Bare Act · Constitution of India · Part XI
Part XI · Articles
245 · Extent of laws made by Parliament...
246 · Subject-matter of laws made by...
246A · Special provision with respect to...
247 · Power of Parliament to provide for...
248 · Residuary powers of legislation.
249 · Power of Parliament to legislate...
250 · Power of Parliament to legislate...
251 · Inconsistency between laws made by...
252 · Power of Parliament to legislate...
253 · Legislation for giving effect to...
254 · Inconsistency between laws made by...
255 · Requirements as to recommendations...
256 · Obligation of States and the...
257 · Control of the Union over States...
257A · Assistance to States by deployment...
258 · Power of the Union to confer...
258A · Power of the States to entrust...
259 · Armed Forces in States in Part B...
260 · Jurisdiction of the Union in...
261 · Public acts, records and judicial...
262 · Adjudication of disputes relating...
263 · Provisions with respect to an...
248
Residuary powers of legislation.
(1)1[Subject to article 246A, Parliament] has exclusive power to make any law with respect to any matter not enumerated in the Concurrent List or State List.
(2)Such power shall include the power of making any law imposing a tax not mentioned in either of those Lists.
Footnotes (from the official text)
1 Subs. by the Constitution (One Hundred and First Amendment) Act, 2016, s. 3, for "Parliament" (w.e.f. 16-9-2016).
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