Power of the President to Adapt Laws
(1) For the purpose of bringing the provisions of any law in force in India or in any part thereof, immediately before the commencement of the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, into accord with the provisions of this Constitution as amended by that Act, the President may by order made before the first day of November, 1957, make such adaptations and modifications of the law, whether by way of repeal or amendment, as may be necessary or expedient, and provide that the law shall, as from such date as may be specified in the order, have effect subject to the adaptations and modifications so made...
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This Article's practical effect is now entirely historical, having managed the specific legal cleanup needed following the major 1956 state reorganisation — a genuinely significant restructuring of India's internal map that required substantial legal harmonisation work.
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