THE ASSAM WOMEN (RESERVATION OF VACANCIES IN SERVICES AND POSTS) (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2010

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    "title": "THE ASSAM WOMEN (RESERVATION OF VACANCIES IN SERVICES AND POSTS) (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2010",
    "short_title": "The Assam Women (Reservation of Vacancies in Services and Posts) (Amendment) Act, 2010",
    "act_number": "XXVIII",
    "act_year": 2010,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Assam",
    "law_status": "valid",
    "enactment_date": "2010-08-31",
    "description": "The Assam Women (Reservation of Vacancies in Services and Posts) (Amendment) Act, 2010",
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        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "An ACT",
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            "content": "to amend the Assam Women (Reservation of Services and Posts) Act, 2005.\n Whereas it is expedient to amend the Assam Women (Reservation of Services and Posts) Act, 2005, herein after referred to as the principal Act, in the manner hereinafter appearing;\n It is hereby enacted in the Sixty-first Year of the Republic of India as follows :-",
            "footnote": "Assam Act No. XXIX of 2005",
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            "number": "1",
            "title": "Section 1(1)",
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            "content": "(1) This Act may be called the Assam Women (Reservation of Vacancies in Services and Posts) (Amendment) Act, 2010.",
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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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            "number": "1",
            "title": "Section 1(3)",
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            "content": "(3) It shall come into force at once.",
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            "number": "2",
            "title": "Section 2",
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            "content": "2. In the principal Act, in section 5, for the existing provisions, the following shall be substituted, namely :-",
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            "number": "5",
            "title": "Section 5",
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            "content": "“Power to exempt and increase or decrease of percentage of reservation\r\n 5. If the State Government is of the opinion that in view of the specialised qualification or experience required in respect of certain specialised services and posts, it is not expedient to reserve such services and posts for Women, or that there is requirement to increase or decrease the percentage of reservation for Women in respect of such services and posts, the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, exempt from reservation of such services and posts and may also increase or decrease the percentage of reservation, for Women under this Act, relating to such services and posts from the purview of this Act.”",
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        "Act ID": "201028",
        "Act Number": "XXVIII",
        "Enactment Date": "2010-08-31",
        "Act Year": "2010",
        "Short Title": "The Assam Women (Reservation of Vacancies in Services and Posts) (Amendment) Act, 2010",
        "Department": "Legislative Department, Government of Assam",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Assam"
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    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:52:19"
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