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Article 266 of the Constitution of India

Article
266
Chapter
CHAPTER I.—F INANCE — General
Index row title
(1) Subject to the provisions of article 267 and to the provisions of this Chapter with respect to the
Source document
India Constitution
Provision ID
8e847333-58d6-41e6-8e29-f7e488097c47

233 words

Verbatim text

assignment of the whole or part of the net proceeds of certain taxes and duties to States, all revenues received by the Government of India, all loans raised by that Government by the issue of treasury bills, loans or ways and means advances and all moneys received by that Government in repayment of loans shall form one consolidated fund to be entitled “the Consolidated Fund of India”, and all revenues received by the Government of a State, all loans raised by that Government by the issue of treasury bills, loans or ways and means advances and all moneys received by that Government in repayment of loans shall form one consolidated fund to be entitled “the Consolidated Fund of the State”. (2) All other public moneys received by or on behalf of the Government of India or the Government of a State shall be credited to the public account of India or the public account of the State, as the case may be. (3) No moneys out of the Consolidated Fund of India or the Consolidated Fund of a State shall be appropriated except in accordance with law and for the purposes and in the manner provided in this Constitution. 160Interpretation. Taxes not to be imposed save byauthority of law. Consolidated Funds and publicaccounts of Indiaand of the States. 1Subs. by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, s. 29 and Sch., for art. 264.

What this means

  • The index files this text under article 266 of the Constitution of India.
  • The index files it under the chapter heading “CHAPTER I.—F INANCE — General”.
  • The passage runs to about 233 words.

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