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Article 254 of the Constitution of India

Article
254
Chapter
CHAPTER I.—L EGISLATIVE RELATIONS — Distribution of Legislative Powers
Index row title
(1) If any provision of a law made by the Legislature of a State is repugnant to any provision of a
Source document
India Constitution
Provision ID
64fdb8b4-359b-419b-bdb4-93eef2a8f0a2

261 words

Verbatim text

law made by Parliament which Parliament is competent to enact, or to any provision of an existing law with respect to one of the matters enumerated in the Concurrent List, then, subject to the provisions of clause (2), the lawmade by Parliament, whether passed before or after the law made by the Legislature of such State, or, as the case may be, the existing law, shall prevail and the law made by the Legislature of the State shall, to the extent of the repugnancy, be void. (2) Where a law made by the Legislature of a State 1*** with respect to one of the matters enumerated in the Concurrent List contains any provision repugnant to the provisions of an earlier law made by Parliament or an existing law with respect to that matter, then, the law so made by the Legislature of such State shall, if it has been reserved for the consideration of the President and has received his assent, prevail in that State: Provided that nothing in this clause shall prevent Parliament from enacting at any time any law with respect to the same matter including a law adding to, amending, varying or repealing the law so made by the Legislature of the State.Legislation for giving effect tointernationalagreements. Inconsistency between lawsmade byParliament andlaws made by theLegislatures ofStates. 1The words and letters “specified in Part A or Part B of the First Schedule” omitted by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, s. 29 and Sch.THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA (Part XI. —Relations between the Union and the States.— Arts. 252—254 .)155

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  • The index files this text under article 254 of the Constitution of India.
  • The index files it under the chapter heading “CHAPTER I.—L EGISLATIVE RELATIONS — Distribution of Legislative Powers”.
  • The passage runs to about 261 words.

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