Courts, authorities and officers to continue to function subject to the provisions of the Constitution
included in editionWhat does this mean?
Existing courts, authorities and officers continued to function subject to the Constitution. This prevented the change of constitutional system from stopping all public administration and judicial work overnight.
Temporary, transitional and State-specific arrangements, including legal continuity at commencement.
Why is this provision here?
Moving from the earlier constitutional order required continuity and temporary adaptation rules. The stated time limits and historical conditions prevent treating this as an indefinite general power.
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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Source-page notes · may concern neighbouring Articles
1. Added by the Constitution (First Amendment) Act, 1951, s. 13 (w.e.f. 18-6-1951).
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.