The Constitution of India
The sub-heading “Right to Property” omitted by the Constitution (Forty-fourth Amendment) Act, 1978, s.5 (w.e.f.
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20.6.1979).
3. Omitted by the Constitution (Forty-fourth Amendment) Act, 1978, s. 6 (w.e.f. 20.6.1979).
4. Inserted by the Constitution (Forty-second Amendment) Act, 1976, s.3 (w.e.f. 3.1.1977).
5. Inserted by the Constitution (First Amendment) Act, 1951, s.4 (with retrospective effect).
6. Substituted by the Constitution (Fourth Amendment) Act, 1955, s.3, for cl.(1) (with retrospective effect).
16 THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA
(Part III. — Fundamental Rights)
(d) the extinguishment or modification of any rights of managing agents,
secretaries and treasurers, managing directors, directors or managers of corporations, or
of any voting rights of shareholders thereof, or
(e) the extinguishment or modification of any rights accruing by virtue of any
agreement, lease or licence for the purpose of searching for, or winning, any mineral or
mineral oil, or the premature termination or cancellation of any such agreement, lease
or licence, shall be deemed to be void on the ground that it is inconsistent with, or takes
away or abridges any of the rights conferred by 1[article 14 or article 19]:
Provided that where such law is a law made by the Legislature of a State, the
provisions of this article shall not apply thereto unless such law, having been reserved for the
consideration of the President, has received his assent:]
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[Provided further that where any law makes any provision for the acquisition by the
State of any estate and where any land comprised therein is held by a person under his
personal cultivation, it shall not be lawful for the State to acquire any portion of such land as
is within the ceiling limit applicable to him under any law for the time being in force or any
building or structure standing thereon or appurtenant thereto, unless the law relating to the
acquisition of such land, building or structure, provides for payment of compensation at a
rate which shall not be less than the market value thereof.]
(2) In this article,—
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[(a) the expression “estate” shall, in relation to any local area, have the same
meaning as that expression or its local equivalent has in the existing law relating to
land tenures in force in that area and shall also include—
1. Substituted by the Constitution (Forty-fourth Amendment) Act, 1978, s.7 for “article 14, article 19 or article 31”
(w.e.f. 20.6.1979).
2. Inserted by the Constitution (Seventeenth Amendment) Act, 1964, s.2 (w.e.f. 20.6.1964).
3. Substituted by ibid., for sub-clause (a) (with retrospective effect).
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