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Source cover/preface date: 10th September, 2026. Preface amendment statement: Constitution (One Hundred and Sixth Amendment) Act, 2023. Embedded PDF title: Constitution of India_ 20 MAY 2026 (final).pdf. These are distinct source labels, not currentness or commencement approval.

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229                    THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA
                      (Part XX.—Amendment of the Constitution)

the amendment shall also require to be ratified by the Legislatures of not less
than one-half of the States 1*** by resolutions to that effect passed by those
Legislatures before the Bill making provision for such amendment is presented
to the President for assent.
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         [(3) Nothing in article 13 shall apply to any amendment made under this
article.]
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        [(4) No amendment of this Constitution (including the provisions of
Part III) made or purporting to have been made under this article [whether before
or after the commencement of section 55 of the Constitution (Forty-second
Amendment) Act, 1976] shall be called in question in any court on any ground.
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        (5) For the removal of doubts, it is hereby declared that there shall be no
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limitation whatever on the constituent power of Parliament to amend by way of
addition, variation or repeal the provisions of this Constitution under this article.]
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1. The words and letters "specified in Part A and Part B of the First Schedule" omitted by
    the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, s. 29 and Sch. (w.e.f. 1-11-1956).
2. Ins. by the Constitution (Twenty-fourth Amendment) Act, 1971, s. 3 (w.e.f. 5-11-1971).
3. Ins. by the Constitution (Forty-second Amendment) Act, 1976, s. 55 (w.e.f. 3-1-1977).
    This section has been declared invalid by the Supreme Court in Minerva Mills Ltd.
    and Others Vs. Union of India and Others AIR 1980 SC 1789.

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