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Sub-clause (f) omitted by the Constitution (Forty-fourth Amendment) Act, 1978, s.2 (w.e.f. 20.6.1979).
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4. Substituted by the Constitution (First Amendment) Act, 1951, s.3, for cl.(2) (with retrospective effect).
5. Inserted by the Constitution (Sixteenth Amendment) Act, 1963, s.2 (w.e.f. 5.10.1963).
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(3) Nothing in sub-clause (b) of the said clause shall affect the operation of any existing
law in so far as it imposes, or prevent the State from making any law imposing, in the
interests of 5[the sovereignty and integrity of India or] public order, reasonable restrictions
on the exercise of the right conferred by the said sub-clause.
(4) Nothing in sub-clause (c) of the said clause shall affect the operation of any existing
law in so far as it imposes, or prevent the State from making any law imposing, in the
interests of 1[the sovereignty and integrity of India or] public order or morality, reasonable
restrictions on the exercise of the right conferred by the said sub-clause.
(5) Nothing in 2[sub-clauses (d) and (e)] of the said clause shall affect the operation of
any existing law in so far as it imposes, or prevent the State from making any law imposing,
reasonable restrictions on the exercise of any of the rights conferred by the said sub-clauses
either in the interests of the general public or for the protection of the interests of any
Scheduled Tribe.
(6) Nothing in sub-clause (g) of the said clause shall affect the operation of any existing
law in so far as it imposes, or prevent the State from making any law imposing, in the
interests of the general public, reasonable restrictions on the exercise of the right conferred
by the said sub-clause, and, in particular, 3[nothing in the said sub-clause shall affect the
operation of any existing law in so far as it relates to, or prevent the State from making any
law relating to,—
1. Inserted by the Constitution (Sixteenth Amendment) Act, 1963, s.2 (w.e.f. 5.10.1963).
2. Substituted by the Constitution (Forty-fourth Amendment) Act, 1978, s.2 for “sub-clauses (d), (e) and (f)”
(w.e.f. 20.6.1979).
3. Substituted by the Constitution (First Amendment) Act, 1951, s.3, for certain words (w.e.f. 18.6.1951).
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(i) the professional or technical qualifications necessary for practising any profession or
carrying on any occupation, trade or business, or
(ii) the carrying on by the State, or by a corporation owned or controlled by the State,
of any trade, business, industry or service, whether to the exclusion, complete or partial, of
citizens or otherwise].
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