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PART XI RELATIONS BETWEEN THE UNION AND THE STATES · CHAPTER I.— LEGISLATIVE RELATIONS · Distribution of Legislative Powers

Article 250: Power of Parliament to legislate with respect to any matter in the State List if a Proclamation of Emergency is in operation

The Constitution of India

(1) Notwithstanding anything in this Chapter, Parliament shall, while a Proclamation of Emergency is in operation, have power to make laws for the whole or any part of the territory of India with respect to 1[goods and services tax provided under article 246A or] any of the matters enumerated in the State List.

(2) A law made by Parliament which Parliament would not but for the issue of a Proclamation of Emergency have been competent to make shall, to the extent of the incompetency, cease to have effect on the expiration of a period of six months after the Proclamation has ceased to operate, except as respects things done or omitted to be done before the expiration of the said period.

Footnotes in the official text

  1. 1.Ins. by the Constitution (One Hundred and First Amendment) Act, 2016, s. 5 (w.e.f. 16-9- 2016).

Questions on this article

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  1. 1. Assertion (A): Parliament enacted the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 after the Houses of the Legislatures of several States passed resolutions under clause (1) of Article 252 of the Constitution. Reason (R): Article 253 empowers Parliament to make any law for the whole or any part of the territory of India for implementing any decision made at any international conference.

  2. 2. While a Proclamation of Emergency is in operation, Parliament enacts a law on a matter in the State List. The Proclamation is revoked on 1 January. To the extent that Parliament would not otherwise have been competent to make it, the law:

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