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231                     THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA
              (Part XXI.—Temporary, Transitional and Special Provisions)

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       [370. Temporary provisions with respect to the State of Jammu
and Kashmir.—(1) Notwithstanding anything in this Constitution,—
          (a) the provisions of article 238 shall not apply in relation to the State
       of Jammu and Kashmir;
          (b) the power of Parliament to make laws for the said State shall be
       limited to—
                (i) those matters in the Union List and the Concurrent List
          which, in consultation with the Government of the State, are declared
          by the President to correspond to matters specified in the Instrument
          of Accession governing the accession of the State to the Dominion of
          India as the matters with respect to which the Dominion Legislature
          may make laws for that State; and                e
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 In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (3) of article 370 read with clause (1) of
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   article 370 of the Constitution of India, the President, on the recommendation of
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   Parliament, is pleased to declare that, as from the 6th August, 2019 all clauses of said
   article 370 shall cease to be operative except the following which shall read as under,
   namely:—
           “370. All provisions of this Constitution, as amended from time to time,
   without any modifications or exceptions, shall apply to the State of Jammu and
   Kashmir notwithstanding anything contrary contained in article 152 or article 308 or
   any other article of this Constitution or any other provision of the Constitution of
   Jammu and Kashmir or any law, document, judgment, ordinance, order, by-law, rule,
   regulation, notification, custom or usage having the force of law in the territory of
   India, or any other instrument, treaty or agreement as envisaged under article 363 or
   otherwise.”.
                                (See Appendix III) (C.O. 273).
1. In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (3) of the Constitution of India, the
  President, on the recommendation of the Constituent Assembly of the State of Jammu
  and Kashmir, declared that, as from the 17th day of November, 1952, the said art. 370
  shall be operative with the modification that for the Explanation in cl. (1) thereof, the
  following Explanation is substituted, namely:—
       “Explanation.–For the purposes of this article, the Government of the State means
   the person for the time being recognised by the President on the recommendation of
   the Legislative Assembly of the State as the *Sadar-I-Riyasat of Jammu and Kashmir,
   acting on the advice of the Council of Ministers of the State for the time being in
   office.”.
                        (C.O. 44, dated the 15th November, 1952).
  *Now “Governor”.

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