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  3. Clause (4) was inserted by the Constitution (Thirty-eighth Amendment) Act, 1978, s.4 (retrospectively) and omitted

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Clause (4) was inserted by the Constitution (Thirty-eighth Amendment) Act, 1978, s.4 (retrospectively) and omitted

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by the Constitution (Forty-fourth Amendment) Act, 1978, s.32 (w.e.f. 20.6.1979). 123 THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA (Part VIII. — The Union Territories) 1 [240. Power of President to make regulations for certain Union territories:- (1) The President may make regulations for the peace, progress and good government of the Union territory of— (a) the Andaman and Nicobar Islands; 2 [(b) Lakshadweep;] 3 [(c) Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu;] 4 [(d) * * * *;] 5 [(e) 6[Puducherry];] 7 [(f) * * * *;] 8 [(g) * * * *] 9 [Provided that when anybody is created under article 239A to function as a Legislature Legislature for the 10[Union territory of 6[Puducherry]], the President shall not make any regulation for the peace, progress and good government of that Union territory with effect from the date appointed for the first meeting of the Legislature:] 1. Substituted by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, s.17, for article 240 (w.e.f. 1.11.1956). 2. Substituted by the Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Islands (Alteration of Name) Act, 1973 (34 of 1973), s.4, for entry (b) (w.e.f.1.11.1973). 3. Inserted by the (Tenth Amendment) Act, 1961, s.3 (w.e.f. 11.8.1961). 4. Substituted by the Goa, Daman and Diu Reorganisation Act, 1987 (18 of 1987), s.63, for entry (d) (w.e.f. 30.5.1987). Entry (d) was inserted by the Constitution (Twelfth Amendment) Act, 1962, s.3 (w.e.f. 20.12.1961). 5. Inserted by the Constitution (fourteenth Amendment) Act, 1962, s.5 and 7 (w.e.f. 16.8.1962). 6. Substituted by Pondicherry (Alteration of Name) Act, 2006 (44 of 2006) s.4, for “Pondicherry” (w.e.f. 1.10.2006).

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The Constitution of India · legislative.gov.in · Retrieved 17 August 2026.

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