Article 2 - Substitution of new article for Article 71 - Constitution (39th Amendment) Act, 1975

Substitution of new article for Article 71 . 2. For Article 71 of the Constitution, the following article shall be substituted , namely: Matters relating to or connected with the election of a President or Vice-President. 71. (1) Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, Parliament may by law regulate any matter relating to or connected with the election of a President or Vice-President, including the grounds on which such election may be questioned: Provided that the election of a person as President or Vice-President shall not be called in question on the ground of the existence of any vacancy for whatever reason among the members of the electoral college electing him. (2) All doubts and disputes arising out of or in connection with the election of a President or Vice-President shall be inquired into and decided by such authority or body and in such manner as may be provided for by or under any law referred to in clause (1). (3) The validity of any such law as is referred to in clause (1) and the decision of any authority or body under such law shall not be called in question in any court. (4) If the election of a person as President or Vice-President is declared void under any such law as is referred to in clause (1), acts done by him in the exercise and performance of the powers and duties of the office of President or Vice-President, as the case may be, on or before the date of such declaration shall not be invalidated by reason of that declaration.