Part III · Cultural and Educational Rights
Article 31 Compulsory acquisition of property.
This article was omitted by the Constitution Forty fourth Amendment Act in 1978. It earlier made the right to property a fundamental right. Property is now only an ordinary legal right under Article 300A. The State may take property for public use with a valid law and a fair process.
- Omitted by the Constitution (Forty-fourth Amendment) Act, 1978, s. 6 (w.e.f. 20-6-1979). Saving of Certain Laws
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This article was omitted by the Constitution Forty fourth Amendment Act in 1978. It earlier made the right to property a fundamental right. Property is now only an ordinary legal right under Article 300A. The State may take property for public use with a valid law and a fair process.
This article no longer forms part of the Constitution. It is kept here for the historical record.