Part I · THE UNION AND ITS TERRITORY
Article 4 Laws made under articles 2 and 3 to provide for the amendment of the First and the Fourth Schedules and supplemental, incidental and consequential matters.
This article handles what follows a boundary change. A law under article 2 or 3 can also amend the First and Fourth Schedules as needed. It may carry supplemental and consequential provisions, such as changes in representation. Such a law is not counted as an amendment of the Constitution under article 368.
- (1) Any law referred to in article 2 or article 3 shall contain such provisions for the amendment of the First Schedule and the Fourth Schedule as may be necessary to give effect to the provisions of the law and may also contain such supplemental, incidental and consequential provisions (including provisions as to representation in Parliament and in the Legislature or Legislatures of the State or States affected by such law) as Parliament may deem necessary.
- (2) No such law as aforesaid shall be deemed to be an amendment of this Constitution for the purposes of article 368.
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This article handles what follows a boundary change. A law under article 2 or 3 can also amend the First and Fourth Schedules as needed. It may carry supplemental and consequential provisions, such as changes in representation. Such a law is not counted as an amendment of the Constitution under article 368.