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The Constitution of India in English 2026: page 243

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212                   THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA
                       (Part XVIII.—EMERGENCY PROVISIONS)

              (a) assume to himself all or any of the functions of the
       Government of the State and all or any of the powers vested in or
       exercisable by the Governor 1*** or any body or authority in the State
       other than the Legislature of the State;
              (b) declare that the powers of the Legislature of the State shall be
       exercisable by or under the authority of Parliament;
              (c) make such incidental and consequential provisions as appear
       to the President to be necessary or desirable for giving effect to the
       objects of the Proclamation, including provisions for suspending in
       whole or in part the operation of any provisions of this Constitution
       relating to any body or authority in the State:
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       Provided that nothing in this clause shall authorise the President to
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assume to himself any of the powers vested in or exercisable by a High Court,
or to suspend in whole or in part the operation of any provision of this
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Constitution relating to High Courts.
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       (2) Any such Proclamation may be revoked or varied by a subsequent
Proclamation.                          In
       (3) Every Proclamation under this article shall be laid before each House
of Parliament and shall, except where it is a Proclamation revoking a previous
Proclamation, cease to operate at the expiration of two months unless before
the expiration of that period it has been approved by resolutions of both Houses
of Parliament:
       Provided that if any such Proclamation (not being a Proclamation
revoking a previous Proclamation) is issued at a time when the House of the
People is dissolved or the dissolution of the House of the People takes place
during the period of two months referred to in this clause, and if a resolution
approving the Proclamation has been passed by the Council of States, but no
resolution with respect to such Proclamation has been passed by the House of
the People before the expiration of that period, the Proclamation shall cease to
operate at the expiration of thirty days from the date on which the House of the
People first sits after its reconstitution unless before the expiration of the said
period of thirty days a resolution approving the Proclamation has been also
passed by the House of the People.



1. The words "or Rajpramukh, as the case may be" omitted by the Constitution (Seventh
   Amendment) Act, 1956, s. 29 and Sch. (w.e.f. 1-11-1956).

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