Legislation for giving effect to international agreements
included in editionWhat does this mean?
Parliament can legislate to implement international treaties, agreements and conference decisions despite the ordinary distribution of legislative subjects. The Article supplies domestic legislative competence, not automatic implementation of every international statement.
Who can make laws and how Union and State executive responsibilities interact.
Why is this provision here?
Union-State relationships need defined powers and cooperation or priority rules. This Article addresses the specific allocation or coordination issue described above.
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.
Limits, exceptions & reading carefully
Educational summary of the linked source text. Exceptions, provisos, implementing laws and applicable judgments must be read before applying it to a real case.
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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.