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Art. 395 Part XXII: Short Title, Commencement, Authoritative Text, Repeals

Repeals

Exact text — Constitution of India

The Indian Independence Act, 1947, and the Government of India Act, 1935, together with all enactments amending or supplementing the latter Act, but not including the Abolition of Privy Council Jurisdiction Act, 1949, are hereby repealed.

In Plain English

What this Article actually means

The Constitution's final Article does the essential legal housekeeping of formally ending the two British-era laws that had governed India before — the Government of India Act, 1935 (the detailed framework Britain used to administer India, which the Constitution heavily drew structural inspiration from) and the Indian Independence Act, 1947 (which created India and Pakistan as independent dominions). One earlier 1949 law abolishing Privy Council jurisdiction was specifically preserved rather than repealed.

Why This Matters To You

How it shows up in everyday life

This Article is the formal, legal moment of complete transition — it's why India's governance today rests entirely on its own Constitution rather than any residual British colonial-era statute, even though many of the Constitution's structural ideas (like the civil service framework and provincial administration model) were consciously adapted from the 1935 Act it replaced.

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Art. 394 — Commencement

Frequently Asked

Quick answers about Article 395

Why does the modern Indian Constitution resemble the 1935 Government of India Act in structure?

The framers deliberately borrowed many administrative and federal-structure ideas from the 1935 Act (which had already established a working federal governance model for British India), even while formally repealing it here and building a fully independent, rights-based constitutional order on top of that structural foundation.

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