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Article 251 — Nothing in articles 249 and 250 shall restrict the power of the Legislature of a State to make any lawwhich under this Constitution it has power to make, butif any provision of a law made by the Legislature of aState is repugnant to any provision of a law made by

Article
251
Chapter
CHAPTER I.—L EGISLATIVE RELATIONS — Distribution of Legislative Powers
Index row title
Nothing in articles 249 and 250 shall restrict the power of the Legislature of a State to make any lawwhich under this Constitution it has power to make, butif any provision of a law made by the Legislature of aState is repugnant to any provision of a law made by
Source document
India Constitution
Provision ID
eb4daca7-e608-42d8-9af7-65cb186142db

104 words

Verbatim text

power of the Legislature of a State to make any lawwhich under this Constitution it has power to make, butif any provision of a law made by the Legislature of aState is repugnant to any provision of a law made by Parliament which Parliament has under either of the said articles power to make, the law made by Parliament,whether passed before or after the law made by theLegislature of the State, shall prevail, and the law madeby the Legislature of the State shall to the extent of therepugnancy, but so long only as the law made by Parliament continues to have effect, be inoperative.

What this means

  • The index files this text under article 251 of the Constitution of India.
  • The index files it under the chapter heading “CHAPTER I.—L EGISLATIVE RELATIONS — Distribution of Legislative Powers”.
  • The row is titled “Nothing in articles 249 and 250 shall restrict the power of the Legislature of a State to make any lawwhich under this Constitution it has power to make, butif any provision of a law made by the Legislature of aState is repugnant to any provision of a law made by”.
  • The passage runs to about 104 words.

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