Forty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution of India

The Constitution (Forty-seventh Amendment) Act, 1984
Parliament of India
  • An Act further to amend the Constitution of India.
Citation47th Amendment
Territorial extentIndia
Passed byLok Sabha
Passed23 August 1984
Passed byRajya Sabha
Passed25 August 1984
Assented to26 August 1984
Commenced26 August 1984
Legislative history
First chamber: Lok Sabha
Bill titleThe Constitution (Forty-eighth Amendment) Bill, 1983
Introduced byHarinatha Misra
Introduced19 August 1983
First reading19 August 1983
Second reading22 August 1984
Third reading23 August 1984
Related legislation
29th, 34th, 40th, 66th and 78th Amendments
Summary
Added to the Ninth Schedule to the Constitution, 14 additional legislations relating to land reforms, enacted by the States of Assam, Bihar, Haryana, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal and the Union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu with a view to provide that the enactments shall not be deemed to be void on the ground that they are inconsistent with any of the provisions of Part III of the Constitution relating to Fundamental Rights.
Status: In force

The Forty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution of India, officially known as The Constitution (Forty-seventh Amendment) Act, 1984, amended the Ninth Schedule to the Constitution, and added 14 legislations relating to land reforms, enacted by the States of Assam, Bihar, Haryana, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal and the union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu with a view to provide that the enactments shall not be deemed to be void on the ground that they are inconsistent with any of the provisions of Part III of the Constitution relating to Fundamental Rights.