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Article 35
Legislation to give effect to the provisions of this Part

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Article 35 / Part III

Legislation to give effect to the provisions of this Part

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THE PLAIN-LANGUAGE GUIDE

What does this mean?

For the specified Fundamental Rights matters, Parliament has the legislative power assigned here, including prescribing punishment for certain offences. This helps distinguish which legislature may enact the implementing law.

Enforceable constitutional rights, their limits, protective exceptions and the courts' remedies.

PURPOSE & CONTEXT

Why is this provision here?

Rights sometimes need implementing offences and other legislation. This allocates the specified lawmaking responsibility to Parliament.

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

Educational summary of the linked source text. Exceptions, provisos, implementing laws and applicable judgments must be read before applying it to a real case.

Read the official constitutional text
35. Legislation to give effect to the provisions of this Part.— Notwithstanding anything in this Constitution,— (a) Parliament shall have, and the Legislature of a State shall not have, power to make laws— (i) with respect to any of the matters which under clause (3) of article 16, clause (3) of article 32, article 33 and article 34 may be provided for by law made by Parliament; and (ii) for prescribing punishment for those acts which are declared to be offences under this Part, and Parliament shall, as soon as may be after the commencement of this Constitution, make laws for prescribing punishment for the acts referred to in sub-clause (ii); (b) any law in force immediately before the commencement of this Constitution in the territory of India with respect to any of the matters referred to in sub-clause (i) of clause (a) or providing for punishment for any act referred to in sub-clause (ii) of that clause shall, subject to the terms thereof and to any adaptations and modifications that may be made therein under article 372, continue in force until altered or repealed or amended by Parliament. Explanation.—In this article, the expression "law in force'' has the same meaning as in article 372.

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.