The Assam Women (Reservation of Vacancies in Services and Posts) (Amendment) Act, 2010

•' fK T 'T; Registered No. - 768/97 '5PTR WliWXlpt ^ n s t^ THE ASSAM GAZETTE ^PTTSfRcT EXTRAORDINARY ST 'S ff^TpTvo PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHORITY 275 W R , 7 ( K W , 2010, 16 W i, 1932 (* ft ) No. 275 Dispur, Tue sday, 7 th S eptember , 20 10, 16th B hadra , 1932 (S .E.) GO VE RN MEN T OF AS SA M OR DE RS BY TH E GO VE RN OR LEGIS LATIV E DE PARTME NT :: LEG ISLATIVE BR AN CH NOTIFICATION The 7th Se ptember, 2010 No. LGL. 17/2005/40.—The following Act of the Assam Legislative Assembly which received the assent o f the G overnor is hereby published for general information . AS SA M AC T NO. XXVIII OF 2010 (Rece ive d the assent o f the Gov ern or on 31 st Aug ust , 2010 ) THE ASSAM WOMEN (RESERVATION OF VACANCIES IN SERVICES AND POSTS) (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2010 t 2238_______ TH E AS SA M GA ZE TT E. EX TRAO RD INA RY , SE PT EM BE R 7. 2010 __ , AN ACT to amend the Assam Women (Reservation of Vacancies in Services and Posts) Act, 2005. W hereas it is expedient to amend the Assam Women (Reservation of Vacancies Assam Act in Services and Posts) Act, 2005, herein after referred to as the principal Act, in No. XXIX the manner hereina fter appearing ; of 2005 It is hereby enacted in the Sixty-first Year o f the Republic o f India as follows Short title, extent and commencement 1. (1) This Act may be called the Assam Women (Reserva tion of Vacancies in Services and Posts) (Amendment) Act, 2010. (2) It shall have the like extent as the principal At t. (3) It shall come into force at once. Substitu tion o f section 5 2. In the principal Act, in section 5, for the existing provisions, the following shall be substituted , namely ‘ Power to exempt and increase or decrease o f percentage o f reservation 5. If the State Government is of the op inion tha t in v iew of the specialised qualification or experience required in re spect o f certa in special ised services and posts, it is no t expedient to reserve such services and posts lor Women, or that there is requirement to increase or decrease the percentage of reserva tion for Women in respect of such services and posts, the Shite Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, exempt from reservation o f such services and posts and may also increase or decrease the percentage of reservation, for Women under th is Act, relating to such services and posts from the purview of this Act .” MOHD. A. HAQ UE, Secretary to the Government of Assam, Legislative Department, Dispur. S IO i / ! A V T A 7 Q ri l 9 4 Cl I Z 4 M n \ i Z *414 GUWAHATI- Printed & Published by the Dy. Directo r (P&S), Direc torate of Ptg. & Sty., Assam, Guwahati-21 (Ex-Gazette) No. 549-500-600-7-9-2010