The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 20] NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1972/CHAITRA 31, 1894
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MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE (Legislative Department) New Delhi, the 20th April, 1972/Chaitra 31, 1894 (Saka)
The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the 20th April, 1972, and Is hereby published for general informa- tion:—
THE CONSTITUTION (TWENTY-FIFTH AMENDMENT)
ACT, 1971
An Act further to amend the Constitution of India.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Twenty-second Year of the Republic of India as follows: —
1. This Act may be called the Constitution (Twenty-fifth Amendment)
Short title.
Act, 1971.
2. In article 31 of the Constitution,—
(a) for clause (2), the following clause shall be substituted,
Amend- ment of article Sl.
namely:—
80 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PAKT II—SIC 1JProvided that in making any law providing lor the compul- sory acquisition of any property of an educational Institution established and administered by a minority, referred to in clause (1) of article 30, the State shall ensure that the amount fixed by or determined under such law for the acquisition of such pro- perty is such as would not restrict or abrogate the right guaran- teed under that clause.";
(b) after clause (2A), the following clause shall be inserted,
namely: —
"(2B) Nothing in sub-clause (f) of clause (1) of article 19
shall affect any such law as is referred to In clause (2).".
3. After article 31B of the Constitution, the following article shall be
inserted, namely: —
Insertion
of new
article
SIC
Savin*
of laws
giving
effect to
certain
directive
principle*.
"31C. Notwithstanding anything contained in article 13, no law giving effect to the policy of the State towards securing the principles specified in clause (b) or clause (c) of article 39 shall be deemed to be void on the ground that it is inconsistent with, or takes away or abridges any of the rights conferred by article 14, article 19 or article 31; and no law containing a declaration that it is for giving effect to such policy shall be called in question In any court on the ground that it does not give effect to such policy:
Provided that where such law is made by the Legislature of a State, the provisions of this article shall not apply thereto unless such law, having been reserved for the consideration of the Presi- dent, has received his assent.".
The above Bill has been passed by the Houses of Parliament In accordance with the provisions of article 368 of the Constitution and has also been ratified by the Legislatures of not less than one-half of the States by resolutions to that effect as required under the proviso to clause (2) of the said article.
K. K. SUNDARAM,