Constitution Sch12 — TWELFTH SCHEDULE

The Constitution of India, 1950

Statutory text

TWELFTH SCHEDULE
(Article 243W)
1.
Urban planning including town planning.
2.
Regulation of land-use and construction of buildings.
3.
Planning for economic and social development.
4.
Roads and bridges.
5.
Water supply for domestic, industrial and commercial purposes.
6.
Public health, sanitation conservancy and solid waste
management.
7.
Fire services.
8.
Urban forestry, protection of the environment and promotion of
ecological aspects.
9.
Safeguarding the interests of weaker sections of society,
including the handicapped and mentally retarded.
10.
Slum improvement and upgradation.
11.
Urban poverty alleviation.
12.
Provision of urban amenities and facilities such as parks,
gardens, playgrounds.
13.
Promotion of cultural, educational and aesthetic aspects.
14.
Burials and burial grounds; cremations, cremation grounds; and
electric crematoriums.
15.
Cattle pounds; prevention of cruelty to animals.
16.
Vital statistics including registration of births and deaths.
17.
Public amenities including street lighting, parking lots, bus stops
and public conveniences.
18.
Regulation of slaughter houses and tanneries.]
APPENDIX I
ACT, 2015
[28th May, 2015.]
An Act further to amend the Constitution of India to give effect to the acquiring
of territories by India and transfer of certain territories to Bangladesh in
pursuance of the agreement and its protocol entered into between the
Governments of India and Bangladesh.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Sixty-sixth Year of the Republic of
India as follows:—
1. Short title.—This Act may be called the Constitution (One Hundredth
Amendment) Act, 2015.
2. Definitions.—In this Act,—
(a) “acquired territory” means so much of the territories comprised in
the India-Bangladesh agreement and its protocol and referred to in the
First Schedule as are demarcated for the purpose of being acquired by
India from Bangladesh in pursuance of the agreement and its protocol
referred to in clause (c);
(b) “appointed day” means such date as the Central Government
may, by
notification in the Official Gazette, appoint as the date for
acquisition of territories from Bangladesh and transfer of the territories to
Bangladesh in pursuance of the India-Bangladesh agreement and its
protocol, after causing the territories to be so acquired and transferred as
referred to in the First Schedule and Second Schedule and demarcated for the
purpose;
(c) “India-Bangladesh agreement” means the agreement between the
Government of the Republic of India and the Government of the People’s
Republic of Bangladesh
concerning the Demarcation of the Land
Boundary between India and Bangladesh and Related Matters dated the
16th day of May, 1974, Exchange of Letters dated the 26th day of
December, 1974, the 30th day of December, 1974, the 7th day of October,
1982, the 26th day of March, 1992 and protocol to the said agreement dated
the 6th day of September, 2011, entered into between the Governments of
India and Bangladesh, the relevant extracts of which are set out in the
Third Schedule;
(Appendix I)
(d) “transferred territory”, means so much of the territories
comprised in the
India-Bangladesh agreement and its protocol and
referred to in the Second Schedule as are demarcated for the purpose of
being transferred by India to Bangladesh in pursuance of the agreements
and its protocol referred to in clause (c).
3. Amendment of First Schedule to Constitution.— As from the
appointed day, in the First Schedule to the Constitution,—
(a) in the paragraph relating to the territories of the State of
Assam, the words, brackets and figures “and the territories referred to in
Part I of the Second Schedule to the Constitution (One Hundredth
Amendment) Act, 2015, notwithstanding anything contained in clause
(a) of section 3 of the Constitution (Ninth Amendment) Act, 1960, so far
as it relates to the territories referred to in Part I of the Second Schedule
to the Constitution (One Hundredth Amendment) Act, 2015”, shall be
added at the end;
(b) in the paragraph relating to the territories of the State of West
Bengal, the words, brackets and figures “and also the territories referred to
in Part III of the First Schedule but excluding the territories referred to in
Part III of the Second Schedule to the Constitution (One Hundredth
Amendment) Act, 2015, notwithstanding anything contained in clause (c)
of section 3 of the Constitution (Ninth Amendment) Act, 1960, so far as it
relates to the territories referred to in Part III of the First Schedule and the
territories referred to in Part III of the Second Schedule to the
Constitution (One Hundredth Amendment) Act, 2015”, shall be added at
the end;
(c) in the paragraph relating to the territories of the State of
Meghalaya, the words, brackets and figures “and the territories referred to in
Part I of the First Schedule but excluding the territories referred to in Part
II of the Second Schedule to the Constitution (One Hundredth
Amendment) Act, 2015”, shall be added at the end;
(d) in the paragraph relating to the territories of the State of Tripura,
the words, brackets and figures “and the territories referred to in Part II of the
First Schedule to the Constitution (One Hundredth Amendment) Act,
2015, notwithstanding anything contained in clause (d) of section 3 of the
Constitution (Ninth Amendment) Act, 1960, so far as it relates to the
territories referred to in Part II of the First Schedule to the Constitution
(One Hundredth Amendment) Act, 2015”, shall be added at the end.

(Appendix I)
THE FIRST SCHEDULE
[See sections 2(a), 2(b) and 3]
PA R T I
The acquired territory in relation to Article 2 of the agreement dated the
16th day of May, 1974 and Article 3 (I) (b) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) of the protocol dated the
6th day of September, 2011.
PA RT I I
The acquired territory in relation to Article 2 of the agreement dated the
16th day of May, 1974 and Article 3 (I) (c) (i) of the protocol dated the 6th day of
September, 2011.

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