AMENDMENT_26_28121971

PART12.txt

@@ -470,30 +470,8 @@ charged on, and paid out of, the Consolidated Fund of the State of Tamil Nadu
 every year to the Devaswom Fund established in that State for the maintenance
 of Hindu temples and shrines in the territories transferred to that State on the
 1st day of November, 1956, from the State of Travancore-Cochin.
-
-291- (1) Where under any covenant or agreement 
-entered into by the Ruler of any Indian 
-State before the commencement of this 
-Constitution, the payment of any sums, 
-free of tax, has been guaranteed or assured by the Govern- 
-ment of the Dominion of India to any Ruler of such State 
-as privy purse 
-(a) such sums shall be charged on, and paid out of, 
-the Consolidated Fund of India ; and 
-(b) the sums so paid to any Ruler shall be exempt 
-from all taxes on income. 
-(2) Where the territories of any such Indian State as 
-aforesaid are comprised within a State specified in Part A 
-or Part B of the First Schedule, there shall be charged on, 
-and paid put of, the Consolidated Fund of that State such 
-contribution, if any, in respect of the payments made by the 
-Government of India under clause (1) and for such period 
-as may, subject to any agreement entered into in that behalf 
-under clause (1) of article 278, be determined by order of 
-the President. 
-
-
-
+291. [Privy purse sums of Rulers.] Rep. by the Constitution (Twenty-sixth
+Amendment) Act, 197l, s. 2.
 CHAPTER II.—BORROWING
 292. Borrowing by the Government of India.—The executive power
 of the Union extends to borrowing upon the security of the Consolidated Fund

PART19.txt

@@ -27,15 +27,9 @@ or left at his office stating the nature of the proceedings, the cause of action
 therefor, the name, description and place of residence of the party by whom
 such proceedings are to be instituted and the relief which he claims.
 
-362.Rights and privileges of Rulers of Indian States.-
-In the exercise of the power of Parliament or of 
-the Legislature of a State to make laws 
-or in the exercise of the executive power 
-of the Union or of a State, due regard 
-shall be had to the guarantee or assurance given under any 
-such covenant or agreement as is referred to in clause (1) 
-of article 291 with respect to the personal rights, privileges 
-and dignities of the Ruler of an Indian State. 
+362. [Rights and privileges of Rulers of Indian States.] Rep. by the
+Constitution (Twenty-sixth Amendment) Act, 1971, s. 2.
+
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 THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA
@@ -61,7 +55,22 @@ of the Dominion of India as being such a State; and
 (b) “Ruler” includes the Prince, Chief or other person recognised
 before such commencement by His Majesty or the Government of the
 Dominion of India as the Ruler of any Indian State.
-
+363A. Recognition granted to Rulers of Indian States to cease and
+privy purses to be abolished.—Notwithstanding anything in this Constitution
+or in any law for the time being in force—
+(a) the Prince, Chief or other person who, at any time before the
+commencement of the Constitution (Twenty-sixth Amendment) Act,
+1971, was recognised by the President as the Ruler of an Indian State or
+any person who, at any time before such commencement, was
+recognised by the President as the successor of such ruler shall, on and
+from such commencement, cease to be recognised as such Ruler or the
+successor of such Ruler;
+(b) on and from the commencement of the Constitution (Twentysixth Amendment) Act
+, 1971, privy purse is abolished and all rights,
+liabilities and obligations in respect of privy purse are extinguished and
+accordingly the Ruler or, as the case may be, the successor of such
+Ruler, referred to in clause (a) or any other person shall not be paid any
+sum as privy purse.
 
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@@ -193,15 +202,12 @@ and declared by Parliament by law not to be a railway;
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-(22) "Ruler" in relation to an Indian State means 
-the Prince, Chief or other person by whom 
-any such covenant or agreement as is referred 
-to in clause (1) of article 291 was entered into 
-and who for the time being is recognised by 
-the President as the Ruler of the State, and 
-includes any person who for the time being is 
-recognised by the President as the successor of 
-such Ruler ; 
+(22) “Ruler” means the Prince, Chief or other person who, at any
+time before the commencement of the Constitution (Twenty-sixth
+Amendment) Act, 1971, was recognised by the President as the Ruler of
+an Indian State or any person who, at any time before such
+commencement, was recognised by the President as the successor of
+such Ruler;
 (23) “Schedule” means a Schedule to this Constitution;
 (24) “Scheduled Castes” means such castes, races or tribes or
 parts of or groups within such castes, races or tribes as are deemed under