Statement of Objects and Reasons
On August 16, 1962, the governments of France and India approved the “Treaty of Cession,” creating the French installations. The regions of Karaikal, Mahe, Yanam, and Pondicherry are the French extremities of the Indian Union. Under the constitution by this Act, these regions shall be assigned as “Pondicherry,” a union territory. According to Article 81(1)(b) of the Indian Constitution, the Union territory may be represented by a maximum of 20 members in the House of People. It’s reached its limit. To immediately offer Pondicherry representation in the House of the People and to accommodate for unexpected events, the measure seeks to increase this number to 25. The Act also gives the parliament the necessary legislative power to pass laws creating legislatures and councils of ministers in numerous union territories often following the same organizational structure as some of the part “C” states that preceded the states’ official recognition.
This power is provided by a new article 239A. The new article 239A was included to give Parliament the necessary ability to adopt laws for the efficient administration of the reorganized states. The provisions of this article, which were in effect before the states’ restructuring, are quite similar to those of Article 240.
Fourteenth Amendment Act, 1962 in Indian Constitution
The Constitution of India’s Fourteenth Amendment, officially known as the Constitution (Fourteenth Amendment) Act, 1962, established Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Tripura, Manipur, Daman and Diu, and Puducherry as the country’s ninth union territory and granted Parliament the authority to enact laws establishing legislatures and councils of ministers for each. On August 30, the Constitution (Fourteenth Amendment) Bill, 1962 was first heard in the Lok Sabha. Lal Bahadur Shastri, the minister of home affairs at the time, suggested making this adjustment. Generally speaking, the proposed Fourteenth Amendment Act would establish legislative bodies and ministerial councils in the union territories of Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Tripura, Goa, Pondicherry, Daman, and Diu on the model of the program that was in place in some of the Part C States before the reorganization of the States. The Bill intends to create a new article 239A that generally follows the wording of article 240 as it existed before the reorganization of the States to grant Parliament the necessary legislative authority to pass legislation for this purpose.