Full Text - The Constitution (Applicable to Jammu and Kashmir) Order, 2019 announced by Amit Shah

Home Minister Amit Shah today moved The Constitution (Applicable to Jammu and Kashmir) Order, 2019 in the Rajya Sabha. Here are key points of The Constitution (Applicable to Jammu and Kashmir) Order, 2019 to be applicable in the state from today:

- The Constitution (Applicable to Jammu and Kashmir) Order, 2019 comes into force at once and supercedes the Constitution (Applicable to Jammu and Kashmir) Order, 1954 as amended from time to time. 

- All the provision of the Constitution as amended from time to time, shall apply in relation to the State of Jammu and Kashmir and the exceptions and modifications subject to which they shall so apply shall be as follows:

Full Text:

To article 367 there shall be added the following clause, namely;-

(4) For the purposes of this Constitution as it applies in relation to the State of Jammu and Kashmir - 

a) references to this Constitution or to the provisions thereof shall be construed as references to the Constitution or the provisions thereof as applied in relation to the said State;

b) references to the person for the time being recognized by the President on the recommendation of the Legislative Assembly of the State as the Sadar-i-Riyasat of Jammu and Kashmir, acting on the advice of the Council of Ministers of the State for the time being in office, shall be construed as references to the Governor of Jammu and Kashmir;

c) references to the Government of the said State shall be construed as including references to the Governor of Jammu and Kashmir acting on the advice of his Council of Ministers; and 

d) in proviso to clause (3) of article 370 of this Constitution, the expression "Constituent Assembly of the State referred to in clause (2) shall read "Legislative Assembly of the State".