PART XX
AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION
Procedure for amendment of the Constitution.
[१]368. An amendment of this Constitution may be initiated only by the introduction of a Bill for the purpose in either House of Parliament, and when the Bill is passed in each House by a majority of the total member-ship of that House and by a majority of not less than two-thirds of the members of that House present and voting, it shall be presented to the President for his assent and upon such assent being given to the Bill, the Constitution shall stand amended in accordance with the terms of the Bill:
Provided that if such amendment seeks to make any change in—
- (a) article 54, article 55, article 73, article I62 or article 24I, or
- (b) Chapter IV of Part V, Chapter V of Part VI, or Chapter I of Part XI, or
- (c) any of the Lists in the Seventh Schedule, or
- (d) the representation of States in Parliament, or
- (e) the provisions of this article,
the amendment shall also require to be ratified by the Legislatures of not less than one-half of the States [२]* * * by resolutions to that effect passed by those Legislatures before the Bill making provision for such amendment is presented to the President for assent.
- ↑ In its application to the State of Jammu and Kashmir, to art. 368, the following proviso shall be added :—
- "Provided further that no such amendment shall have effect in relation to the State of Jammu and Kashmir unless applied by order of the President under clause (I) of article 370."
- ↑ The words and letters "specified in Parts A and B of the First Schedule" omitted by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, s. 29 and Sch.
