Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of India

The Constitution (Fourteenth Amendment) Act, 1962
Parliament of India
An Act further to amend the Constitution of India.
Citation	14th Amendment
Territorial extent	India
Enacted by	Lok Sabha
Date passed	4 September 1962
Enacted by	Rajya Sabha
Date passed	7 September 1962
Date assented to	28 December 1962
Date commenced	28 December 1962
Legislative history
Bill introduced in the Lok Sabha	Constitution (Fourteenth Amendment) Bill, 1962
Bill published on	30 August 1962
Introduced by	Lal Bahadur Shastri
Summary
Incorporated Pondicherry as the ninth Union territory of India. Also empowered Parliament to create by law, Legislatures and Councils of Ministers for the Union territories of Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Tripura, Goa, Daman and Diu and Pondicherry.
Status: In force

The Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of India, officially known as The Constitution (Fourteenth Amendment) Act, 1962, incorporated Pondicherry (now Puducherry) as the ninth Union territory of India, and also gave Parliament the authority to create by law, Legislatures and Councils of Ministers for the Union territories of Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Tripura, Goa, Daman and Diu and Puducherry.

The French establishments of Pondicherry, Karikal, Mahé and Yanam became territories of the Indian Union on 16 August 1962, with the ratification of the Treaty of Cession by India and France. The 14th Amendment came into effect on 28 December 1962.

BE it enacted by Parliament in the Thirteenth Year of the Republic of India as follows:—

1. Short title This Act may be called the Constitution (Fourteenth Amendment) Act, 1962.

2. Amendment of article 81 In article 81 of the Constitution, in sub-clause (b) of clause (1), for the words "twenty members", the words "twenty-five members" shall be substituted.

3. Amendment of the First Schedule In the First Schedule to the Constitution, under the heading "II. THE UNION TERRITORIES", after entry 8, the following entry shall be inserted, namely:—

4. Insertion of new article 239A After article 239 of the Constitution, the following article shall be inserted, namely:—

5. Amendment of article 240 In article 240 of the Constitution in clause (1) —

6. Amendment of the Fourth Schedule In the Fourth Schedule to the Constitution, in the Table —

Section 2 of the amendment amended article 81(1) (b) of the Constitution in order to raise the maximum number of seats in the Lok Sabha for members representing the Union territories from 20 to 25, thus enabling representation to be given to the Union territory of Pondicherry. The First Schedule to the Constitution was amended to include the territories of Pondicherry with effect from 16 August 1962. The Fourth Schedule to the Constitution was amended to allocate one seat in Rajya Sabha to the Union territory of Pondicherry.

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