THE ASSAM LOKAYUKTA AND UPA-LOKAYUKTAS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1987

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    "title": "THE ASSAM LOKAYUKTA AND UPA-LOKAYUKTAS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1987",
    "short_title": "The Assam Lokayukta and Upa-Lokayuktas (Amendment) Act, 1987",
    "act_number": "14",
    "act_year": 1987,
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    "enactment_date": "1987-06-10",
    "description": "The Assam Lokayukta and Upa-Lokayuktas (Amendment) Act, 1987",
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        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "An Act",
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            "content": "to amend the Assam Lokayukta and Up-Lokayuktas Act, 1985.",
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            "title": "Preamble",
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            "content": "Whereas it is expedient to amend the Assam Lokayukta and Up-Lokayuktas Act, 1985, hereinafter referred to as the principal Act.\n\nIt is hereby enacted in the Thirty-eighth Year of the Republic of India as follows :—",
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        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "Section 1. Short title, extent and commencement",
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            "content": "1. (1) This Act may be called the Assam Lokayukta and Upa-Lokayuktas (Amendment) Act, 1987.",
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            "number": "1",
            "title": "Section 1(2)",
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            "content": "(2) It shall have the like extent as the principal Act.",
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        },
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            "number": "1",
            "title": "Section 1(3)",
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            "content": "(3) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 31st day of December, 1986.",
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            "number": "2",
            "title": "Section 2. Amendment of title and other provisions of Assam Act No. XX of 1985",
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            "content": "2. In the principal Act, for the word “Up-Lokayukta”, in the title and wherever it occurs, the word “Upa-Lokayukta” shall be substituted.",
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            "number": "3",
            "title": "Section 3. Amendment of Section 22",
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            "content": "3. In the principal Act, for Section 22, the following section shall be substituted, namely :—",
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            "number": "22",
            "title": "Section 22",
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            "content": "“22. For the removal of doubts, it is hereby declared that nothing in the Act shall be construed to authorise the Lokayukta and Upa-Lokayuktas to investigate into any allegation against—",
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        {
            "number": "22",
            "title": "Section 22(a)(i)",
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            "content": "(a) (i) the Chief Justice or any Judge of the High Court;",
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        },
        {
            "number": "22",
            "title": "Section 22(a)(ii)",
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            "content": "(ii) Officers and staff of the High Court ;",
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            "number": "22",
            "title": "Section 22(a)(iii)",
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            "content": "(iii) Members of the Assam Judicial Service as defined in clause (b) of Article 236 of the Constitution ;",
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            "number": "22",
            "title": "Section 22(b)",
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            "content": "(b) the Chairman or any Member of the Assam Public Service Commission ;",
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        {
            "number": "22",
            "title": "Section 22(c)",
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            "content": "(c) the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker of the Assam Legislative Assembly and the staff of the State Legislature.”",
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        "Act Number": "14",
        "Enactment Date": "1987-06-10",
        "Act Year": "1987",
        "Short Title": "The Assam Lokayukta and Upa-Lokayuktas (Amendment) Act, 1987",
        "Department": "Legislative Department",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Assam"
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    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:52:16"
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