Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019

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The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 is an Indian law that revoked the former state's special status and split it into the two separate union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Parliament of India ⓘ
abolishedEntity state of Jammu and Kashmir ⓘ
linked to: Jammu and Kashmir
assentedToBy Ram Nath Kovind ⓘ
commencedOn 31 October 2019 ⓘ
containsProvisionOn allocation of seats in the Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir ⓘ
allocation of state cadre officers between Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh ⓘ
continuance and adaptation of existing laws in the new union territories ⓘ
delimitation of assembly constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir ⓘ
distribution of assets and liabilities between Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh ⓘ
representation of the union territories in the Parliament of India ⓘ
country India ⓘ
createdEntity union territory of Jammu and Kashmir ⓘ
union territory of Ladakh ⓘ
linked to: Ladakh
dateOfPresidentialAssent 9 August 2019 ⓘ
datePassedInLokSabha 6 August 2019 ⓘ
datePassedInRajyaSabha 5 August 2019 ⓘ
effect bifurcated Jammu and Kashmir into two union territories ⓘ
revoked the former state’s special status within India ⓘ
effectiveDateOfReorganisation 31 October 2019 ⓘ
enactedBy Parliament of India ⓘ
introducedBy Amit Shah ⓘ
introducedIn Rajya Sabha ⓘ
introducedOn 5 August 2019 ⓘ
jurisdiction Republic of India ⓘ
linked to: Union of India
languageOfText English ⓘ
linkedConstitutionalProvision Article 35A of the Constitution of India ⓘ
Article 370 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
LokSabhaSeatsAllocatedToJammuAndKashmir 5 ⓘ
LokSabhaSeatsAllocatedToLadakh 1 ⓘ
partOf constitutional changes regarding Jammu and Kashmir in 2019 ⓘ
passedBy Lok Sabha ⓘ
Rajya Sabha ⓘ
providesFor Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir ⓘ
Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh ⓘ
legislative assembly for the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir ⓘ
publishedIn The Gazette of India ⓘ
RajyaSabhaSeatsAllocatedToJammuAndKashmir 4 ⓘ
relatedLegislation Constitution (Application to Jammu and Kashmir) Order, 2019 ⓘ
reorganisedRegion Jammu ⓘ
Kashmir Valley ⓘ
Ladakh ⓘ
shortName J&K Reorganisation Act, 2019 ⓘ
status in force ⓘ
subjectMatter creation of union territories ⓘ
reorganisation of the state of Jammu and Kashmir ⓘ
unionTerritoryWithLegislature Jammu and Kashmir ⓘ
unionTerritoryWithoutLegislature Ladakh ⓘ
yearOfEnactment 2019 ⓘ

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Union territories of India → furtherReorganizedBy → Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 ⓘ
Article 370 of the Constitution of India → relatedLegislation → Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 ⓘ
Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 → shortName → J&K Reorganisation Act, 2019 ⓘ
linked to: Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019
States of India → changedBy → Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 ⓘ
Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh → constitutingInstrument → Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 ⓘ
Government of Jammu and Kashmir (Union Territory) → formationLegalBasis → Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 ⓘ
Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir → constitutingInstrument → Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 ⓘ
Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir → relatedTo → Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 ⓘ
Constitution (Application to Jammu and Kashmir) Order, 2019 → followedBy → Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 ⓘ