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NOTES AND REFERENCES

1. The Headquarters of the State Human Rights Commission shall be at such place as the state government may, by notification, specify.

2. These are (in 2019): Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana (combined Commission for Andhra Pradesh and Telangana), Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Kerala, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Tripura and Meghalaya.

3. The 2006 Amendment reduced the number of members of State Human Rights Commission from five to three and also changed the eligibility condition for appointment of member of the Commission.

4. Before each House of State Legislature where it consists of two Houses, or where such Lagislature consist of one House, before that House.