Art. 4 Part I: Union and its Territory

Laws Made Under Articles 2 and 3 to Provide for Amendment of the First and Fourth Schedules and Supplemental Matters

Exact text — Constitution of India

(1) Any law referred to in article 2 or article 3 shall contain such provisions for the amendment of the First Schedule and the Fourth Schedule as may be necessary to give effect to the provisions of the law and may also contain such supplemental, incidental and consequential provisions (including provisions as to representation in Parliament and in the Legislature or Legislatures of the State or States affected by such law) as Parliament may deem necessary.

(2) No such law as aforesaid shall be deemed to be an amendment of this Constitution for the purposes of article 368.

In Plain English

What this Article actually means

This Article handles the technical follow-through of Articles 2 and 3 — a law creating or reorganising a state must also update the First Schedule (which lists all states/UTs) and Fourth Schedule (which allocates Rajya Sabha seats), plus handle any consequential matters like parliamentary/legislative representation for the newly affected areas. Clause (2) is the crucial point: none of this counts as a constitutional 'amendment' requiring Article 368's special procedure.

Why This Matters To You

How it shows up in everyday life

This is why, practically speaking, when a new state is created, its Rajya Sabha seat allocation and inclusion in the First Schedule happen automatically as part of the same law — no separate constitutional amendment process is needed for these follow-on changes.

Read alongside this one

Art. 3 — Formation of New States Art. 80 — Composition of the Rajya Sabha

Frequently Asked

Quick answers about Article 4

Why does this distinction between 'law' and 'amendment' matter?

It keeps state reorganisation relatively fast and flexible — if every boundary change required the full Article 368 amendment procedure (special majorities, sometimes state ratification), redrawing India's internal map would be far more cumbersome than the framers intended.

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