Verbatim text
Commission for the Dominion of India holding office
immediately before the commencement of thisConstitution shall, unless they have elected otherwise,
become on such commencement the members of the
Public Service Commission for the Union and shall,notwithstanding anything in clauses (1) and (2) of
article 316 but subject to the proviso to clause (2) of that
article, continue to hold office until the expiration oftheir term of office as determined under the rules which
were applicable immediately before such commencement
to such members.
(2) The members of a Public Service Commission of a
Province or of a Public Service Commission serving theneeds of a group of Provinces holding office immediately
before the commencement of this Constitution shall, unless
they have elected otherwise, become on suchcommencement the members of the Public Service
Commission for the corresponding State or the members
of the Joint State Public Service Commission serving theneeds of the corresponding States, as the case may be,
and shall, notwithstanding anything in clauses (1) and
(2) of article 316 but subject to the proviso to clause (2)of that article, continue to hold office until the expiration
of their term of office as determined under the rules which
were applicable immediately before such commencement
to such members.Provisions as to
Comptroller andAuditor-Generalof India.
Provisions as to
Public ServiceCommissions.THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA
(Part XXI. —Temporary, Transitional and Special
Provisions .—Art. 376—378.)265
1[378A. Notwithstanding anything contained in article
172, the Legislative Assembly of the State of AndhraPradesh as constituted under the provisions of sections28 and 29 of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, shall,unless sooner dissolved, continue for a period of fiveyears from the date referred to in the said section 29 andno longer and the expiration of the said period shalloperate as a dissolution of that Legislative Assembly.]
379.—391. Rep. by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment)
Act, 1956, s. 29 and Sch.
What this means
- The index files this text under article 378 of the Constitution of India.
- The index files it under the chapter heading “CHAPTER I.—L ANGUAGE OF THE UNION”.
- The passage runs to about 306 words.
- Read plainly, it mentions assembly and association — it protects gathering together or joining a group, union or party (the words used: “Assembly”).
The row’s stored title is a body fragment, not a heading (“(1) The members of the Public Service”), so it is not used as the provision’s title here.
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