Second Amendment of the Constitution of India information
The Constitution (Second Amendment) Act, 1952
Parliament of India
Long title
An Act further to amend the Constitution of India.
Citation
2nd Amendment
Territorial extent
India
Passed by
Lok Sabha
Passed
15 December 1952
Passed by
Rajya Sabha
Passed
19 December 1952
Assented to
1 May 1953
Signed by
Rajendra Prasad
Commenced
1 May 1953
Legislative history
First chamber: Lok Sabha
Bill title
The Constitution (Second Amendment) Bill, 1952
Introduced by
C.C. Biswas
Introduced
18 June 1952
Committee report
Report of the Select Committee of the House of the People on The Constitution (Second Amendment) Bill, 1952
Final stages
Reported from conference committee
18 November 1952
Conference committee bill passed by Lok Sabha
15 December 1952
Status: In force
The Second Amendment of the Constitution of India, officially known as The Constitution (Second Amendment) Act, 1952, removed the upper population limit for a parliamentary constituency by amending Article 81(1)(b) of the Constitution. Article 81(1)(b) had stipulated that the number of members to be allotted to each parliamentary constituency should be determined so as to ensure that there would be not less than one member for every 750,000 of the population and not more than one member for every 500,000 of the population.
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