Part XI · General
Article 257A Assistance to States by deployment of armed forces or other forces of the Union.
This article no longer exists. It had provided for assistance to States by deployment of armed forces or other forces of the Union. It was part of the Emergency era changes of the 42nd Amendment. The 44th Amendment omitted it in 1978. The general provisions on the Union’s armed forces remain elsewhere.
- Omitted by the Constitution (Forty-fourth Amendment) Act, 1978, s. 33 (w.e.f. 20-6-1979).
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This article no longer exists. It had provided for assistance to States by deployment of armed forces or other forces of the Union. It was part of the Emergency era changes of the 42nd Amendment. The 44th Amendment omitted it in 1978. The general provisions on the Union’s armed forces remain elsewhere.
This article no longer forms part of the Constitution. It is kept here for the historical record.