Constitution 250 — Power of Parliament to legislate with respect to any matter in the State List if a Proclamation of Emergency is in operation

The Constitution of India, 1950

Statutory text

(1)
Notwithstanding anything in this Chapter, Parliament shall, while a
Proclamation of Emergency is in operation, have power to make laws for the
whole or any part of the territory of India with respect to goods and services
tax provided under article 246A or any of the matters enumerated in the State
List.
(2) A law made by Parliament which Parliament would not but for the
issue of a Proclamation of Emergency have been competent to make shall, to the
extent of the incompetency, cease to have effect on the expiration of a period of
six months after the Proclamation has ceased to operate, except as respects things
done or omitted to be done before the expiration of the said period.

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