Part XI · General
Article 259 Armed Forces in States in Part B of the First Schedule.
Omitted 19567th Amendment
This article no longer exists. It had provided for the armed forces in States of Part B of the First Schedule. That classification of States ended with the reorganisation of 1956. The 7th Amendment omitted the article in that year. The article has had no work to do since.
- Omitted by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, s. 29 and Sch. (w.e.f. 1-11-1956).
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This article no longer exists. It had provided for the armed forces in States of Part B of the First Schedule. That classification of States ended with the reorganisation of 1956. The 7th Amendment omitted the article in that year. The article has had no work to do since.
This article no longer forms part of the Constitution. It is kept here for the historical record.