The Constitution of India
Application to Union territories
- Jurisdiction
- India
- Provision
- 243L
- Source language
- eng+tel
- Recorded status
- in force
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- Recorded status
- in force
Provision text
Official sourceUnion territories and shall, in their application to a Union territory, have effect as if the
references to the Governor of a State were references to the Administrator of the Union
territory appointed under article 239 and references to the Legislature or the legislative
Assembly of a State were references, in relation to a Union territory having a Legislative
Assembly, to that Legislative Assembly:
Provided that the President may, by public notification, direct that the provisions of this
Part shall apply to any Union territory or part thereof subject to such exceptions and
modifications as he may specify in the notification.
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The Constitution of India · legislative.gov.in · Retrieved 17 August 2026.
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