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 Jammu and Kashmir
surface form: state of 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 territories of India
surface form: union territory of Jammu and Kashmir

Ladakh
surface form: union territory of 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 Union of India
surface form: Republic 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 Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 self-linksurface differs
surface form: 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 Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: J&K Reorganisation Act, 2019
States of India changedBy Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019
Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh constitutingInstrument Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019