ARTIGO 370, DA CONSTITUIÇÃO INDIANA
(1) Temporary provisions with respect to
the State of Jammu and Kashmir.
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.
Explanation.- For the purposes of this article, the Government of the State means the
person for the time being recognized 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;
(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) Not withstanding 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 Constituent Assembly of the State referred to in
clause (2) shall be necessary before the President issues such a notification.
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Source: Constitution of India