Article 370 - Temporary provisions with respect to the State of Jammu and Kashmir - Constitution of India

3 [Article 370. All provisions of this Constitution, as amended from time to time, without any modifications or exceptions, shall apply to the State of Jammu and Kashmir notwithstanding anything contrary contained in article 152 or article 308 or any other article of this Constitution or any other provision of the Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir or any law, document, judgement, ordinance, order, by-law, rule, regulation, notification, custom or usage having the force of law in the territory of India, or any other instrument, treaty or agreement as envisaged under article 363 or otherwise. ] *************** NOTES:- 1 . Substituted vide Constitutional Order no. 44 dated 15 th November, 1952, before it was read as, Explanation .- For the purposes of this article, the Government of the State means the person for the time being recognised by the President as the Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir acting on the advice of the Council of Ministers for the time being in office under the Maharaja s Proclamation dated the fifth day of March, 1948; 2 . Substituted vide Constitutional Order no. 272 dated 5 th August, 2019, before it was read as, Constituent Assembly of the State referred to in clause (2) 3 . Substituted vide GSR 562(E) of C.O. 273, dated 6-8-2019 (w.e.f. 6-8-2019) [Vide G.S.R. 562(E), dated 6-8-2019], before it was read as, Article 370. Temporary provisions with respect to the State of Jammu and Kashmir.- (1) Notwithstanding anything in this Constitution,- (a) the provisions of article 238 shall not apply in relation to the State of Jammu and Kashmir; (b) the power of Parliament to make laws for the said State shall be limited to- (i) those matters in the Union List and the Concurrent List which, in consultation with the Government of the State, are declared by the President to correspond to matters specified in the Instrument of Accession governing the accession of the State to the Dominion of India as the matters with respect to which the Dominion Legislature may make laws for that State; and (ii) such other matters in the said Lists as, with the concurrence of the Government of the State, the President may by order specify. 1 [ Explanation .- For the purposes of this Article, the Government of the State means the person for the time being recognised by the President on the recommendation of the Legislative Assembly of the State as the # [ Sadar-I-Riyasat ] of Jammu and Kashmir, acting on the advice of the Council of Ministers of the State for the time being on office. ] (c) the provisions of article 1 and of this article shall apply in relation to that State; (d) such of the other provisions of this Constitution shall apply in relation to that State subject to such exceptions and modifications as the President may by order specify: Provided that no such order which relates to the matters specified in the Instrument of Accession of the State referred to in paragraph (i) of sub-clause (b) shall be issued except in consultation with the Government of the State: Provided further that no such order which relates to matters other than those referred to in the last preceding proviso shall be issued except with the concurrence of that Government. (2) If the concurrence of the Government of the State referred to in paragraph (ii) of sub-clause (b) of clause (1) or in the second proviso to sub-clause (d) of that clause be given before the Constituent Assembly for the purpose of framing the Constitution of the State is convened, it shall be placed before such Assembly for such decision as it may take thereon. (3) Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing provisions of this article, the President may, by public notification, declare that this article shall cease to be operative or shall be operative only with such exceptions and modifications and from such date as he may specify: Provided that the recommendation of the 2 [ Legislative Assembly of the State ] shall be necessary before the President issues such a notification. # - Now read as Governor .