Repeals
included in editionWhat does this mean?
The specified earlier constitutional enactments were repealed, subject to the stated exception. This marks the legal replacement of the former governing framework by the Constitution.
The Constitution's legal name, commencement, authoritative Hindi text and repeal of earlier enactments.
Why is this provision here?
Repealing the specified earlier instruments clarifies the legal replacement of the former constitutional order.
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. Ins. by the Constitution (Fifty-eighth Amendment) Act, 1987, s. 2 (w.e.f. 9-12-1987). 2. Art 394A, Ins. by s. 3, ibid. (w.e.f. 9-12-1987).
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.