Part XI · Distributionof Legislative Powers
Article 251 Inconsistency between laws made by Parliament under articles 249 and 250 and laws made by the Legislatures of States.
In force
This article settles clashes between a State law and a Parliament law made under articles 249 or 250. The State keeps the power to make its law. But if the two clash, the Parliament law prevails for the time it applies. The State law revives when the Parliament law stops.
- Nothing in articles 249 and 250 shall restrict the power of the Legislature of a State to make any law which under this Constitution it has power to make, but if any provision of a law made by the Legislature of a State is repugnant to any provision of a law made by Parliament which Parliament has under either of the said articles power to make, the law made by Parliament, whether passed before or after the law made by the Legislature of the State, shall prevail, and the law made by the Legislature of the State shall to the extent of the repugnancy, but so long only as the law made by Parliament continues to have effect, be inoperative.
What it means
Plain words summary of the article above. Not legal advice.
This article settles clashes between a State law and a Parliament law made under articles 249 or 250. The State keeps the power to make its law. But if the two clash, the Parliament law prevails for the time it applies. The State law revives when the Parliament law stops. It keeps the priority rule of article 254 at work in these special cases.