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Art. 384 Part XXI: Temporary, Transitional and Special Provisions

(Repealed) Provisional Parliament's Officers and Secretariat

Exact text — Constitution of India

[This Article was part of Chapter II of Part XXI as originally enacted — the 'Provisional Parliament' provisions governing India's transitional government between the Constitution's commencement on 26 January 1950 and the formation of India's first fully elected Parliament following the 1951–52 general elections (during which the former Constituent Assembly itself sat as a Provisional Parliament). Once that transition was complete, this Article became spent and was formally omitted by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956.]

In Plain English

What this Article actually means

Like the other Articles in this now-omitted chapter, 384 addressed a specific procedural aspect of how the Provisional Parliament (the sitting Constituent Assembly, acting as an interim legislature) functioned before India's first general election produced a fully and directly elected Parliament — covering matters such as provisional parliament's officers and secretariat.

Why This Matters To You

How it shows up in everyday life

These provisions are now purely of historical and archival interest, documenting exactly how India was governed during its first, brief transitional period as a Republic before full parliamentary democracy took its permanent constitutional shape.

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Art. 379 — (Repealed) Provisional Parliament

Frequently Asked

Quick answers about Article 384

Why does the Constitution's text include so many now-omitted Articles in this range?

The transition from the Constituent Assembly (which drafted the Constitution) to a fully elected Parliament required detailed interim rules covering everything from quorum to legislative procedure — all necessarily temporary by design, and all cleanly removed once no longer needed.

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