(a) summoning and enforcing the attendance of any person from any part of India and
examining him on oath; (b) requiring the discovery and production of any document; (c)
receiving evidence on affidavits; (d) requisitioning any public record or copy thereof from any
court or office; (e) issuing commissions for the examination of witnesses and documents; (f) any
other matter which the President may, by rule, determine.
(9) The Union and every State Government shall consult the Commission on all major
policy matters affecting Scheduled Tribes”.
90. The Constitution (Ninetieth Amendment) Act, 2003-In Article 332 of the Constitution, in
clause (6), the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:
“Provided that for elections to the Legislative Assembly of the State of Assam, the
representation of the Scheduled Tribes and non-Scheduled Tribes in the constituencies included
in the Bodoland Territorial Areas District, so notified, and existing prior to the constitution of the
Bodoland Territorial Areas District, shall be maintained”.
91. The Constitution (Ninety-first Amendment), Act, 2003 - In Article 75 of the Constitution,
after clause (1), the following clauses shall be inserted, namely:
“(1A) The total number of Ministers, including the Prime Minister, in the Council of
Ministers shall not exceed fifteen per cent of the total number of members of the House of the
People.
(1B) A member of either House of Parliament belonging to any political party who is
disqualified for being a member of that House under paragraph 2 of the Tenth Schedule shall
also be disqualified to be appointed as a Minister under clause (1) for duration of the period
commencing from the date of his disqualification till the date on which the term of his office as
such member would expire or where he contests any election to either House of Parliament
before the expiry of such period, till the date on which he is declared elected, whichever is
earlier”
In Article 164 of the Constitution, after clause (i), the following clauses shall be inserted,
namely:
“(1A) the total number of Ministers, including the Chief Minister, in the Council of
Ministers in a State shall not exceed fifteen per cent of the total number of members of the
Legislative Assembly of that State:
Provided that the number of Ministers, including the Chief Minister, in a State shall not be
less than twelve:
Provided further that where the total number of Ministers, including the Chief Minister, in
the Council of Ministers in any State at the commencement of the Constitution (Ninety-first
Amendment) Act, 2003 exceeds the said fifteen per cent or the number specified in the first
proviso, as the case may be, then, the total number of Ministers in that State shall be brought in
conformity with the provisions of this clause within six months from such date as the President
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(1B) A member of the Legislative Assembly of a State or either House of the Legislature of
a State having Legislative Council belonging to any political party who is disqualified for being
a member of that House under paragraph 2 of the Tenth Schedule shall also be disqualified to be
appointed as a Minister under clause (1) for duration of the period commencing from the date of
his disqualification till the date on which the term of his office as such member would expire or