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Article 255
Requirements as to recommendations and previous sanctions to be regarded as matters of procedure only

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Article 255 / Part XI

Requirements as to recommendations and previous sanctions to be regarded as matters of procedure only

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THE PLAIN-LANGUAGE GUIDE

What does this mean?

An Act is not invalid solely for the specified missing recommendation or previous sanction if the required superior assent is subsequently given as stated. This is a limited procedural cure, not permission to ignore every constitutional requirement.

Who can make laws and how Union and State executive responsibilities interact.

PURPOSE & CONTEXT

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.

Historical evidence

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

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Read the official constitutional text
255. Requirements as to recommendations and previous sanctions to be regarded as matters of procedure only.—No Act of Parliament or of the Legislature of a State ***, and no provision in any such Act, shall be invalid by reason only that some recommendation or previous sanction required by this Constitution was not given, if assent to that Act was given— (a) where the recommendation required was that of the Governor, either by the Governor or by the President; (b) where the recommendation required was that of the Rajpramukh, either by the Rajpramukh or by the President; (c) where the recommendation or previous sanction required was that of the President, by the President.

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.