AN ACT TO PROVIDE RESERVATION FOR WOMEN IN NOMINATED POSTS FOR POLITICAL UP-LIFTMENT OF WOMEN AND FOR MATTERS CONNECTED THEREWITH OR INCIDENTIAL THERETO.

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    "title": "AN ACT TO PROVIDE RESERVATION FOR WOMEN IN NOMINATED POSTS FOR POLITICAL UP-LIFTMENT OF WOMEN AND FOR MATTERS CONNECTED THEREWITH OR INCIDENTIAL THERETO.",
    "short_title": "The Andhra Pradesh (50 Percent Reservation to Women in all the Nominated Posts) Act, 2019",
    "act_number": "24",
    "act_year": 2019,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Andhra Pradesh",
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    "enactment_date": "2019-08-17",
    "description": "The Andhra Pradesh (50 Percent Reservation to Women in all the Nominated Posts) Act, 2019",
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            "number": "1",
            "title": "An ACT",
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            "content": "AN ACT TO PROVIDE RESERVATION FOR WOMEN IN\nNOMINATED POSTS FOR POLITICAL UP-LIFTMENT OF WOMEN\nAND FOR MATTERS CONNECTED THEREWITH OR INCIDENTIAL\nTHERETO.\n\nBe it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Andhra Pradesh in\nthe Seventieth Year of the Republic of India, as follows:",
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            "number": "1",
            "title": "Section 1(1)",
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            "content": "(1) This Act may be called the Andhra Pradesh (50 Percent\nReservation to women in all the Nominated Posts) Act, 2019.",
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            "number": "1",
            "title": "Section 1(2)",
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            "content": "(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Andhra Pradesh.",
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        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "Section 1(3)",
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            "content": "(3) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government\nmay, by notification in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette, appoint:",
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        },
        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "Section 2",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-",
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        },
        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "Section 2(a)",
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            "content": "(a) 'Government' means the Government of Andhra Pradesh;",
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        },
        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "Section 2(b)",
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            "content": "(b) 'Nominated Post' means Office to which an appointment is\nmade or proposed by the Government;",
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        },
        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "Section 2(c)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(c) 'Notification' means Notification published in the Andhra\nPradesh Gazette and the word notified shall be construed,\naccordingly;",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "Section 2(d)",
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            "content": "(d) 'Prescribed' means prescribed by rules made under this Act.",
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        },
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            "number": "3",
            "title": "Section 3",
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            "content": "There shall be 50% Reservation to women in all the nominated posts\nin all the Corporations / Agencies / Bodies / Boards / Societies /\nCommittees functioning under all the Administrative Departments\nof the State of Andhra Pradesh.",
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        },
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            "number": "3",
            "title": "Section 3(i)",
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            "content": "(i) There shall be 50% Reservation to women in respect of all the\nnominated posts of Chairpersons in all the Corporations /\nAgencies/Bodies/Boards/Societies / Committees, functioning\nunder all the Administrative Departments of the State of Andhra\nPradesh;",
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        },
        {
            "number": "3",
            "title": "Section 3(ii)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(ii) There shall be 50% Reservation to women in respect of all the\nnominated posts of Directors / Members in all the Corporations\n/ Agencies / Bodies / Boards/ Societies / Committees,\nfunctioning under all the Administrative Departments of the State\nof Andhra Pradesh;",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "3",
            "title": "Section 3(iii)",
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            "content": "(iii) There shall be 50% Reservation in the Nominated Posts of\nDirectors / Members in Every Corporation / Agency / Body /\nBoard / Society / Committee, as a Unit;",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "3",
            "title": "Section 3(iv)",
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            "content": "(iv) The above mentioned reservation is not applicable to the Bodies\nand Boards created under The Andhra Pradesh Charitable and\nHindu Religious Institutions and Endowments Act, 1987 and The\nWakf Act, 1995;",
            "footnote": "Act No. 30 of 1987; Act No. 43 of 1995",
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            "number": "3",
            "title": "Section 3(v)",
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            "content": "(v) For the removal of doubts, it is further clarified that, the present\nreservation is as a measure of horizontal reservation across all\ncommunities and this Act is to be read in conjunction with the\nReservation in Nominated posts for Political up-liftment of BCs,\nSCs, STs and Minorities.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "4",
            "title": "Section 4",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "The Women, Children, Disabled and Senior citizens Department\nshall be the Nodal Department to monitor the reservation to\nWomen in all the nominated posts. The General Administration\nDepartment shall provide the list of such nominated posts in ali\nthe Corporations/ Agencies / Bodies / Boards / Societies /\nCommittees, functioning under all the Administrative\nDepartments of the State of Andhra Pradesh.",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "5",
            "title": "Section 5(1)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(1) If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of the Act,\nthe Government may, by order, make such provisions, not\ninconsistent with the provisions of the Act, as appear to them to\nbe necessary or expedient for removing the difficulty:",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "5",
            "title": "Proviso to Section 5(1)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Provided that no such order shall be made after the\nexpiry of two years from the commencement of the Act.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "5",
            "title": "Section 5(2)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(2) Every order made under this section shall as soon as, may be,\nafter it is made, laid before each house of the State Legislature.",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "6",
            "title": "Section 6",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Unless otherwise expressly provided in this Act, the provisions\nof this Act and of any orders and rules made there under shall\nhave effect, notwithstanding anything inconsistent therewith\ncontained in any other law for the time being in force or any\ninstrument having effect by virtue of such law.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "7",
            "title": "Section 7(1)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(1) The Government may, by notification, make rules for carrying\nout all or any of the purposes of this Act.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 200
        },
        {
            "number": "7",
            "title": "Section 7(2)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(2) Every rule made under this Act shall, immediately after it is made,\r\nbe laid before the Legislature of the State, if it is in session and\r\nif it is not in session, in the session immediately following for a\r\ntotal period of fourteen days which may be comprised in one\r\nsession or in two successive sessions and if, before the\r\nexpiration of the session in which it is so laid or the session\r\nimmediately following the Legislature agrees in making any\r\nmodification in the rule or in the annulment of the rule, the rule\r\nshall, from the date on which the modification or annulment is\r\nnotified, have effect only in such modified form or shall stand\r\nannulled as the case may be so, however, that any such\r\nmodification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the\r\nvalidity of anything previously done under that rule.",
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    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "201927",
        "Act Number": "27",
        "Enactment Date": "2019-08-14",
        "Act Year": "2019",
        "Short Title": "The Andhra Pradesh (50 Percent Reservation to Women in all the Nominated Posts) Act, 2019",
        "Department": "Law Department",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Andhra Pradesh"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:17"
}