SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Act, 2023, which allows the nomination of two members from Kashmiri migrants and one member from displaced persons from PoK, came into force on Tuesday.
The Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Act, 2023, which seeks to amend the term ‘weak and under-privileged classes’ to OBC, also came into force.
According to two separate official notifications, the Ministry of Home Affairs has fixed December 26 as the date from which the two laws have come into effect in Jammu and Kashmir.
In exercise of the powers conferred sub section (2) of section 1 of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Act 2023 (34 of 2023), the central government hereby appoints the 26th day of December 2023 as the date on which the provisions of the said Act shall come into force,” One of the official notifications issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs stated.
The other notification said: “In exercise of the powers conferred sub section (2) of section 1 of the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Act 2023 (35 of 2023), the central government hereby appoints the 26th day of December 2023 as the date on which the provisions of the said Act shall come into force.”
The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Act, 2023 provides for nominating two members, including a woman, from the Kashmiri migrant community and one member from the displaced persons from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) to the legislative assembly of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
