The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 1
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 31] NEW DELHI, MONDAY, AUGUST 29, 1966/BHADRA 7, 1888
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MINISTRY OF LAW
(Legislative Department)
New Delhi, the 29th August. 1966/Bhadra 7, 1888 (Saka)
The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the Presi- dent on the 27th August, 1966, and is hereby published for general information: —
THE CONSTITUTION (EIGHTEENTH AMENDMENT) ACT, 1966
[27th August, 1966]
An Act further to amend the Constitution of India.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Seventeenth Year of the Republic of India as follows:—
268 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 1] 2. In article 3 of the Constitution, the following Explanation* Amendment of article 3. shall be inserted at the end, namely: —'Explanation I.—In this article, in clauses (a) to ("), "State" includes a Union territory, but in the proviso, "State' does not include a Union territory.
Explanation II.—The power conferred on Parliament by clause (a) includes the power ^ form a new State or Union territory by uniting a part of any State or Union territory to any other State or Union territory.'.
S. P. SEN-VARMA, Secy, to the Govt. of India.