PART XI RELATIONS BETWEEN THE UNION AND THE STATES · CHAPTER II.— ADMINISTRATIVE RELATIONS · General

Article 258A: Power of the States to entrust functions to the Union

¹[ Notwithstanding anything in this Constitution, the Governor of a State may, with the consent of the Government of India, entrust either conditionally or unconditionally to that Government or to its officers functions in relation to any matter to which the executive power of the State extends.]

Footnotes in the official text

1.Ins. by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, s. 18 (w.e.f. 1-11-1956).

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1. Which Article allows the Governor of a State, with the consent of the Government of India, to entrust to that Government or its officers functions in relation to any matter to which the executive power of the State extends?

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