52 errors in J&K Reorganisation Act

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The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act passed by the Parliament on August 6 had at least 52 errors.

On Thursday, the Ministry of Law and Justice issued a notification correcting the mistakes ranging from spelling and grammatical errors to incorrect dates.

The Act downgraded and bifurcated the State of Jammu and Kashmir into two Union Territories- J&K and Ladakh.

It mentioned “State of Jammu and Kashmir” instead of “Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir”.

 

Additionally, the notification corrected “Guardian &” as “Guardians and” in Thursday's notification.

Similarly, the year “1916” was mentioned as “1960” in the original Act; “Scheduled Caste'” was corrected to “Scheduled Castes”; “Childs” was replaced with “Child” and “marriage” with “marriages.”

The Act even mentioned that there will be delimitation of the parliamentary constituencies of Jammu and Kashmir.

The corrigenda said that the sentence has been omitted now.

The legislation was first introduced in the Rajya Sabha on August 5 along with two other resolutions to read down Article 370 that gave special status to the state of Jammu and Kashmir.

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Over 50 Errors In Centre's Jammu And Kashmir Bill Fixed With Notification

The centre came out with a three-page document announcing corrections in the legislation on Thursday.

NEW DELHI: 

The BJP-led central government has issued corrections for as many as 52 errors in the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Bill, in a move likely to lend credence to the opposition's claim that the legislation aimed at bifurcating the state was introduced hastily last month after its special status was scrapped.

While government officials termed the bill as a "tale of missing I's and additional T's", even a crucial year mentioned in the bill was found to be wrong. "It was supposed to be an important piece of legislation, and these mistakes show just what kind of a tearing hurry the government was in. This has turned out to be a comedy of errors," one of them said.

On Thursday, the government came out with a three-page document announcing corrections in the legislation responsible for bifurcating the state into two distinct union territories of Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir. The bill was passed by parliament on August 7, and a gazette notification was issued two days later after President Ram Nath Kovind stamped his assent.

Although senior officers in the Ministry of Home Affairs were involved in drafting the original bill, it didn't seem to have been put through extensive screening before being presented in parliament on August 5. For instance, "administrator" was spelt as "adminstrator"; "article" as "artcle"; "territories" as "Tterritories"; "Shariat" as "Shariet"; and "safai karamcharis" as "safaikaramcharis".

Also, a line stating that a delimitation exercise will be carried out for parliamentary constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir has now been taken out of the bill.

Other mistakes in the document turned out to be more than just spelling errors. The "Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir" became the "State of Jammu and Kashmir"; the "Institutions Act, 2004" became the "Institute's Act, 2004"; and the date "1909" was miswritten as "1951".

However, the government believes that it's time to move on. "The anomalies in the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act have been corrected with this corrigenda," a home ministry official told NDTV.

The centre has divided Jammu and Kashmir into two union territories through the Act, and the changes will come into effect on October 31. The move has been criticised by opposition parties and local activists, who claim that the law was hastily introduced without taking ground realities into account.

 

Jammu and Kashmir has been under lockdown ever since the centre scrapped its special status under Article 370 and bifurcated it in an unexpected move last month, but government officials say that the restrictions are being gradually lifted. Many political leaders who were placed under arrest as a precautionary measure ahead of the move are yet to be released.

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Missing ‘i’ and an extra ‘T’: Government corrects 52 errors in J&K Reorganisation Act

In the Act, “Administrator” became “Adminstrator”, “article” became “artcle”, “territories” became “Tterritories” and “Shariat” became “Shariet”.

Missing ‘i’, additional ‘t’ and the year 1909 becoming 1951 — the Central government made over 50 glaring errors in the legislation to bifurcate Jammu and Kashmir, which the Opposition alleged was brought in “hastily” in August.

The government came out with a fix on September 12 — a three-page corrigenda announcing the corrections in the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act.

A gazette notification on the Act was issued on August 9 after President Ram Nath Kovind gave his stamp of approval.

In the Act, “Administrator” became “Adminstrator”, “article” became “artcle”, “territories” became “Tterritories”, “Shariat” became “Shariet” and “Safai Karamcharis” became “Safaikaramcharis”. These were some examples of the 52 mistakes the government had committed while notifying the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act.

The Act even mentioned that there will be delimitation of the parliamentary constituencies of Jammu and Kashmir. The corrigenda said that the sentence has been omitted now.

It mentioned “State of Jammu and Kashmir” instead of “Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir”, “Institutions Act, 2004” became “Institutes Act, 2005” and “1909” became “1951”.

While “Scheduled Castes” became “Scheduled Caste”, “figures” became “figure”, “publish” became “published” and “entry 2” became “entry 4”.

“With this corrigenda, the government has corrected the anomalies in the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act,” a Home Ministry official said.

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