Constitution 342 — Scheduled Tribes

The Constitution of India, 1950

Statutory text

(1) The President may with respect to any
State or Union territory, and where it is a State **, after consultation with
the Governor ** thereof, by public notification6,5 specify the tribes or tribal
communities or parts of or groups within tribes or tribal communities which
shall for the purposes of this Constitution be deemed to be Scheduled Tribes in
relation to that State or Union territory, as the case may be.
(2) Parliament may by law include in or exclude from the list of
Scheduled Tribes specified in a notification issued under clause (1) any tribe or
tribal community or part of or group within any tribe or tribal community, but
save as aforesaid a notification issued under the said clause shall not be varied
by any subsequent notification.

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