REGISTERED NO. DL-33004/2000 The Gazette of India EXTRAORDINARY PART II —Section 1 PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 2] NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, JANUARY 21,2000 / MAGHA 1,1921 Separate paging is given to this Part in order that it may be filed as a separate compilation. MINISTRY OF LAW, JUSTICE AND COMPANY AFFAIRS (Legislative Department) New Delhi, the 21st January, 2000/Magha 1, 1921 (Saka) The following Act of Parliament, after having been ratified by the Legislatures of not less than one-half of the States by resolutions to that effect, received the assent of the President on the 21st January, 2000, and is hereby published for general information:— THE CONSTITUTION (SEVENTY-NINTH AMENDMENT) ACT, 1999 [21st January, 2000.] An Act further to amend the Constitution of India. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Fiftieth Year of the Republic of India as follows:— 1. (/) This Act may be called the Constitution (Seventy-ninth Amendment) Act, 1999. short title and commence-ment (2) It shall come into force on the 25th day of January, 2000. 2. In article 334 of the Constitution, for the words "fifty years", the words "sixty Amendment of years" shall be substituted. article 334. RAGHBIR SINGH, Secy, to the Govt. of lndia. PRINTED BY THE MANAGER, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA PRESS (PLU), MINTO ROAD, NEW DELHI AND PUBLISHED BY THE CONTROLLER OF PUBLICATIONS, DELHI, 2000.