mp a billfurther to amend the representation of the people act, 1950be  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 notificationin the official gazette, appoint43 of  1950amendment of section 142 in section 14 of representation of the people act, 1950, for clause (b), the followingclause shall be substituted, namely:—"(b) "qualifying date" in relation to preparation or revision of every electoralroll under this part, shall be the date on which a citizen applies for inclusion of his name in the electoral roll for the first time after attaining eighteen years of age" statement  of  objects  and  reasonsarticle 326 of the constitution 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 voter at any such electionclause (b) of section 14 of the representation of the people act, 1950 stipulates 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 right to exercise their franchise in the year in which he or she completes eighteen years of age this anomaly needs to be addressedthe bill, therefore, seeks to amend the representation of the people act, 1950 with  a view to provide that "qualifying date" in relation to the preparation or revision of every electoral roll shall be the actual date of birth in respect of the citizens whose name are included for the first time in the electoral roll on completion of eighteen years of agehence,  this billnew delhi;nishikant dubeyjanuary 11, 2017 annexure extracts from the representation of the people act, 1950 43 of 1950         part iii electoral rolls for assembly constituencies14 in this part unless the context otherwise requires,—definitions(a) "constituency" means as assembly constituency; (b) "qualifying date", in relation to the preparation or revision of every electoral roll under this part, means 4 [the 1st day of january] of the year in which it is so prepared or revised:provided that "qualifying date", in relation to the preparation or revision of every electoral roll under this part in the year 1989, shall be the 1st day of april, 1989         ———— a billfurther to amend the representation of the people act, 1950————(shri nishikant dubey, mp)gmgipmrnd—976ls(s3)—11-07-2017