Definition
included in editionWhat does this mean?
For this Part, the Article defines State with the stated historical qualification. Definitions must be read within their specified constitutional context.
State Governors, ministers, legislatures, High Courts and the subordinate judiciary.
Why is this provision here?
A constitutional Part needs clarity about the territorial category to which its institutional rules apply.
This Article number belongs to the original constitutional framework, but its present wording may include later amendments or substitutions. A provision-specific original Assembly debate has not been verified here. The explanation of function above is editorial inference from the text, not an attributed single motive of the framers. The original draft-making archive is a research resource, not proof of a particular historical reason.
The explanation of purpose is an editorial reading of the provision. A drafting motive is attributed only where a linked historical source supports it.
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Source-page notes · may concern neighbouring Articles
1. The words "IN PART A OF THE FIRST SCHEDULE" omitted by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, s. 29 and Sch. (w.e.f. 1-11-1956). 2. Subs. by s. 29 and Sch. ibid., for "means a State specified in Part A of the First Schedule" (w.e.f. 1-11-1956). 3. Added by s. 6, ibid. (w.e.f. 1-11-1956).
Extracted from the Legislative Department’s May 2026 edition. Page footnotes may refer to neighbouring provisions; check their markers in the PDF. Inclusion in this edition does not by itself establish commencement or judicial effect.