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10                       THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA
                          (Part III.—Fundamental Rights)
           (e) to reside and settle in any part of the territory of India; 1[and]
           2
            [(f)*                 *                 *                *                  *]
          (g) to practise any profession, or to carry on any occupation, trade or
       business.
       3
        [(2) Nothing in sub-clause (a) of clause (1) shall affect the operation of
any existing law, or prevent the State from making any law, in so far as such
law imposes reasonable restrictions on the exercise of the right conferred by the
said sub-clause in the interests of 4[the sovereignty and integrity of India], the
security of the State, friendly relations with foreign States, public order,
decency or morality, or in relation to contempt of court, defamation or
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incitement to an offence.]                               od
       (3) Nothing in sub-clause (b) of the said clause shall affect the operation
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of any existing law in so far as it imposes, or prevent the State from making
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any law imposing, in the interests of 4[the sovereignty and integrity of India or]
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public order, reasonable restrictions on the exercise of the right conferred by
the said sub-clause.
      (4) Nothing in sub-clause (c) of the said clause shall affect the operation
of any existing law in so far as it imposes, or prevent the State from making
any law imposing, in the interests of 4[the sovereignty and integrity of India or]
public order or morality, reasonable restrictions on the exercise of the right
conferred by the said sub-clause.
      (5) Nothing in 5[sub-clauses (d) and (e)] of the said clause shall affect
the operation of any existing law in so far as it imposes, or prevent the State
from making any law imposing, reasonable restrictions on the exercise of any
of the rights conferred by the said sub-clauses either in the interests of the
general public or for the protection of the interests of any Scheduled Tribe.


1. Ins. by the Constitution (Forty-fourth Amendment) Act, 1978, s. 2 (w.e.f. 20-6-1979).
2. Sub-clause (f) omitted by s.2, ibid. (w.e.f. 20-6-1979).
3. Subs. by the Constitution (First Amendment) Act, 1951, s. 3, for cl. (2) (with retrospective
   effect).
4. Ins. by the Constitution (Sixteenth Amendment) Act, 1963, s. 2 (w.e.f. 5-10-1963).
5. Subs. by the Constitution (Forty-fourth Amendment) Act, 1978, s. 2, for "sub-clauses
   (d), (e) and (f)" (w.e.f. 20-6-1979).

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