 bill no xxxiii 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:—1  (1) this act may be called the representation of the people  (amendment) act, 2016short title and commencement5(2)  it shall come into force on such date as the central government may, by notificationin the official gazette, appoint2  in section 16 of the representation of the people act, 1950 in sub-section(2) after the existing proviso, the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:—amendment of section 16 of act 43 of 195010"provided further that in the matter of electoral rolls maintained in the state of goa, no name shall be  struck off by the election commission or any authority under the election commission on reasons of an elector losing his indian citizenship merely on ground that his birth stands registered in portugual on account of any decree or order passed by the appropriate authority in portugal, permitting people of goa born before the liberation of the territory, to register their births in that country, unless by a specific judgement or order, the election commission is directed to do so" statement of objects and reasonsthousands of  goans born in "estado da india", ie goa, daman & diu, prior to19121961, and in dadra & nagar haveli, prior to 21081954 and their births registered in the civil registration offices of these territories before the above mentioned dates have been given a facility by the portuguese government by issuing an order in 2006, to register their birth in portugalthere is an urgent need to protect thousands of other indian citizens who were residing in the erstwhile union territory of goa, daman and diu and dadra and nagar haveli who got their births registered in portugal, in the last seven to eight years in the bonafide belief that such a registration will help them to go to europe freely, without any hassles some others, believed that the facility may help them easy access to the foreign universities there was, apparently, no intention, of the most of the applicants that, in the process, they would lose the indian citizenshipthe issue has taken a complicated turn as these thousands of indian citizens are likely to be considered as non-citizens and/or there is a danger of their losing indian citizenship if, the provisions of the citizenship act, 1955 are not interpreted by taking into this backgroundthe government gave an assurance in the rajya sabha that a solution would be found out for the vexed problem, and that the government is keen to solve the problem however, the government has now announced the creation of an authority to examine each of the affected person's cases, to decide on the citizenship issue this is going to consume a considerable time as elections are fast apporaching, there is a need to protect the names of these citizens from deletion by the election commission therefore, it is proposed to amend the representation of people act, 1950 so that no name shall be deleted by the commission from the electoral rolls mantained in the state of goaall these aspects are going to badly affect fundamental rights of a vast number of goans, more particularly voters belonging to minority community, as they will be sent back from the polling boothshence this billshantaram naik annexure extract from the representation of the people act, 1950 (no 43 of 1950)16 (1) a person shall be disqualified for registration in an electoral roll if he—(a) is not a citizen of india; or(b) is of unsound mind  and stands so declared by a competent court; or disqualifications for registration in an electoral roll(c) is for the time being disqualified from voting under the provisions of any law relating to corrupt practices and other offences in connection with elections(2) the name of  any person who becomes so disqualified after registration shall forthwith be struck off the electoral roll in which it is included:provided that the name of any person struck off the electoral roll of a constituency by reason of a disqualification under clause (c) of sub-section (1) shall forthwith be reinstated in that roll if such disqualification is, during the period such roll is in force, removed under any law authorising such removal rajya  sabha———— a billfurther to amend the representation of the people act, 1950————(shri shantaram naik, mp)gmgipmrnd—2254rs(s3)—05082016