Part XXI.—Temporary and Transitional Provisions.—Arts. 37I-372.
(2) Notwithstanding anything in this Constitution, the President may by order made with respect to the State of Bombay, provide for any special responsibility of the Governor for—
- (a) the establishment of separate development boards for Vidarbha, Marathwada, the rest of Maliarashtra, Saurashtra, Kutch and the rest of Gujarat with the provision that a report on the working of each of these boards will be placed each year before the State Legislative Assembly;
- (b) the equitable allocation of funds for developmental expenditure over the said areas, subject to the requirements of the State as a whole; and
- (c) an equitable arrangement providing adequate facilities for technical education and vocational training, and adequate opportunities for employment in services under the control of the State Government, in respect of all the said areas, subject to the requirements of the State as a whole.]
Continuance in force of exisung laws and their adaptation.
[१]372. (I) Notwithstanding the repeal by this Constitution of the enactments referred to in article 395 but subject to the other provisions of this Constitution, all the law in force in the territory of India immediately before the commencement of this Constitution shall continue in force therein until altered or repealed or amended by a competent Legislature or other competent authority.
(2) For the purpose of bringing the provisions of any law in force in the territory of India into accord with the provisions of this Constitution, the President may by order[२] make such adaptations and modifications of such law, whether by way of repeal or amendment, as may be necessary or expedient, and provide that the law shall, as from such date as may be specified in the order. have effect subject to the adaptations and modifications so made, and any such adaptation or modification shall not be questioned in any court of law.
- ↑ In its application to the State of Jammu and Kashmir, in art. 372,—
- (i), cls. (2) and (3) shall be omitted;
- (ii) references to the laws in force in the territory of India shall include references to In layats, ailans, ishtikars, circulars, rubkas, irshads, yalashts, State Council Resolution., Resolutions of the Constituent Assembly, and other instruments having the force of law in the territory of the State of Jammu and Kashmir; and
- (iii) references to the commencement of the Constitution shall be construed as references to the commencement of the Constitution (Application to Jammu and Kashmir) Order, 1954, i.e., the 14th May, 1954.
- ↑ See the Adaptation of Laws Order, 1950 dated the 26th January, 1950, Gazette of India, Extraordinary. Pt. II, Sec. 3, p. 51; Notification No. S.R.O. 870, dated the 4th November, 1950, Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Pt. II, Sec. 3, p. 903; Notification No. S.R.O. 508, dated the 4th April, 1951, Gazette of India, Extraordinary, P. II, Sec. 3, p. 287; and Notification No. S.R.O. 1140 B, dated the 2nd July, 1952, Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Pt. II, Sec. 3, p. 616 1.
