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The Constitution of India in English 2026: page 310

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279                    THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA
                                  (Fifth Schedule)

              (c) on any alteration of the boundaries of a State or on the
       admission into the Union or the establishment of a new State, declare
       any territory not previously included in any State to be, or to form part
       of, a Scheduled Area;
              1
              [(d) rescind, in relation to any State or States, any order or orders
      made under this paragraph, and in consultation with the Governor of the
      State concerned, make fresh orders redefining the areas which are to be
      Scheduled Areas;]
and any such order may contain such incidental and consequential provisions as
appear to the President to be necessary and proper, but save as aforesaid, the
order made under sub-paragraph (1) of this paragraph shall not be varied by
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any subsequent order.                              od
                                      PART D  aC
                         AMENDMENT OF THE SCHEDULE
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        7. Amendment of the Schedule.—(1) Parliament may from time to time
                                       In
by law amend by way of addition, variation or repeal any of the provisions of
this Schedule and, when the Schedule is so amended, any reference to this
Schedule in this Constitution shall be construed as a reference to such Schedule
as so amended.
        (2) No such law as is mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) of this paragraph
shall be deemed to be an amendment of this Constitution for the purposes of
article 368.




1. Ins. by the Fifth Schedule to the Constitution (Amendment) Act, 1976 (101 of 1976),
   s. 2 (w.e.f. 7-9-1976).
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