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CONSTITUTION (APPLICATION TO JAMMU AND KASHMIR) ORDER, 1950

CONSTITUTION (APPLICATION TO JAMMU AND KASHMIR) ORDER, 1950

CONSTITUTION (APPLICATION TO JAMMU AND KASHMIR) ORDER, 1950

[CONSTITUTION (APPLICATION TO JAMMU AND KASHMIR) ORDER, 1950][1]

PREAMBLE

In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of article 370 of the Constitution of India, the President, in consultation with the Government of the State of Jammu and Kashmir, is pleased to make the following Order, namely:

Order - 1.

(1)     This Order may be called the Constitution (Application to Jammu and Kashmir) Order. 1950.

(2)     It shall come into force at once.

Order - 2.

For the purposes of sub-clause (b) (i) of clause (1) of article 370 of the Constitution, the matters specified in the First Schedule to this Order, being matters in the Union List, are hereby declared to correspond to matters specified in the Instrument of Accession gov­erning the accession of the State of Jammu and Kashmir to the Dominion of India as the matter with regard to which the Dominion Legislature may make laws for that State; and accordingly, the power of Parliament to make laws for that State shall be limited to the matters specified in the said First Schedule.

Order - 3.

In addition to the provisions of article 1 and article 370 of the Constitution, the only other provisions of the Constitution which shall apply in relation to the State of Jammu and Kashmir shall be those specified in the Second Schedule to this Order, and shall so apply sub­ject to the exceptions and modifications specified in the said Schedule [2][and to the modification that all references in the said provisions to the Rajpramukh shall be construed as references to the Sadar-i-Riyasat of Jammu and Kashmir].

THE FIRST SCHEDULE

(See paragraph 2)

[Note.--The number of each entry in this Schedule is the number of the corresponding entry in the Union List.]

(1)     Defence of India and every part thereof including preparation for defence.

(2)     Naval, Military and air forces; and other armed forces of the Union.

(3)     Delimitation of cantonment areas, local self-government in such areas, the constitution and powers within such areas of canton­ment authorities and the regulation of house accommodation (includ­ing the control of rents) in such areas.

(4)     Naval, military and air force works.

(5)     Arms, firearms, ammunition and explosives.

(6)     Atomic energy for the purpose of defence and mineral re­sources necessary for its production.

(7)     Preventive detention for reasons connected with Defence, Foreign Affairs or the security of India.

(8)     Foreign Affairs; all matters which bring the Union into rela­tion with any foreign country.

(9)     Diplomatic, consular and trade representation.

(10)   United Nations Organisation.

(11)   Participation in international conferences, associations and other bodies and implementing of decisions made thereat.

(12)   Entering into treaties and agreements with foreign coun­tries, and implementing of treaties, agreements and conventions with foreign countries.

(13)   War and peace.

(14)   Foreign jurisdiction.

(15)   Naturalisation and aliens.

(16)   Extradition.

(17)   Admission into, and emigration and expulsion from, India ; passports and visas.

(18)   Pilgrimages to places outside India.

(19)   Piracies and crimes committed on the high seas or in the air, offences against the law of nations committed on land or on the high seas or in the air.

(20)   Railways, but as respects any railway owned by the State of Jammu and Kashmir, and either operated by that State or operated on its behalf otherwise than in accordance with a contract with the State by the Government of India, limited to the regulation thereof in respect, of safety, maximum and minimum rates and fares, station and service terminal charges, inter-change of traffic and the responsibility of the railway administration as carriers of goods and passengers, and as respects any railway which is wholly situate within the State and does not form a continuous line of communication with a railway owned by the Government of India, whether of the same gauge or not, limited to the regulation there of in respect of safety and the responsibility of the railway administration as carriers of goods and passengers.

(21)   Maritime shipping and navigation, including shipping and navigation on tidal waters; provision of education and training for the mercantile marine and regulation of such education and training provided by States and other agencies,

(22)   Lighthouses, including lightships, beacons and other provi­sion for the safety of shipping and aircraft.

(23)   Ports declared by or under law made by Parliament or existing law to be major ports, including their delimitation, and the con­stitution and powers of port authorities therein.

(24)   Port quarantine, including hospitals connected therewith ; seamen's and marine hospitals.

(25)   Airways ; aircraft and air navigation ; provision of aero­dromes ; regulation and organisation of air traffic and of aerodromes ; provision for aeronautical education and training and regulation of such education and training provided by States and other agencies.

(26)   Carriage of passengers and goods by railway, sea or air.

(27)   Posts and telegraphs, telephones, wireless, broadcasting and other like forms of communication.

(28)   Trade and commerce with foreign countries.

(29)   Elections to Parliament, and the offices of President and Vice-President ; the Election Commission.

(30)   Salaries and allowances of members of Parliament, the Chair­man and of the House of the People.

(31)   Powers, privileges and immunities of each House of Parlia­ment and of the members and the committees of each House, enforcement of attendance of persons for giving evidence or producing documents before committees of Parliament or commissions appoint­ed by Parliament.

(32)   Salaries and allowances of the Ministers for the Union ; the salaries, allowances, and rights in respect of leave of absence and other conditions of service of the Comptroller and Auditor-General.

(33)   Audit of the accounts of the Union.

(34)   Constitution and organisation of the Supreme Court, and the fees taken therein ;persons entitled to practice before the Supreme Court,

(35)   Extension of the powers and jurisdiction of members of a police force belonging to any State to railway areas outside that State.

(36)   Offences against laws with respect to any of the matters aforesaid.

(37)   Inquiries and statistics for the purpose of any of the matters aforesaid.

(38)   Jurisdiction and powers of all courts, except the Supreme Court, with respect to any of the matters aforesaid, but, except with the consent of the State Government, not so as to confer any jurisdiction or powers upon any courts other than courts ordinarily exercising jurisdiction in, or in relation to, the State; admiralty jurisdiction,

(39)   Fees in respect of any of the matters aforesaid, but not in­cluding fees taken in any court.

THE SECOND SCHEDULE

(See paragraph 3)

Provisions of the Constitution applicable

Exceptions

Modifications

Part V

Articles 72(1)(c), 72(3), 133, 134, 135, 136, 138, 145(1)(c) and 151(2).

(1) Articles 80 and 81 shall apply sub­ject to the modification that the representatives of the State in the Council of States and the House of. the People, respectively, shall be chosen by the President in consul­tation with the Government of the State,

 

[3](1A) Articles 54 and 55 shall apply subject to the modifications--

(a) that the references therein to the elected members of both Houses of Parliament and to each elected member of either House of Parliament shall be deemed to include, respectively, a reference to the represen­tatives of the State in those Houses and to each such re­presentative,

 

 

(b) that the references to the elect­ed members of the Legisla­tive Assemblies of the States and to each such elected mem­ber shall be deemed to include, respectively, a reference to. the. members of the Constituent Assembly of the State and to each such member, and

 

 

(c) that the population of the State shall be deemed to be forty-four lakhs and ten thousand.

 

 

(2) Articles 149 and 150 shall apply subject to the modification that the references therein to the State shall be construed as not including the State of Jammu and Kashmir. -

Part XI

Articles 247 to 252, clauses (3) and (4) of article 257 and articles 260, 262 and 263.

(1) Clause (1) of article 246 shall apply subject to the provisions, of para­graph (2) of this Order and clauses (2) and (3) of article 246 shall not apply in relation to the State.

 

 

(2) Clause (1) of article 259 shall, apply subject to the modification that after the, words "until Parliament by law otherwise provides", the words "and the concurrence of the State to such law has been obtained" shall be deemed to be inserted.

Part XII

Articles 264 and 265, clause (2) of article 267, articles 268 to 281, clause (2) of ar­ticle 283, articles 286 to 291, 293, 295, 296, and 297.

(1) Article 266 shall apply only in so far as it relates to the Consolidated Fund of India and the public account of India.

 

 

(2) Articles 282 and 284 shall apply only in so far as they relate to the Union or the public account of India.(3) Articles 298, 299 and 300 shall apply only in so far as they relate to the Union or the Government of India.

Part XV

Articles 325 to 329

Article 324 shall apply only in so far as it relates to elections to Parliament and to the offices of the President and Vice-President.

Part XVI

Articles, 332, 333 and 337 to 342.

(1) Article 330 shall apply only in so far as it relates to seats reserved for Scheduled Castes.

 

 

(2) Article 334 shall apply only in so far as it relates to the House of the People.

 

 

(3) Article 335 shall apply only in so far as it relates to the Union.

Part XVII

Nil

The provisions of this Part shall apply only in so far as they relate to the official language of the Union and to proceedings in the Supreme Court.

Part XIX

Articles 362, 363 [4][and 365 and clause (21) of article 366.]

(1) Article 361 shall apply only in so far as it relates to the President.

 

 

(2) Article 364 shall apply only in so far as it relates to the laws made by Parliament.

Part XX

Nil

Article 368 shall apply subject to the additional proviso:

 

 

"Provided further that no such amendment shall have effect in re­lation to the State of Jammu and Kashmir unless applied by order of the President under clause (1) of article 370."

Part XXI

Articles 369, 371 and 373, clause (4) of article 374, ar­ticles [5][376, 378 and 386] and clause (2) of article 388.

(1) In clause (3) of article 37 after the words "Minister for any such State", the words "other than the State of Jammu and Kashmir" shall be deemed to be inserted.

 

 

(2) Article 389 shall apply only in so far as it relates to Bills pending in the Dominion Legislature.

 

 

(3) Article 390 shall apply only in so far as it relates to the Consolidated

 

 

Fund of India.

Pan XXII

Nil

Nil.

First Schedule

Nil

Nil.

Second Schedule

Paragraph 6

Nil.

Third Schedule

Forms V, VI, VII and VIII

Nil.

Fourth Schedule

Nil

Nil.

Eighth Schedule

Nil

Nil.

 



[1] This order was superseded by C. O. 48, Infra.

[2] Added by C.O. 43.

[3] Inserted by C.O. 39.

[4] Inserted by C.O. 43.

[5] Substituted by C.O. 43, for "376 and 378".