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

                 (ii) such other matters in the said Lists as, with the concurrence
           of the Government of the State, the President may by order specify.
               Explanation.—For the purposes of                 this article, the
       Government of the State means the person for the time being recognised
       by the President as the Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir acting on the
       advice of the Council of Ministers for the time being in office under the
       Maharaja’s Proclamation dated the fifth day of March, 1948;
           (c) the provisions of article 1 and of this article shall apply in relation
       to that State;
           (d) such of the other provisions of this Constitution shall apply in
       relation to that State subject to such exceptions and modifications as the
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       President may by order specify:            od
       Provided that no such order which relates to the matters specified in the
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Instrument of Accession of the State referred to in paragraph (i) of
sub-clause (b) shall be issued except in consultation with the Government of
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the State:
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       Provided further that no such order which relates to matters other than
those referred to in the last preceding proviso shall be issued except with the
concurrence of that Government.
       (2) If the concurrence of the Government of the State referred to in
paragraph (ii) of sub-clause (b) of clause (1) or in the second proviso to
sub-clause (d) of that clause be given before the Constituent Assembly for the
purpose of framing the Constitution of the State is convened, it shall be placed
before such Assembly for such decision as it may take thereon.
       (3) Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing provisions of this article,
the President may, by public notification, declare that this article shall cease to
be operative or shall be operative only with such exceptions and modifications
and from such date as he may specify:
       Provided that the recommendation of the 1[clause (2) of Legislative
Assembly of the State] shall be necessary before the President issues such a
notification.




   See Appendix II.
1. Subs. by C.O. 272, dated the 5-8-2019, s.2. for “Constituent Assembly of the State
   referred to in clause (2)” (w.e.f. 5-8-2019).

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