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PART XI
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RELATIONS BETWEEN THE UNION AND THE STATES
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CHAPTER I.—LEGISLATIVE RELATIONS
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Distribution of Legislative Powers
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245. Extent of laws made by Parliament and by the Legislatures of
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States.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, Parliament may
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245. Extent of laws made by Parliament and by the Legislatures of States.—
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(1) Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, Parliament may
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make laws for the whole or any part of the territory of India, and the
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Legislature of a State may make laws for the whole or any part of the State.
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(2) No law made by Parliament shall be deemed to be invalid on the
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ground that it would have extra-territorial operation.
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246. Subject-matter of laws made by Parliament and by the
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Legislatures of States.—(1) Notwithstanding anything in clauses (2) and (3),
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246. Subject-matter of laws made by Parliament and by the Legislatures of States.—
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(1) Notwithstanding anything in clauses (2) and (3),
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Parliament has exclusive power to make laws with respect to any of the matters
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enumerated in List I in the Seventh Schedule (in this Constitution referred to a
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s
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the “Union List”).
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enumerated in List I in the Seventh Schedule (in this Constitution referred to
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as the “Union List”).
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(2) Notwithstanding anything in clause (3), Parliament, and, subject to
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clause (1), the Legislature of any State also, have power to make laws with
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respect to any of the matters enumerated in List III in the Seventh Schedule (in
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by law provide for the establishment of any additional courts for the better
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administration of laws made by Parliament or of any existing laws with respect
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to a matter enumerated in the Union List.
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248. Residuary powers of legislation.—
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248. Residuary powers of legislation.—(1) Parliament has exclusive
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(1) Parliament has exclusive
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power to make any law with respect to any matter not enumerated in the
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Concurrent List or State List.
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(2) Such power shall include the power of making any law imposing a
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tax not mentioned in either of those Lists.
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249. Power of Parliament to legislate with respect to a matter in the
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State List in the national interest.—(1) Notwithstanding anything in the
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foregoing provisions of this Chapter, if the Council of States has declared by
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resolution supported by not less than two-thirds of the members present and
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voting that it is necessary or expedient in the national interest that Parliamen
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should make laws with respect to any matter enumerated in the State List
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specified in the resolution, it shall be lawful for Parliament to make laws for
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the
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whole or any part of the territory of India with respect to that matter while th
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resolution remains in force.
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249. Power of Parliament to legislate with respect to a matter in the State List in the national interest.—
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(1) Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing provisions of this Chapter,
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if the Council of States has declared by resolution supported by not less
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than two-thirds of the members present and voting that it is necessary or
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expedient in the national interest that Parliament should make laws with
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respect to any matter enumerated in the State List specified in the resolution
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,it shall be lawful for Parliament to make laws for the whole or any part
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of the territory of India with respect to that matter while the resolution remains in force.
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(2) A resolution passed under clause (1) shall remain in force for such
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period not exceeding one year as may be specified therein:
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Provided that, if and so often as a resolution approving the continuance
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in force of any such resolution is passed in the manner provided in clause (1),
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such resolution shall continue in force for a further period of one year from th
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such resolution shall continue in force for a further period of one year from the
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date on which under this clause it would otherwise have ceased to be in force.
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(3) A law made by Parliament which Parliament would not but for the
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passing of a resolution under clause (1) have been competent to make shall, to t
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he
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extent of the incompetency, cease to have effect on the expiration of a period o
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six months after the resolution has ceased to be in force, except as respects th
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ings
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passing of a resolution under clause (1) have been competent to make shall, to
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the extent of the incompetency, cease to have effect on the expiration of a period of
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six months after the resolution has ceased to be in force, except as respects things
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done or omitted to be done before the expiration of the said period.
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250. Power of Parliament to legislate with respect to any matter in
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the State List if a Proclamation of Emergency is in operation.—(1)
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Notwithstanding anything in this Chapter, Parliament shall, while a
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250. Power of Parliament to legislate with respect to any matter in the State List if a Proclamation of Emergency is in operation.—
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(1) Notwithstanding anything in this Chapter, Parliament shall, while a
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Proclamation of Emergency is in operation, have power to make laws for the
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whole or any part of the territory of India with respect to any of the matters
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enumerated in the State List.
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(2) A law made by Parliament which Parliament would not but for the
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issue of a Proclamation of Emergency have been competent to make shall, to the
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extent of the incompetency, cease to have effect on the expiration of a period o
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f
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six months after the Proclamation has ceased to operate, except as respects thin
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gs
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extent of the incompetency, cease to have effect on the expiration of a period of
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six months after the Proclamation has ceased to operate, except as respects things
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done or omitted to be done before the expiration of the said period.
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251. Inconsistency between laws made by Parliament under articles
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249 and 250 and laws made by the Legislatures of States.—Nothing in
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articles 249 and 250 shall restrict the power of the Legislature of a State to
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251. Inconsistency between laws made by Parliament under articles 249 and 250 and laws made by the Legislatures of States.—
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Nothing in articles 249 and 250 shall restrict the power of the Legislature of a State to
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make any law which under this Constitution it has power to make, but if any
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provision of a law made by the Legislature of a State is repugnant to any
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provision of a law made by Parliament which Parliament has under either of the
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the law made by the Legislature of the State shall to the extent of the
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repugnancy, but so long only as the law made by Parliament continues to have
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effect, be inoperative.
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252. Power of Parliament to legislate for two or more States by
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consent and adoption of such legislation by any other State.—(1) If it
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appears to the Legislatures of two or more States to be desirable that any of th
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252. Power of Parliament to legislate for two or more States by consent and adoption of such legislation by any other State.—
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(1) If it appears to the Legislatures of two or more States to be desirable that any of the
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matters with respect to which Parliament has no power to make laws for the
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States except as provided in articles 249 and 250 should be regulated in such
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States by Parliament by law, and if resolutions to that effect are passed by all
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the Houses of the Legislatures of those States, it shall be lawful for Parliamen
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the Houses of the Legislatures of those States, it shall be lawful for Parliament
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to pass an act for regulating that matter accordingly, and any Act so passed
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shall apply to such States and to any other State by which it is adopted
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afterwards by resolution passed in that behalf by the House or, where there are
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Act of Parliament passed or adopted in like manner but shall not, as respects
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any State to which it applies, be amended or repealed by an Act of the
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Legislature of that State.
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253. Legislation for giving effect to international agreements.—
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Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing provisions of this Chapter,
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Parliament has power to make any law for the whole or any part of the territory
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of India for implementing any treaty, agreement or convention with any other
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country or countries or any decision made at any international conference,
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association or other body
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association or other body.
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254. Inconsistency between laws made by Parliament and laws made
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by the Legislatures of States.—(1) If any provision of a law made by the
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254. Inconsistency between laws made by Parliament and laws made by the Legislatures of States.—
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(1) If any provision of a law made by the
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Legislature of a State is repugnant to any provision of a law made by
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Parliament which Parliament is competent to enact, or to any provision of an
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existing law with respect to one of the matters enumerated in the Concurrent
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enacting at any time any law with respect to the same matter including a law
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adding to, amending, varying or repealing the law so made by the Legislature
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of the State.
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255. Requirements as to recommendations and previous sanctions to
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be regarded as matters of procedure only.—No Act of Parliament or of the
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Legislature of a State, and no provision in any such Act, shall be invalid by
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255. Requirements as to recommendations and previous sanctions to be regarded as matters of procedure only.—
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No Act of Parliament or of the Legislature of a State, and no provision in any such Act, shall be invalid by
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reason only that some recommendation or previous sanction required by this
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Constitution was not given, if assent to that Act was given—
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(a) where the recommendation required was that of the Governor,
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Rajpramukh, either by the Rajpramukh or by the President;
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(c) where the recommendation or previous sanction required was
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that of the President, by the President.
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CHAPTER II.—ADMINISTRATIVE RELATIONS
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General
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256. Obligation of States and the Union.—The executive power of every
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State shall be so exercised as to ensure compliance with the laws made by
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256. Obligation of States and the Union.—
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The executive power of every State shall be so exercised as to ensure compliance with the laws made by
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Parliament and any existing laws which apply in that State, and the executive
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power of the Union shall extend to the giving of such directions to a State as m
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ay
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power of the Union shall extend to the giving of such directions to a State as may
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appear to the Government of India to be necessary for that purpose.
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257. Control of the Union over States in certain cases.—
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257. Control of the Union over States in certain cases.—(1) The
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executive power of every State shall be so exercised as not to impede or
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(1) The executive power of every State shall be so exercised as not to impede or
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prejudice the exercise of the executive power of the Union, and the executive
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power of the Union shall extend to the giving of such directions to a State as
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may appear to the Government of India to be necessary for that purpose.
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railways within the State.
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(4) Where in carrying out any direction given to a State under clause (2)
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as to the construction or maintenance of any means of communication or under
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clause (3) as to the measures to be taken for the protection of any railway, cos
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ts
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clause (3) as to the measures to be taken for the protection of any railway, costs
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have been incurred in excess of those which would have been incurred in the
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discharge of the normal duties of the State if such direction had not been given
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discharge of the normal duties of the State if such direction had not been given,
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there shall be paid by the Government of India to the State such sum as may be
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agreed, or, in default of agreement, as may be determined by an arbitrator
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appointed by the Chief Justice of India, in respect of the extra costs so incurr
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appointed by the Chief Justice of India, in respect of the extra costs so incurred
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by the State.
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257A. [Assistance to States by deployment of armed forces or other
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forces of the Union.] Rep. by the Constitution (Forty-fourth Amendment)
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Act, 1978, s. 33 (w.e.f. 20-6-1979).
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258. Power of the Union to confer powers, etc., on States in certain
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cases.—(1) Notwithstanding anything in this Constitution, the President may,
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258. Power of the Union to confer powers, etc., on States in certain cases.—
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(1) Notwithstanding anything in this Constitution, the President may,
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with the consent of the Government of a State, entrust either conditionally or
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unconditionally to that Government or to its officers functions in relation to a
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ny
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unconditionally to that Government or to its officers functions in relation to any
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matter to which the executive power of the Union extends.
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(2) A law made by Parliament which applies in any State may,
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notwithstanding that it relates to a matter with respect to which the Legislatur
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notwithstanding that it relates to a matter with respect to which the Legislature
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of the State has no power to make laws, confer powers and impose duties, or
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authorise the conferring of powers and the imposition of duties, upon the State
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or officers and authorities thereof.
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(3) Where by virtue of this article powers and duties have been conferred
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or imposed upon a State or officers or authorities thereof, there shall be paid
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or imposed upon a State or officers or authorities thereof, there shall be paid by
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the Government of India to the State such sum as may be agreed, or, in default
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of agreement, as may be determined by an arbitrator appointed by the Chief
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Justice of India, in respect of any extra costs of administration incurred by th
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Justice of India, in respect of any extra costs of administration incurred by the
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State in connection with the exercise of those powers and duties.
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258A. Power of the States to entrust functions to the Union.—
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Notwithstanding anything in this Constitution, the Governor of a State may,
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with the consent of the Government of India, entrust either conditionally or
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unconditionally to that Government or to its officers functions in relation to a
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unconditionally to that Government or to its officers functions in relation to any
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matter to which the executive power of the State extends.
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259. [Armed Forces in States in Part B of the First Schedule.] Rep. by
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the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, s. 29 and Sch.
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260. Jurisdiction of the Union in relation to territories outside
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India.—The Government of India may by agreement with the Government of
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260. Jurisdiction of the Union in relation to territories outside India.—
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The Government of India may by agreement with the Government of
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any territory not being part of the territory of India undertake any executive,
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legislative or judicial functions vested in the Government of such territory, bu
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legislative or judicial functions vested in the Government of such territory, but
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every such agreement shall be subject to, and governed by, any law relating to
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the exercise of foreign jurisdiction for the time being in force.
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261. Public acts, records and judicial proceedings.—(1) Full faith and
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credit shall be given throughout the territory of India to public acts, records
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and
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261. Public acts, records and judicial proceedings.—
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(1) Full faith and credit shall be given throughout the territory of India to public acts, records and
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judicial proceedings of the Union and of every State.
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(2) The manner in which and the conditions under which the acts,
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records and proceedings referred to in clause (1) shall be proved and the effect
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thereof determined shall be as provided by law made by Parliament.
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(3) Final judgments or orders delivered or passed by civil courts in any
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part of the territory of India shall be capable of execution anywhere within tha
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part of the territory of India shall be capable of execution anywhere within that
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territory according to law.
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Disputes relating to Waters
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262. Adjudication of disputes relating to waters of inter-State rivers
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or river valleys.—(1) Parliament may by law provide for the adjudication of
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262. Adjudication of disputes relating to waters of inter-State rivers or river valleys.—
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(1) Parliament may by law provide for the adjudication of
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any dispute or complaint with respect to the use, distribution or control of the
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waters of, or in, any inter-State river or river valley.
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(2) Notwithstanding anything in this Constitution, Parliament may by
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law provide that neither the Supreme Court nor any other court shall exercise
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jurisdiction in respect of any such dispute or complaint as is referred to in
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clause (1).
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Co-ordination between States
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263. Provisions with respect to an inter-State Council.—If at any time
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it appears to the President that the public interests would be served by the
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263. Provisions with respect to an inter-State Council.—
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If at any time it appears to the President that the public interests would be served by the
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establishment of a Council charged with the duty of—
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(a) inquiring into and advising upon disputes which may have
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(c) making recommendations upon any such subject and, in
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particular, recommendations for the better co-ordination of policy and
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action with respect to that subject,
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it shall be lawful for the President by order to establish such a Council, and t
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it shall be lawful for the President by order to establish such a Council, and to
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define the nature of the duties to be performed by it and its organisation and
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procedure.
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PART XII
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FINANCE, PROPERTY, CONTRACTS AND SUITS
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CHAPTER I.—FINANCE
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CHAPTER I. FINANCE
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General
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264. Interpretation.—In this Part, “Finance Commissionâ€<C3A2> means a
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264. Interpretation.”In this Part, “Finance Commission” means a
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Finance Commission constituted under article 280.
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265. Taxes not to be imposed save by authority of law.—No tax shall
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265. Taxes not to be imposed save by authority of law.”No tax shall
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be levied or collected except by authority of law.
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266. Consolidated Funds and public accounts of India and of the
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States.—(1) Subject to the provisions of article 267 and to the provisions of
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States.”(1) Subject to the provisions of article 267 and to the provisions of
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this Chapter with respect to the assignment of the whole or part of the net
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proceeds of certain taxes and duties to States, all revenues received by the
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Government of India, all loans raised by that Government by the issue of
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treasury bills, loans or ways and means advances and all moneys received by
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that Government in repayment of loans shall form one consolidated fund to be
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entitled “the Consolidated Fund of Indiaâ€<C3A2>, and all revenues received by the
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entitled “the Consolidated Fund of India”, and all revenues received by the
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Government of a State, all loans raised by that Government by the issue of
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treasury bills, loans or ways and means advances and all moneys received by
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that Government in repayment of loans shall form one consolidated fund to be
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entitled “the Consolidated Fund of the Stateâ€<C3A2>.
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entitled “the Consolidated Fund of the State”.
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(2) All other public moneys received by or on behalf of the Government
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of India or the Government of a State shall be credited to the public account of
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India or the public account of the State, as the case may be.
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(3) No moneys out of the Consolidated Fund of India or the
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Consolidated Fund of a State shall be appropriated except in accordance with
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law and for the purposes and in the manner provided in this Constitution.
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267. Contingency Fund.—(1) Parliament may by law establish a
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Contingency Fund in the nature of an imprest to be entitled “the Contingency
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Fund of Indiaâ€<EFBFBD> into which shall be paid from time to time such sums as may be
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267. Contingency Fund.”(1) Parliament may by law establish a
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Contingency Fund in the nature of an imprest to be entitled “the Contingency
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Fund of India” into which shall be paid from time to time such sums as may be
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determined by such law, and the said Fund shall be placed at the disposal of the
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President to enable advances to be made by him out of such Fund for the
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purposes of meeting unforeseen expenditure pending authorisation of such
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expenditure by Parliament by law under article 115 or article 116.
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(2) The Legislature of a State may by law establish a Contingency Fund in
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the nature of an imprest to be entitled “the Contingency Fund of the Stateâ€<C3A2>
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the nature of an imprest to be entitled “the Contingency Fund of the State”
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into
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which shall be paid from time to time such sums as may be determined by such
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law, and the said Fund shall be placed at the disposal of the Governor of the St
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consignment of goods shall be levied and collected by the Government of India
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but shall be assigned and shall be deemed to have been assigned to the States
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on or after the 1st day of April, 1996 in the manner provided in clause (2).
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Explanation.—For the purposes of this clause,—
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Explanation.”For the purposes of this clause,”
|
||||
(a) the expression "taxes on the sale or purchase of goods" shall
|
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mean taxes on sale or purchase of goods other than newspapers, where
|
||||
such sale or purchase takes place in the course of inter-State trade or
|
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|
@ -72,14 +70,8 @@ commerce;
|
|||
taxes on the consignment of goods (whether the consignment is to the
|
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person making it or to any other person), where such consignment takes
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place in the course of inter-State trade or commerce.
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(2) The net proceeds in any financial year of any such tax, except in so
|
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far as those proceeds represent proceeds attributable to Union territories, shal
|
||||
l
|
||||
far as those proceeds represent proceeds attributable to Union territories, shall
|
||||
not form part of the Consolidated Fund of India, but shall be assigned to the
|
||||
States within which that tax is leviable in that year, and shall be distributed
|
||||
among those States in accordance with such principles of distribution as may be
|
||||
|
@ -88,7 +80,7 @@ formulated by Parliament by law.
|
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sale or purchase of, or consignment of, goods takes place in the course of inter
|
||||
State trade or commerce.
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270. Taxes levied and distributed between the Union and the
|
||||
States.—(1) All taxes and duties referred to in the Union List, except the dut
|
||||
States.”(1) All taxes and duties referred to in the Union List, except the dut
|
||||
ies
|
||||
and taxes referred to in articles 268 and 269, respectively, surcharge on taxes
|
||||
and duties referred to in article 271 and any cess levied for specific purposes
|
||||
|
@ -101,26 +93,21 @@ Fund of India, but shall be assigned to the States within which that tax or duty
|
|||
is leviable in that year, and shall be distributed among those States in such
|
||||
manner and from such time as may be prescribed in the manner provided in
|
||||
clause (3).
|
||||
(3) In this article, "prescribed" means, —
|
||||
(3) In this article, "prescribed" means, ”
|
||||
(i) until a Finance Commission has been constituted, prescribed by
|
||||
the President by order, and
|
||||
(ii) after a Finance Commission has been constituted, prescribed by
|
||||
the President by order after considering the recommendations of the
|
||||
Finance Commission.
|
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271. Surcharge on certain duties and taxes for purposes of the
|
||||
Union.—Notwithstanding anything in articles 269 and 270, Parliament may at
|
||||
Union.”Notwithstanding anything in articles 269 and 270, Parliament may at
|
||||
any time increase any of the duties or taxes referred to in those articles by a
|
||||
surcharge for purposes of the Union and the whole proceeds of any such
|
||||
surcharge shall form part of the Consolidated Fund of India.
|
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272. [Taxes which are levied and collected by the Union and may be
|
||||
distributed between the Union and the States.]— Omitted. by the Constitution
|
||||
distributed between the Union and the States.]” Omitted. by the Constitution
|
||||
(Eightieth Amendment) Act, 2000, s. 4.
|
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|
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273. Grants in lieu of export duty on jute and jute products.—(1)
|
||||
273. Grants in lieu of export duty on jute and jute products.”(1)
|
||||
There shall be charged on the Consolidated Fund of India in each year as
|
||||
grants-in-aid of the revenues of the States of Assam, Bihar, Odisha and West
|
||||
Bengal, in lieu of assignment of any share of the net proceeds in each year of
|
||||
|
@ -130,48 +117,40 @@ prescribed.
|
|||
Consolidated Fund of India so long as any export duty on jute or jute products
|
||||
continues to be levied by the Government of India or until the expiration of ten
|
||||
years from the commencement of this Constitution whichever is earlier.
|
||||
(3) In this article, the expression “prescribedâ€<EFBFBD> has the same meaning as
|
||||
(3) In this article, the expression “prescribed” has the same meaning as
|
||||
in article 270.
|
||||
274. Prior recommendation of President required to Bills affecting
|
||||
taxation in which States are interested.—(1) No Bill or amendment which
|
||||
imposes or varies any tax or duty in which States are interested, or which varie
|
||||
s
|
||||
the meaning of the expression “agricultural incomeâ€<C3A2> as defined for the purpo
|
||||
ses
|
||||
taxation in which States are interested.”(1) No Bill or amendment which
|
||||
imposes or varies any tax or duty in which States are interested, or which varies
|
||||
the meaning of the expression “agricultural income” as defined for the purposes
|
||||
of the enactments relating to Indian income-tax, or which affects the principles
|
||||
on which under any of the foregoing provisions of this Chapter moneys are or
|
||||
may be distributable to States, or which imposes any such surcharge for the
|
||||
purposes of the Union as is mentioned in the foregoing provisions of this
|
||||
Chapter, shall be introduced or moved in either House of Parliament except on
|
||||
the recommendation of the President.
|
||||
(2) In this article, the expression “tax or duty in which States are
|
||||
interestedâ€<EFBFBD> means—
|
||||
(2) In this article, the expression “tax or duty in which States are
|
||||
interested” means”
|
||||
(a) a tax or duty the whole or part of the net proceeds whereof are
|
||||
assigned to any State; or
|
||||
(b) a tax or duty by reference to the net proceeds whereof sums
|
||||
are for the time being payable out of the Consolidated Fund of India to
|
||||
any State.
|
||||
275. Grants from the Union to certain States.—(1) Such sums as
|
||||
275. Grants from the Union to certain States.”(1) Such sums as
|
||||
Parliament may by law provide shall be charged on the Consolidated Fund of
|
||||
India in each year as grants-in-aid of the revenues of such States as Parliament
|
||||
may determine to be in need of assistance, and different sums may be fixed for
|
||||
different States:
|
||||
|
||||
137
|
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|
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|
||||
|
||||
Provided that there shall be paid out of the Consolidated Fund of India as
|
||||
grants-in-aid of the revenues of a State such capital and recurring sums as may
|
||||
be necessary to enable that State to meet the costs of such schemes of
|
||||
development as may be undertaken by the State with the approval of the
|
||||
Government of India for the purpose of promoting the welfare of the Scheduled
|
||||
Tribes in that State or raising the level of administration of the Scheduled Are
|
||||
as
|
||||
therein to that of the administration of the rest of the areas of that State:
|
||||
as therein to that of the administration of the rest of the areas of that State:
|
||||
Provided further that there shall be paid out of the Consolidated Fund of
|
||||
India as grants-in-aid of the revenues of the State of Assam sums, capital and
|
||||
recurring, equivalent to—
|
||||
recurring, equivalent to”
|
||||
(a) the average excess of expenditure over the revenues during the
|
||||
two years immediately preceding the commencement of this Constitution
|
||||
in respect of the administration of the tribal areas specified in Part I of
|
||||
|
@ -181,7 +160,7 @@ undertaken by that State with the approval of the Government of India
|
|||
for the purpose of raising the level of administration of the said areas to
|
||||
that of the administration of the rest of the areas of that State.
|
||||
(1A) On and from the formation of the autonomous State under article
|
||||
244A,—
|
||||
244A,”
|
||||
(i) any sums payable under clause (a) of the second proviso to
|
||||
clause (1) shall, if the autonomous State comprises all the tribal areas
|
||||
referred to therein, be paid to the autonomous State, and, if the
|
||||
|
@ -202,12 +181,7 @@ subject to any provision so made by Parliament:
|
|||
Provided that after a Finance Commission has been constituted no order
|
||||
shall be made under this clause by the President except after considering the
|
||||
recommendations of the Finance Commission.
|
||||
|
||||
138
|
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|
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|
||||
|
||||
276. Taxes on professions, trades, callings and employments.—(1)
|
||||
276. Taxes on professions, trades, callings and employments.”(1)
|
||||
Notwithstanding anything in article 246, no law of the Legislature of a State re
|
||||
lating
|
||||
to taxes for the benefit of the State or of a municipality, district board, loca
|
||||
|
@ -218,16 +192,12 @@ employments shall be invalid on the ground that it relates to a tax on income.
|
|||
to any one municipality, district board, local board or other local authority in
|
||||
the State by way of taxes on professions, trades, callings and employments
|
||||
shall not exceed two thousand and five hundred rupees per annum.
|
||||
*
|
||||
*
|
||||
*
|
||||
*
|
||||
(3) The power of the Legislature of a State to make laws as aforesaid
|
||||
with respect to taxes on professions, trades, callings and employments shall not
|
||||
be construed as limiting in any way the power of Parliament to make laws with
|
||||
respect to taxes on income accruing from or arising out of professions, trades,
|
||||
callings and employments.
|
||||
277. Savings.—Any taxes, duties, cesses or fees which, immediately
|
||||
277. Savings.”Any taxes, duties, cesses or fees which, immediately
|
||||
before the commencement of this Constitution, were being lawfully levied by
|
||||
the Government of any State or by any municipality or other local authority or
|
||||
body for the purposes of the State, municipality, district or other local area
|
||||
|
@ -237,12 +207,10 @@ until provision to the contrary is made by Parliament by law.
|
|||
278. [Agreement with States in Part B of the First Schedule with
|
||||
regard to certain financial matters.] Rep. by the Constitution (Seventh
|
||||
Amendment) Act, 1956, s. 29 and Sch.
|
||||
279. Calculation of “net proceedsâ€<C3A2>, etc.—(1) In the foregoing
|
||||
provisions of this Chapter, “net proceedsâ€<C3A2> means in relation to any tax or d
|
||||
uty
|
||||
279. Calculation of “net proceeds”, etc.”(1) In the foregoing
|
||||
provisions of this Chapter, “net proceeds” means in relation to any tax or duty
|
||||
the proceeds thereof reduced by the cost of collection, and for the purposes of
|
||||
those provisions the net proceeds of any tax or duty, or of any part of any tax
|
||||
or
|
||||
those provisions the net proceeds of any tax or duty, or of any part of any tax or
|
||||
duty, in or attributable to any area shall be ascertained and certified by the
|
||||
Comptroller and Auditor-General of India, whose certificate shall be final.
|
||||
(2) Subject as aforesaid, and to any other express provision of this
|
||||
|
@ -252,22 +220,16 @@ assigned to any State, provide for the manner in which the proceeds are to be
|
|||
calculated, for the time from or at which and the manner in which any
|
||||
payments are to be made, for the making of adjustments between one financial
|
||||
year and another, and for any other incidental or ancillary matters.
|
||||
|
||||
139
|
||||
|
||||
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|
||||
|
||||
280. Finance Commission.—(1) The President shall, within two years
|
||||
280. Finance Commission.”(1) The President shall, within two years
|
||||
from the commencement of this Constitution and thereafter at the expiration of
|
||||
every fifth year or at such earlier time as the President considers necessary, b
|
||||
y
|
||||
every fifth year or at such earlier time as the President considers necessary, by
|
||||
order constitute a Finance Commission which shall consist of a Chairman and
|
||||
four other members to be appointed by the President.
|
||||
(2) Parliament may by law determine the qualifications which shall be
|
||||
requisite for appointment as members of the Commission and the manner in
|
||||
which they shall be selected.
|
||||
(3) It shall be the duty of the Commission to make recommendations to
|
||||
the President as to—
|
||||
the President as to”
|
||||
(a) the distribution between the Union and the States of the net
|
||||
proceeds of taxes which are to be, or may be, divided between them
|
||||
under this Chapter and the allocation between the States of the respective
|
||||
|
@ -286,30 +248,24 @@ in the interests of sound finance.
|
|||
(4) The Commission shall determine their procedure and shall have such
|
||||
powers in the performance of their functions as Parliament may by law confer
|
||||
on them.
|
||||
281. Recommendations of the Finance Commission.—The President
|
||||
281. Recommendations of the Finance Commission.”The President
|
||||
shall cause every recommendation made by the Finance Commission under the
|
||||
provisions of this Constitution together with an explanatory memorandum as to
|
||||
the action taken thereon to be laid before each House of Parliament.
|
||||
Miscellaneous Financial Provisions
|
||||
282. Expenditure defrayable by the Union or a State out of its
|
||||
revenues.—The Union or a State may make any grants for any public purpose,
|
||||
revenues.”The Union or a State may make any grants for any public purpose,
|
||||
notwithstanding that the purpose is not one with respect to which Parliament or
|
||||
the Legislature of the State, as the case may be, may make laws.
|
||||
|
||||
140
|
||||
|
||||
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|
||||
|
||||
283. Custody, etc., of Consolidated Funds, Contingency Funds and
|
||||
moneys credited to the public accounts.—(1) The custody of the
|
||||
moneys credited to the public accounts.”(1) The custody of the
|
||||
Consolidated Fund of India and the Contingency Fund of India, the payment of
|
||||
moneys into such Funds, the withdrawal of moneys therefrom, the custody of
|
||||
public moneys other than those credited to such Funds received by or on behalf
|
||||
of the Government of India, their payment into the public account of India and
|
||||
the withdrawal of moneys from such account and all other matters connected
|
||||
with or ancillary to matters aforesaid shall be regulated by law made by
|
||||
Parliament, and, until provision in that behalf is so made, shall be regulated b
|
||||
y
|
||||
Parliament, and, until provision in that behalf is so made, shall be regulated by
|
||||
rules made by the President.
|
||||
(2) The custody of the Consolidated Fund of a State and the
|
||||
Contingency Fund of a State, the payment of moneys into such Funds, the
|
||||
|
@ -318,21 +274,18 @@ those credited to such Funds received by or on behalf of the Government of the
|
|||
State, their payment into the public account of the State and the withdrawal of
|
||||
moneys from such account and all other matters connected with or ancillary to
|
||||
matters aforesaid shall be regulated by law made by the Legislature of the
|
||||
State, and, until provision in that behalf is so made, shall be regulated by rul
|
||||
es
|
||||
made by the Governor of the State.
|
||||
State, and, until provision in that behalf is so made, shall be regulated by rules made by the Governor of the State.
|
||||
284. Custody of suitors' deposits and other moneys received by
|
||||
public servants and courts.—All moneys received by or deposited with—
|
||||
public servants and courts.”All moneys received by or deposited with”
|
||||
(a) any officer employed in connection with the affairs of the
|
||||
Union or of a State in his capacity as such, other than revenues or
|
||||
public moneys raised or received by the Government of India or the
|
||||
Government of the State, as the case may be, or
|
||||
(b) any court within the territory of India to the credit of any
|
||||
cause, matter, account or persons,
|
||||
shall be paid into the public account of India or the public account of State, a
|
||||
s
|
||||
shall be paid into the public account of India or the public account of State, as
|
||||
the case may be.
|
||||
285. Exemption of property of the Union from State taxation.—(1)
|
||||
285. Exemption of property of the Union from State taxation.”(1)
|
||||
The property of the Union shall, save in so far as Parliament may by law
|
||||
otherwise provide, be exempt from all taxes imposed by a State or by any
|
||||
authority within a State.
|
||||
|
@ -341,26 +294,16 @@ provides, prevent any authority within a State from levying any tax on any
|
|||
property of the Union to which such property was immediately before the
|
||||
commencement of this Constitution liable or treated as liable, so long as that
|
||||
tax continues to be levied in that State.
|
||||
|
||||
141
|
||||
|
||||
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|
||||
|
||||
286. Restrictions as to imposition of tax on the sale or purchase of
|
||||
goods.—(1) No law of a State shall impose, or authorise the imposition of, a
|
||||
tax on the sale or purchase of goods where such sale or purchase takes place—
|
||||
goods.”(1) No law of a State shall impose, or authorise the imposition of, a
|
||||
tax on the sale or purchase of goods where such sale or purchase takes place”
|
||||
(a) outside the State; or
|
||||
(b) in the course of the import of the goods into, or export of the
|
||||
goods out of, the territory of India.
|
||||
*
|
||||
*
|
||||
*
|
||||
*
|
||||
(2) Parliament may by law formulate principles for determining when a
|
||||
sale or purchase of goods takes place in any of the ways mentioned in clause (1)
|
||||
.
|
||||
sale or purchase of goods takes place in any of the ways mentioned in clause (1).
|
||||
(3) Any law of a State shall, in so far as it imposes, or authorises the
|
||||
imposition of,—
|
||||
imposition of,”
|
||||
(a) a tax on the sale or purchase of goods declared by Parliament
|
||||
by law to be of special importance in inter-State trade or commerce; or
|
||||
(b) a tax on the sale or purchase of goods, being a tax of the
|
||||
|
@ -368,75 +311,59 @@ nature referred to in sub-clause (b), sub-clause (c) or sub-clause (d) of
|
|||
clause (29A) of article 366,
|
||||
be subject to such restrictions and conditions in regard to the system of levy,
|
||||
rates and other incidents of the tax as Parliament may by law specify.
|
||||
287. Exemption from taxes on electricity.—Save in so far as
|
||||
287. Exemption from taxes on electricity.”Save in so far as
|
||||
Parliament may by law otherwise provide, no law of a State shall impose, or
|
||||
authorise the imposition of, a tax on the consumption or sale of electricity
|
||||
(whether produced by a Government or other persons) which is—
|
||||
(whether produced by a Government or other persons) which is”
|
||||
(a) consumed by the Government of India, or sold to the
|
||||
Government of India for consumption by that Government; or
|
||||
(b) consumed in the construction, maintenance or operation of any
|
||||
railway by the Government of India or a railway company operating that
|
||||
railway, or sold to that Government or any such railway company for
|
||||
consumption in the construction, maintenance or operation of any
|
||||
railway,
|
||||
consumption in the construction, maintenance or operation of any railway,
|
||||
and any such law imposing, or authorising the imposition of, a tax on the sale
|
||||
of electricity shall secure that the price of electricity sold to the Government
|
||||
of
|
||||
of electricity shall secure that the price of electricity sold to the Government of
|
||||
India for consumption by that Government, or to any such railway company as
|
||||
aforesaid for consumption in the construction, maintenance or operation of any
|
||||
railway, shall be less by the amount of the tax than the price charged to other
|
||||
consumers of a substantial quantity of electricity.
|
||||
|
||||
142
|
||||
|
||||
THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA
|
||||
|
||||
288. Exemption from taxation by States in respect of water or
|
||||
electricity in certain cases.—(1) Save in so far as the President may by order
|
||||
electricity in certain cases.”(1) Save in so far as the President may by order
|
||||
otherwise provide, no law of a State in force immediately before the
|
||||
commencement of this Constitution shall impose, or authorise the imposition
|
||||
of, a tax in respect of any water or electricity stored, generated, consumed,
|
||||
distributed or sold by any authority established by any existing law or any law
|
||||
made by Parliament for regulating or developing any inter-State river or riverva
|
||||
lley.
|
||||
Explanation.—The expression “law of a State in forceâ€<C3A2> in this clause
|
||||
made by Parliament for regulating or developing any inter-State river or river valley.
|
||||
Explanation.”The expression “law of a State in force” in this clause
|
||||
shall include a law of a State passed or made before the commencement of this
|
||||
Constitution and not previously repealed, notwithstanding that it or parts of it
|
||||
may not be then in operation either at all or in particular areas.
|
||||
(2) The Legislature of a State may by law impose, or authorise the
|
||||
imposition of, any such tax as is mentioned in clause (1), but no such law shall
|
||||
have any effect unless it has, after having been reserved for the consideration
|
||||
of
|
||||
the President, received his assent; and if any such law provides for the fixatio
|
||||
n
|
||||
of the President, received his assent; and if any such law provides for the fixation
|
||||
of the rates and other incidents of such tax by means of rules or orders to be
|
||||
made under the law by any authority, the law shall provide for the previous
|
||||
consent of the President being obtained to the making of any such rule or order.
|
||||
289. Exemption of property and income of a State from Union
|
||||
taxation.—(1) The property and income of a State shall be exempt from Union
|
||||
taxation.
|
||||
taxation.”
|
||||
(1) The property and income of a State shall be exempt from Union taxation.
|
||||
(2) Nothing in clause (1) shall prevent the Union from imposing, or
|
||||
authorising the imposition of, any tax to such extent, if any, as Parliament may
|
||||
by law provide in respect of a trade or business of any kind carried on by, or o
|
||||
n
|
||||
by law provide in respect of a trade or business of any kind carried on by, or on
|
||||
behalf of, the Government of a State, or any operations connected therewith, or
|
||||
any property used or occupied for the purposes of such trade or business, or any
|
||||
income accruing or arising in connection therewith.
|
||||
(3) Nothing in clause (2) shall apply to any trade or business, or to any
|
||||
class of trade or business, which Parliament may by law declare to be incidental
|
||||
to the ordinary functions of Government.
|
||||
|
||||
143
|
||||
|
||||
THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA
|
||||
|
||||
290. Adjustment in respect of certain expenses and pensions.—
|
||||
290. Adjustment in respect of certain expenses and pensions.”
|
||||
Where under the provisions of this Constitution the expenses of any court or
|
||||
Commission, or the pension payable to or in respect of a person who has served
|
||||
before the commencement of this Constitution under the Crown in India or
|
||||
after such commencement in connection with the affairs of the Union or of a
|
||||
State, are charged on the Consolidated Fund of India or the Consolidated Fund
|
||||
of a State, then, if—
|
||||
of a State, then, if”
|
||||
(a) in the case of a charge on the Consolidated Fund of India, the
|
||||
court or Commission serves any of the separate needs of a State, or the
|
||||
person has served wholly or in part in connection with the affairs of a
|
||||
|
@ -450,7 +377,7 @@ as the case may be, the Consolidated Fund of India or the Consolidated Fund of
|
|||
the other State, such contribution in respect of the expenses or pension as may
|
||||
be agreed, or as may in default of agreement be determined by an arbitrator to
|
||||
be appointed by the Chief Justice of India.
|
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290A. Annual payment to certain Devaswom Funds.—A sum of
|
||||
290A. Annual payment to certain Devaswom Funds.”A sum of
|
||||
forty-six lakhs and fifty thousand rupees shall be charged on, and paid out of,
|
||||
the Consolidated Fund of the State of Kerala every year to the Travancore
|
||||
Devaswom Fund; and a sum of thirteen lakhs and fifty thousand rupees shall be
|
||||
|
@ -460,24 +387,19 @@ 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. [Privy purse sums of Rulers.] Rep. by the Constitution (Twenty-sixth
|
||||
Amendment) Act, 197l, s. 2.
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CHAPTER II.—BORROWING
|
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292. Borrowing by the Government of India.—The executive power
|
||||
|
||||
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
|
||||
of India within such limits, if any, as may from time to time be fixed by
|
||||
Parliament by law and to the giving of guarantees within such limits, if any, as
|
||||
may be so fixed.
|
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293. Borrowing by States.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this article,
|
||||
the executive power of a State extends to borrowing within the territory of Indi
|
||||
a
|
||||
upon the security of the Consolidated Fund of the State within such limits, if a
|
||||
ny,
|
||||
293. Borrowing by States.”(1) Subject to the provisions of this article,
|
||||
the executive power of a State extends to borrowing within the territory of India
|
||||
upon the security of the Consolidated Fund of the State within such limits, if any,
|
||||
as may from time to time be fixed by the Legislature of such State by law and to
|
||||
the giving of guarantees within such limits, if any, as may be so fixed.
|
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|
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(2) The Government of India may, subject to such conditions as may be
|
||||
laid down by or under any law made by Parliament, make loans to any State or,
|
||||
so long as any limits fixed under article 292 are not exceeded, give guarantees
|
||||
|
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|
|||
its predecessor Government.
|
||||
(4) A consent under clause (3) may be granted subject to such
|
||||
conditions, if any, as the Government of India may think fit to impose.
|
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CHAPTER III.—PROPERTY, CONTRACTS, RIGHTS, LIABILITIES,
|
||||
OBLIGATIONS AND SUITS
|
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|
||||
CHAPTER III PROPERTY, CONTRACTS, RIGHTS, LIABILITIES, OBLIGATIONS AND SUITS
|
||||
|
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294. Succession to property, assets, rights, liabilities and obligations
|
||||
in certain cases.—As from the commencement of this Constitution—
|
||||
in certain cases.”As from the commencement of this Constitution”
|
||||
(a) all property and assets which immediately before such
|
||||
commencement were vested in His Majesty for the purposes of the
|
||||
Government of the Dominion of India and all property and assets which
|
||||
|
@ -509,18 +432,13 @@ subject to any adjustment made or to be made by reason of the creation before
|
|||
the commencement of this Constitution of the Dominion of Pakistan or of the
|
||||
Provinces of West Bengal, East Bengal, West Punjab and East Punjab.
|
||||
295. Succession to property, assets, rights, liabilities and obligations
|
||||
in other cases.—(1) As from the commencement of this Constitution—
|
||||
in other cases.”(1) As from the commencement of this Constitution”
|
||||
(a) all property and assets which immediately before such
|
||||
commencement were vested in any Indian State corresponding to a State
|
||||
specified in Part B of the First Schedule shall vest in the Union, if the
|
||||
purposes for which such property and assets were held immediately
|
||||
before such commencement will thereafter be purposes of the Union
|
||||
relating to any of the matters enumerated in the Union List, and
|
||||
|
||||
145
|
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|
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|
||||
|
||||
(b) all rights, liabilities and obligations of the Government of any
|
||||
Indian State corresponding to a State specified in Part B of the First
|
||||
Schedule, whether arising out of any contract or otherwise, shall be the
|
||||
|
@ -531,50 +449,38 @@ of India relating to any of the matters enumerated in the Union List,
|
|||
subject to any agreement entered into in that behalf by the Government of India
|
||||
with the Government of that State.
|
||||
(2) Subject as aforesaid, the Government of each State specified in Part B
|
||||
of the First Schedule shall, as from the commencement of this Constitution, be t
|
||||
he
|
||||
of the First Schedule shall, as from the commencement of this Constitution, be the
|
||||
successor of the Government of the corresponding Indian State as regards all
|
||||
property and assets and all rights, liabilities and obligations, whether arising
|
||||
out
|
||||
property and assets and all rights, liabilities and obligations, whether arising out
|
||||
of any contract or otherwise, other than those referred to in clause (1).
|
||||
296. Property accruing by escheat or lapse or as bona vacantia.—
|
||||
Subject as hereinafter provided, any property in the territory of India which, i
|
||||
f
|
||||
296. Property accruing by escheat or lapse or as bona vacantia.”
|
||||
Subject as hereinafter provided, any property in the territory of India which, if
|
||||
this Constitution had not come into operation, would have accrued to His Majesty
|
||||
or, as the case may be, to the Ruler of an Indian State by escheat or lapse, or
|
||||
as
|
||||
bona vacantia for want of a rightful owner, shall, if it is property situate in
|
||||
a
|
||||
or, as the case may be, to the Ruler of an Indian State by escheat or lapse, or as
|
||||
bona vacantia for want of a rightful owner, shall, if it is property situate in a
|
||||
State, vest in such State, and shall, in any other case, vest in the Union:
|
||||
Provided that any property which at the date when it would have so
|
||||
accrued to His Majesty or to the Ruler of an Indian State was in the possession
|
||||
or under the control of the Government of India or the Government of a State
|
||||
shall, according as the purposes for which it was then used or held were
|
||||
purposes of the Union or of a State, vest in the Union or in that State.
|
||||
Explanation.—In this article, the expressions “Rulerâ€<C3A2> and “Indian Stateâ
|
||||
€<EFBFBD>
|
||||
Explanation.”In this article, the expressions “Ruler” and "Indian State"
|
||||
have the same meanings as in article 363.
|
||||
297. Things of value within territorial waters or continental shelf
|
||||
and resources of the exclusive economic zone to vest in the Union.— (1) All
|
||||
and resources of the exclusive economic zone to vest in the Union.” (1) All
|
||||
lands, minerals and other things of value underlying the ocean within the
|
||||
territorial waters, or the continental shelf, or the exclusive economic zone, of
|
||||
India shall vest in the Union and be held for the purposes of the Union.
|
||||
(2) All other resources of the exclusive economic zone of India shall also
|
||||
vest in the Union and be held for the purposes of the Union.
|
||||
|
||||
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|
||||
|
||||
146
|
||||
|
||||
(3) The limits of the territorial waters, the continental shelf, the exclusive
|
||||
economic zone, and other maritime zones, of India shall be such as may be
|
||||
specified, from time to time, by or under any law made by Parliament.
|
||||
298. Power to carry on trade, etc.— The executive power of the Union
|
||||
and of each State shall extend to the carrying on of any trade or business and t
|
||||
o
|
||||
298. Power to carry on trade, etc.” The executive power of the Union
|
||||
and of each State shall extend to the carrying on of any trade or business and to
|
||||
the acquisition, holding and disposal of property and the making of contracts
|
||||
for any purpose:
|
||||
Provided that—
|
||||
Provided that”
|
||||
(a) the said executive power of the Union shall, in so far as such
|
||||
trade or business or such purpose is not one with respect to which
|
||||
Parliament may make laws, be subject in each State to legislation by the
|
||||
|
@ -582,11 +488,10 @@ State; and
|
|||
(b) the said executive power of each State shall, in so far as such
|
||||
trade or business or such purpose is not one with respect to which the
|
||||
State Legislature may make laws, be subject to legislation by Parliament.
|
||||
299. Contracts.—(1) All contracts made in the exercise of the executive
|
||||
299. Contracts.”(1) All contracts made in the exercise of the executive
|
||||
power of the Union or of a State shall be expressed to be made by the
|
||||
President, or by the Governor of the State, as the case may be, and all such
|
||||
contracts and all assurances of property made in the exercise of that power shal
|
||||
l
|
||||
contracts and all assurances of property made in the exercise of that power shall
|
||||
be executed on behalf of the President or the Governor by such persons and in
|
||||
such manner as he may direct or authorise.
|
||||
(2) Neither the President nor the Governor shall be personally liable in
|
||||
|
@ -595,29 +500,23 @@ Constitution, or for the purposes of any enactment relating to the Government
|
|||
of India heretofore in force, nor shall any person making or executing any such
|
||||
contract or assurance on behalf of any of them be personally liable in respect
|
||||
thereof.
|
||||
300. Suits and proceedings.—(1) The Government of India may sue or
|
||||
300. Suits and proceedings.”(1) The Government of India may sue or
|
||||
be sued by the name of the Union of India and the Government of a State may
|
||||
sue or be sued by the name of the State and may, subject to any provisions
|
||||
which may be made by Act of Parliament or of the Legislature of such State
|
||||
enacted by virtue of powers conferred by this Constitution, sue or be sued in
|
||||
relation to their respective affairs in the like cases as the Dominion of India
|
||||
and
|
||||
relation to their respective affairs in the like cases as the Dominion of India and
|
||||
the corresponding Provinces or the corresponding Indian States might have
|
||||
sued or been sued if this Constitution had not been enacted.
|
||||
|
||||
147
|
||||
|
||||
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|
||||
|
||||
(2) If at the commencement of this Constitution—
|
||||
(2) If at the commencement of this Constitution”
|
||||
(a) any legal proceedings are pending to which the Dominion of
|
||||
India is a party, the Union of India shall be deemed to be substituted for
|
||||
the Dominion in those proceedings; and
|
||||
(b) any legal proceedings are pending to which a Province or an
|
||||
Indian State is a party, the corresponding State shall be deemed to be
|
||||
substituted for the Province or the Indian State in those proceedings.
|
||||
CHAPTER IV.—RIGHT TO PROPERTY
|
||||
300A. Persons not to be deprived of property save by authority of
|
||||
law.— No person shall be deprived of his property save by authority of law.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
CHAPTER IV. RIGHT TO PROPERTY
|
||||
|
||||
300A. Persons not to be deprived of property save by authority of
|
||||
law.” No person shall be deprived of his property save by authority of law.
|
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|
@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
|
|||
SEVENTH SCHEDULE
|
||||
|
||||
(Article 246)
|
||||
|
||||
List I—Union List
|
||||
|
||||
1. Defence of India and every part thereof including preparation for
|
||||
defence and all such acts as may be conducive in times of war to its prosecution
|
||||
and after its termination to effective demobilisation.
|
||||
2. Naval, military and air forces; any other armed forces of the Union.
|
||||
2A. Deployment of any armed force of the Union or any other force
|
||||
subject to the control of the Union or any contingent or unit thereof in any Sta
|
||||
te
|
||||
in aid of the civil power; powers, jurisdiction, privileges and liabilities of t
|
||||
he
|
||||
subject to the control of the Union or any contingent or unit thereof in any
|
||||
State in aid of the civil power; powers, jurisdiction, privileges and liabilities of the
|
||||
members of such forces while on such deployment.
|
||||
3. Delimitation of cantonment areas, local self-government in such areas,
|
||||
the constitution and powers within such areas of cantonment authorities and the
|
||||
regulation of house accommodation (including the control of rents) in such
|
||||
areas.
|
||||
regulation of house accommodation (including the control of rents) in such areas.
|
||||
4. Naval, military and air force works.
|
||||
5. Arms, firearms, ammunition and explosives.
|
||||
6. Atomic energy and mineral resources necessary for its production.
|
||||
|
@ -31,13 +31,6 @@ any foreign country.
|
|||
bodies and implementing of decisions made thereat.
|
||||
14. Entering into treaties and agreements with foreign countries and
|
||||
implementing of treaties, agreements and conventions with foreign countries.
|
||||
|
||||
264
|
||||
|
||||
265
|
||||
|
||||
THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA
|
||||
|
||||
15. War and peace.
|
||||
16. Foreign jurisdiction.
|
||||
17. Citizenship, naturalisation and aliens.
|
||||
|
@ -68,24 +61,13 @@ marine hospitals.
|
|||
regulation and organisation of air traffic and of aerodromes; provision for
|
||||
aeronautical education and training and regulation of such education and
|
||||
training provided by States and other agencies.
|
||||
|
||||
266
|
||||
|
||||
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|
||||
|
||||
30. Carriage of passengers and goods by railway, sea or air, or by national
|
||||
waterways in mechanically propelled vessels.
|
||||
31. Posts and telegraphs; telephones, wireless, broadcasting and other like
|
||||
forms of communication.
|
||||
32. Property of the Union and the revenue therefrom, but as regards
|
||||
property situated in a State subject to legislation by the State, save in so far
|
||||
as
|
||||
Parliament by law otherwise provides.
|
||||
*
|
||||
*
|
||||
*
|
||||
*
|
||||
*
|
||||
as Parliament by law otherwise provides.
|
||||
34. Courts of wards for the estates of Rulers of Indian States.
|
||||
35. Public debt of the Union.
|
||||
36. Currency, coinage and legal tender; foreign exchange.
|
||||
|
@ -110,11 +92,6 @@ instruments.
|
|||
48. Stock exchanges and futures markets.
|
||||
49. Patents, inventions and designs; copyright; trade-marks and
|
||||
merchandise marks.
|
||||
|
||||
267
|
||||
|
||||
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|
||||
|
||||
50. Establishment of standards of weight and measure.
|
||||
51. Establishment of standards of quality for goods to be exported out of
|
||||
India or transported from one State to another.
|
||||
|
@ -143,18 +120,12 @@ Victoria Memorial and the Indian War Memorial, and any other like institution
|
|||
financed by the Government of India wholly or in part and declared by
|
||||
Parliament by law to be an institution of national importance.
|
||||
63. The institutions known at the commencement of this Constitution as the
|
||||
Benares Hindu University, the Aligarh Muslim University and the Delhi University
|
||||
;
|
||||
Benares Hindu University, the Aligarh Muslim University and the Delhi University;
|
||||
the University established in pursuance of article 371E; any other institution
|
||||
declared by Parliament by law to be an institution of national importance.
|
||||
64. Institutions for scientific or technical education financed by the
|
||||
Government of India wholly or in part and declared by Parliament by law to be
|
||||
institutions of national importance.
|
||||
|
||||
268
|
||||
|
||||
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|
||||
|
||||
65. Union agencies and institutions for—
|
||||
(a) professional, vocational or technical training, including the
|
||||
training of police officers; or
|
||||
|
@ -185,28 +156,19 @@ Parliament or commissions appointed by Parliament.
|
|||
75. Emoluments, allowances, privileges, and rights in respect of leave of
|
||||
absence, of the President and Governors; salaries and allowances of the
|
||||
Ministers for the Union; the salaries, allowances, and rights in respect of leav
|
||||
e
|
||||
of absence and other conditions of service of the Comptroller and AuditorGeneral
|
||||
.
|
||||
e of absence and other conditions of service of the Comptroller and Auditor General
|
||||
76. Audit of the accounts of the Union and of the States.
|
||||
77. Constitution, organisation, jurisdiction and powers of the Supreme
|
||||
Court (including contempt of such Court), and the fees taken therein; persons
|
||||
entitled to practise before the Supreme Court.
|
||||
|
||||
269
|
||||
|
||||
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|
||||
|
||||
78. Constitution and organisation (including vacations) of the High Courts
|
||||
except provisions as to officers and servants of High Courts; persons entitled t
|
||||
o
|
||||
practise before the High Courts.
|
||||
except provisions as to officers and servants of High Courts; persons entitled
|
||||
to practise before the High Courts.
|
||||
79. Extension of the jurisdiction of a High Court to, and exclusion of the
|
||||
jurisdiction of a High Court from, any Union territory.
|
||||
80. Extension of the powers and jurisdiction of members of a police force
|
||||
belonging to any State to any area outside that State, but not so as to enable t
|
||||
he
|
||||
police of one State to exercise powers and jurisdiction in any area outside that
|
||||
belonging to any State to any area outside that State, but not so as to enable
|
||||
the police of one State to exercise powers and jurisdiction in any area outside that
|
||||
State without the consent of the Government of the State in which such area is
|
||||
situated; extension of the powers and jurisdiction of members of a police force
|
||||
belonging to any State to railway areas outside that State.
|
||||
|
@ -228,15 +190,9 @@ of individuals and companies; taxes on the capital of companies.
|
|||
taxes on railway fares and freights.
|
||||
90. Taxes other than stamp duties on transactions in stock exchanges and
|
||||
futures markets.
|
||||
|
||||
270
|
||||
|
||||
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|
||||
|
||||
91. Rates of stamp duty in respect of bills of exchange, cheques,
|
||||
promissory notes, bills of lading, letters of credit, policies of insurance, tra
|
||||
nsfer
|
||||
of shares, debentures, proxies and receipts.
|
||||
promissory notes, bills of lading, letters of credit, policies of insurance,
|
||||
transfer of shares, debentures, proxies and receipts.
|
||||
92. Taxes on the sale or purchase of newspapers and on advertisements
|
||||
published therein.
|
||||
92A. Taxes on the sale or purchase of goods other than newspapers, where
|
||||
|
@ -254,7 +210,9 @@ respect to any of the matters in this List; admiralty jurisdiction.
|
|||
taken in any court.
|
||||
97. Any other matter not enumerated in List II or List III including any tax
|
||||
not mentioned in either of those Lists.
|
||||
|
||||
List II—State List
|
||||
|
||||
1. Public order (but not including the use of any naval, military or air force
|
||||
or any other armed force of the Union or of any other force subject to the
|
||||
control of the Union or of any contingent or unit thereof in aid of the civil
|
||||
|
@ -264,14 +222,8 @@ entry 2A of List I.
|
|||
3. Officers and servants of the High Court; procedure in rent and revenue
|
||||
courts; fees taken in all courts except the Supreme Court.
|
||||
4. Prisons, reformatories, Borstal institutions and other institutions of a
|
||||
like nature, and persons detained therein; arrangements with other States for th
|
||||
e
|
||||
use of prisons and other institutions.
|
||||
|
||||
271
|
||||
|
||||
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|
||||
|
||||
like nature, and persons detained therein; arrangements with other States for
|
||||
the use of prisons and other institutions.
|
||||
5. Local government, that is to say, the constitution and powers of
|
||||
municipal corporations, improvement trusts, districts boards, mining settlement
|
||||
authorities and other local authorities for the purpose of local self-government
|
||||
|
@ -282,11 +234,6 @@ or village administration.
|
|||
possession, transport, purchase and sale of intoxicating liquors.
|
||||
9. Relief of the disabled and unemployable.
|
||||
10. Burials and burial grounds; cremations and cremation grounds.
|
||||
*
|
||||
*
|
||||
*
|
||||
*
|
||||
*
|
||||
12. Libraries, museums and other similar institutions controlled or
|
||||
financed by the State; ancient and historical monuments and records other than
|
||||
those declared by or under law made by Parliament to be of national
|
||||
|
@ -308,15 +255,6 @@ entry 56 of List I.
|
|||
relation of landlord and tenant, and the collection of rents; transfer and
|
||||
alienation of agricultural land; land improvement and agricultural loans;
|
||||
colonization.
|
||||
*
|
||||
*
|
||||
*
|
||||
*
|
||||
|
||||
272
|
||||
|
||||
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|
||||
|
||||
21. Fisheries.
|
||||
22. Courts of wards subject to the provisions of entry 34 of List I;
|
||||
encumbered and attached estates.
|
||||
|
@ -330,26 +268,15 @@ control of the Union.
|
|||
27. Production, supply and distribution of goods subject to the provisions
|
||||
of entry 33 of List III.
|
||||
28. Markets and fairs.
|
||||
*
|
||||
*
|
||||
*
|
||||
*
|
||||
*
|
||||
30. Money-lending and money-lenders; relief of agricultural indebtedness.
|
||||
31. Inns and inn-keepers.
|
||||
32. Incorporation, regulation and winding up of corporations, other than
|
||||
those specified in List I, and universities; unincorporated trading, literary,
|
||||
scientific, religious and other societies and associations; co-operative societi
|
||||
es.
|
||||
scientific, religious and other societies and associations; co-operative societies.
|
||||
33. Theatres and dramatic performances; cinemas subject to the provisions
|
||||
of entry 60 of List I; sports, entertainments and amusements.
|
||||
34. Betting and gambling.
|
||||
35. Works, lands and buildings vested in or in the possession of the State.
|
||||
*
|
||||
*
|
||||
*
|
||||
*
|
||||
*
|
||||
37. Elections to the Legislature of the State subject to the provisions of
|
||||
any law made by Parliament.
|
||||
38. Salaries and allowances of members of the Legislature of the State, of
|
||||
|
@ -360,11 +287,6 @@ the members and the committees thereof, and, if there is a Legislative Council,
|
|||
of that Council and of the members and the committees thereof; enforcement of
|
||||
attendance of persons for giving evidence or producing documents before
|
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committees of the Legislature of the State.
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40. Salaries and allowances of Ministers for the State.
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41. State public services; State Public Service Commission.
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42. State pensions, that is to say, pensions payable by the State or out of
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newspapers and advertisements broadcast by radio or television.
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56. Taxes on goods and passengers carried by road or on inland
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waterways.
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57. Taxes on vehicles, whether mechanically propelled or not, suitable for
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use on roads, including tramcars subject to the provisions of entry 35 of List I
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II.
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use on roads, including tramcars subject to the provisions of entry 35 of List III.
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58. Taxes on animals and boats.
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59. Tolls.
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60. Taxes on professions, trades, callings and employments.
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respect to any of the matters in this List.
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66. Fees in respect of any of the matters in this List, but not including fees
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taken in any court.
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List III—Concurrent List
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1. Criminal law, including all matters included in the Indian Penal Code
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at the commencement of this Constitution but excluding offences against laws
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with respect to any of the matters specified in List I or List II and excluding
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the
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use of naval, military or air forces or any other armed forces of the Union in a
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id
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of the civil power.
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the use of naval, military or air forces or any other armed forces of the Union
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in aid of the civil power.
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2. Criminal procedure, including all matters included in the Code of
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Criminal Procedure at the commencement of this Constitution.
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3. Preventive detention for reasons connected with the security of a State,
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the maintenance of public order, or the maintenance of supplies and services
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essential to the community; persons subjected to such detention.
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4. Removal from one State to another State of prisoners, accused persons
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and persons subjected to preventive detention for reasons specified in entry 3 o
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f
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this List.
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and persons subjected to preventive detention for reasons specified in entry 3
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of this List.
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5. Marriage and divorce; infants and minors; adoption; wills, intestacy
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and succession; joint family and partition; all matters in respect of which
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parties in judicial proceedings were immediately before the commencement of
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this Constitution subject to their personal law.
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6. Transfer of property other than agricultural land; registration of deeds
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and documents.
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7. Contracts, including partnership, agency, contracts of carriage, and
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20. Economic and social planning.
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20A. Population control and family planning.
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21. Commercial and industrial monopolies, combines and trusts.
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22. Trade unions; industrial and labour disputes.
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23. Social security and social insurance; employment and unemployment.
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24. Welfare of labour including conditions of work, provident funds,
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(c) cattle fodder, including oilcakes and other concentrates;
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(d) raw cotton, whether ginned or unginned, and cotton seed; and
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(e) raw jute.
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33A. Weights and measures except establishment of standards.
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34. Price control.
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35. Mechanically propelled vehicles including the principles on which
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46. Jurisdiction and powers of all courts, except the Supreme Court, with
|
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respect to any of the matters in this List.
|
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47. Fees in respect of any of the matters in this List, but not including fees
|
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taken in any court.
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taken in any court.
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