PART XXII: SHORT TITLE, COMMENCEMENT, AUTHORITATIVE TEXT IN HINDI AND REPEALS This is the final part of the Constitution. Article 393: Short title. Article 394: Commencement. Article 394A: Authoritative text in the Hindi language. (This article was added later by the 58th Amendment in 1987.) Article 395: Repeals.
PART XXI: TEMPORARY, TRANSITIONAL AND SPECIAL PROVISIONS Article 369: Temporary power to Parliament to make laws with respect to certain matters in the State List… Article 370: Temporary provisions with respect to the State of Jammu and Kashmir. (Note: This is the breakdown of the article as it appeared in the Constitution for ~70 years,
Article 368: Power of Parliament to amend the Constitution and procedure therefor. This is the code that allows the Constitution to be changed (amended).
PART XIX: MISCELLANEOUS Article 361: Protection of President and Governors… This article provides significant legal immunity to the President and Governors while they are in office, to protect the dignity of their posts from frivolous lawsuits. Article 361A: Protection of publication of proceedings of Parliament and State Legislatures. Article 361B: Disqualification for appointment on remunerative
PART XVIII: EMERGENCY PROVISIONS This part deals with the three types of emergencies the government can declare, giving the central government extraordinary powers. Article 352: Proclamation of Emergency. This is the “National Emergency.” Article 353: Effect of Proclamation of Emergency. Article 354: Application of provisions relating to distribution of revenues… Article 355: Duty of the
PART XVII: OFFICIAL LANGUAGE CHAPTER I: LANGUAGE OF THE UNION Article 343: Official language of the Union. Article 344: Commission and Committee of Parliament on official language. CHAPTER II: REGIONAL LANGUAGES Article 345: Official language or languages of a State. Article 346: Official language for communication between one State and another or between a State
PART XVI: SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO CERTAIN CLASSES Article 330: Reservation of seats for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in the House of the People. Article 331: Representation of the Anglo-Indian community in the House of the People. Article 332: Reservation of seats for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in the Legislative Assemblies of the
PART XV: ELECTIONS Article 324: Superintendence, direction and control of elections to be vested in an Election Commission. Article 325: No person to be ineligible for inclusion in, or to claim to be included in a special, electoral roll on grounds of religion, race, caste or sex. Article 326: Elections to the House of the
PART XIV: SERVICES UNDER THE UNION AND THE STATES CHAPTER I: SERVICES Article 308: Interpretation. Article 309: Recruitment and conditions of service of persons serving the Union or a State. Article 310: Tenure of office of persons serving the Union or a State. Article 311: Dismissal, removal or reduction in rank of persons employed in
PART XIII: TRADE, COMMERCE AND INTERCOURSE WITHIN THE TERRITORY OF INDIA Article 301: Freedom of trade, commerce and intercourse. Article 302: Power of Parliament to impose restrictions on trade, commerce and intercourse. Article 303: Restrictions on the legislative powers of the Union and of the States with regard to trade and commerce. Article 304: Restrictions
