The President&'s Orders under Article 370 Published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II Section 3, No. 31, Dated the 11th February, 1956.


Ministry of Law: New Delhi, the 11 th February, 1956 Published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II Section 3, No. 27-A, Dated the 17th January, 1958/ Pausa 27, 1879


S.R.O. 322:—The following order made by the President of India is published for general information.

The Constitution (Application to Jammu and Kashmir) Order, 1956

In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of Article 370 of the Constitution the President, with the concurrence of the Government of the State of Jammu and Kashmir, is pleased to make the following order:

(1) This Order may be called the Constitution (Application to Jammu and Kashmir) Amendment Order, 1956. (2) It shall come into force at once.

In paragraph 2 of the Constitution (Application to Jammu and Kashmir) Order, 1954, in clause (a) under sub-paragraph (22) relating to the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India:

Item (ii), the figures '54' and '67' shall be omitted; for Item (iii), the following item shall be substituted, namely:

'(iii) for entry 67, the entry "67. Ancient and historical monuments, and archaeological sites and remains, declared by Parliament by Law to be of national importance" shall be substituted'.

[No. F. 17(1)/56-G]

Ministry of Law: New Delhi, the 16th January, 1958 Published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II Section 3, sub-section (1) No. 13, Dated the 27th February, 1958/Phalguna 8, 1879 S.R.O. 262-A:—The following order made by the President of India is published for general information.

The Constitution (Application to Jammu and Kashmir) Order, 1958

In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of Article 370 of the Constitution, the President, with the concurrence of the Government of the State of Jammu and Kashmir is pleased to make the following Order:—

(1) This Order may be called the Constitution (Application to Jammu and Kashmir) Amendment Order, 1958.

It shall come into force at once.

In paragraph 2 of the Constitution (Application to Jammu and Kashmir) Order, 1954:— in sub-paragraph (7) (relating to part XII), clauses (a), (b) and (c) shall be re-lettered as clauses (c), (d) and (e), respectively, and before clause (c) as so re-lettered, the following clauses shall be inserted, namely:—

In Article 269:—(i) in clause (1), after sub-clause (f), the following sub-clause shall be inserted, namely:—(g) taxes on the sale or purchase of goods other than newspapers, where such sale or purchase takes place in the course of inter-State trade or commerce; and (ii) after clause (2), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:—`(3) Parliament may by law formulate principles for determining when a sale or purchase of goods takes place in the course of inter-State trade or commerce.

In Article 286:— (i) In clause (1), the Explanation shall be omitted; and (ii) for clauses (2) and (3), the following clauses shall be substituted, namely:—

Parliament may by law formulate principles for determining when a sale or purchase of goods takes place in any of the ways mentioned in clause (1).

Any law of a State shall, in so far as it imposes, or authorizes the imposition of, a tax on the sale or purchase of goods declared by Parliament by law to be of Special importance in inter-State trade or commerce, be subject to such restrictions and conditions in regard to the system of levy, rates and other incidents of the tax as Parliament may by law specify.

In sub-paragraph (22) (relating to the Seventh Schedule), in clause (a), after item (iv), the following item shall be inserted, namely:—` (v) after entry 92, the following entry shall be inserted, namely:—`92A. Taxes on the sale or purchase of goods other than newspapers, where such sale or purchase takes place in the course of inter-State trade or commerce.'

Ministry of Law: New Delhi, the 26th February, 1958

Published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II Section 3 (i), No. 19, Dated the 10th February, 1959/ Magha 21, 1880 Saka

G.S.R. 78:—The following order made by the President of India is published for general information.

The Constitution (Application to Jammu and Kashmir) Second Amendment Order 1958

In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of Article 370 of the Constitution, the President, with the concurrence of the Government of the State of Jammu and Kashmir, is pleased to make the following Order:—

(1) This Order may be called the Constitution (Application to Jammu and Kashmir) Second Amendment Order, 1958.

It shall come into force at once.

In paragraph 2 of the Constitution (Application to Jammu and Kashmir) Order, 1954:—

in the opening portion, after the words 'the Constitution', the words, letters and figures 'as in force on the 15th day of February, 1958' shall be inserted;

in sub-paragraph (5) (relating to Part V), clauses (f) and

(g) shall be omitted;

in sub-paragraph (6) (relating to Part XI), clause (i) shall be omitted, and clause (j) shall be re-lettered as clause (i); in sub-paragraph (7) (relating to Part XII), clauses (a)

and (b) shall be omitted, and clauses (c), (d) and (e) shall be re-lettered as clauses (a), (b), (c) respectively;

in sub-paragraph (8) (relating to Part XIII), the brackets and letters `(a)' at the commencement and clause (b) shall be omitted; in sub-paragraph (9) (relating to Part XIV), the existing modification relating to Article 308 shall be omitted, and in lieu thereof, the following modification shall be inserted, namely:—

'In Article 312, after the words "the States", the brackets and words (including the State of Jammu and Kashmir) shall be inserted';

(7) in sub-paragraph (14) (relating to Part XIX):— in clause (a), for the word `Rajpramukh, the word 'Governor' shall be substituted; clause (c) shall be omitted, and clause (d) shall be re-lettered as clause (c); in clause (c) as so re-lettered, in new clause (4) of Article 367:- sub-clause (d) shall be omitted, and sub-clauses (e) and shall be re-lettered as sub-clauses (d) and (e) respectively; (ii) in sub-clause (e) as so re-lettered, for the word 'Rajpramukh', the word 'Governor' shall be substituted; in clause (a) of sub-paragraph (16) (relating to Part XXI), after the figures '371', the figures and letters '372A' shall be inserted, and for the words and figures Articles 376 to 392', the words, figures and letters 'Articles 376 to

378A and 392' shall be substituted; in sub-paragraph (19) (relating to the Second Schedule), the modification relating to paragraph 6 shall be omitted; in sub-paragraph (22) (relating to the Seventh Schedule), for clause (a), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:-`(a) in the Union List:- for entry 3, the entry "3. Administration of Cantonments" shall be substituted; entries 8, 9 and 34 the words "trading corporation including" in entry 43, entries 44, 50, 52, 55 and 60, the words "and records" in entry 67, entries 69, 78 and 79, the words Inter-State migration in entry 81, and entry 97 shall be omitted; and in entry 72, the reference to the State shall be construed as not including a reference to the State of Jammu and Kashmir'. in sub-paragraph (24) (relating to the Ninth Schedule), for the figures '13', '14', '15', '16', '17', '18', '19' and '20', the figures '20', '21', '22', '23', '24', '25', '26' and '27' shall respectively be substituted.

Ministry of Law: New Delhi, the 9th February, 1959 Published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II Section 3 (i), No. 60, Dated April 23, 1959/ Vaisakha 3, 1881 G.S.R. 175:-The following order made by the President of India is published for general information.

The Constitution (Application to Jammu and Kashmir) Amendment Order, 1959 In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of Article 370 of the Constitution, the President, with the concurrence of the Government of the State of Jammu and Kashmir, is pleased to make the following Order:-

(1) This Order may be called the Constitution (Application to Jammu and Kashmir) Amendment Order, 1959.

(2) It shall come into force at once. In paragraph 2 of the Constitution (Application to Jammu and Kashmir) Order, 1954, under sub-paragraph (22) (relating to the Seventh Schedule), in item (ii) of clause (a), the figures '69' shall be omitted. Ministry of Law: New Delhi, the 23rd April, 1959 Published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II Section 3 (i), No. 6, Dated January 20, 1960/Pausa 30, 1881 G.S.R. 513:-The following order made by the President of India is published for general information.

The Constitution (Application to Jammu and Kashmir) Second Amendment Order, 1959 In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of Article 370 of the Constitution, the President, with the concurrence of the Government of the State of Jammu and Kashmir, is pleased to make the following Order:-


(1) This Order may be called the Constitution (Application to Jammu and Kashmir) Second Amendment Order, 1959.
It shall come into force at once. 2. In paragraph 2 of the Constitution (Application to Jammu and Kashmir) Order, 1954, under sub-paragraph (4) (relating to the Part III), in clause (d) and in sub-clause (iii) of clause (i), for the word 'five', the word 'ten' shall be substituted.
Ministry of Law: New Delhi, the 20th January, 1960
Published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II Section 3 (i), No. 80, Dated June 22, 1960/ Asadha 1, 1882 G.S.R. 98:—The following Order made by the President of India is published for general information. C.O. 60
The Constitution (Application to Jammu and Kashmir) Second Amendment Order, 1960 In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of Article 370 of the Constitution, the President, with the concurrence of the Government of the State of Jammu and Kashmir, is pleased to make the following Order:

(1) This Order may be called the Constitution (Application to Jammu and Kashmir) Amendment Order, 1960. It shall come into force on the 26th day of January, 1960.

In paragraph 2 of the Constitution (Application to Jammu and Kashmir) Order, 1954:—

(1) in sub-paragraph (5), (relating to Part V), in clause (e), the figures '136' shall be omitted; (2) after sub-paragraph (5), the following shall be inserted, namely:—(5A) Part VI.

Articles 153 to 217, Article 219, Article 221 and Articles 223 to 237 shall be omitted. (b) in Article 220, reference to the commencement of the Constitution shall be construed as references to the commencement of the Constitution (Application to Jammu & Kashmir) Amendment Order, 1960. (c) To Article 222, the following new clause shall be added, namely:—

Every such transfer from the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir or to that High Court shall be made after consultation with the Sadar-i-Riyasat;