# Article 316 of the Constitution of India

- Jurisdiction: India (IN)
- Article: 316
- Chapter (as indexed): Chapter I: of Part XI, or
- Source document: India Constitution
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## Verbatim text

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article, continue to hold office until the expiration oftheir term of office as determined under the rules which
were applicable immediately before such commencement
to such members.
(2) The members of a Public Service Commission of a
Province or of a Public Service Commission serving theneeds of a group of Provinces holding office immediately
before the commencement of this Constitution shall, unless
they have elected otherwise, become on suchcommencement the members of the Public Service
Commission for the corresponding State or the members
of the Joint State Public Service Commission  serving theneeds of the corresponding States, as the case may be,
and shall, notwithstanding anything in clauses (1) and
(2) of article 316 but subject to the proviso to clause (2)of that article, continue to hold office until the expiration
of their term of office as determined under the rules which
were applicable immediately before such commencement
to such members.Provisions as to
Comptroller andAuditor-Generalof India.
Provisions as to
Public ServiceCommissions.THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA
(Part XXI. —Temporary, Transitional and Special
Provisions .—Art. 376—378.)265
1[378A. Notwithstanding anything contained in article
172, the Legislative Assembly of the State of AndhraPradesh as constituted under the provisions of sections28 and 29 of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, shall,unless sooner dissolved, continue for a period of fiveyears from the date referred to in the said section 29 andno longer and the expiration of the said period shalloperate as a dissolution of that Legislative Assembly.]
379.—391.  Rep. by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment)
Act, 1956,  s. 29 and Sch.
392. (1) The President may, for the purpose of removing
any difficulties, particularly in relation to the transitionfrom the provisions of the Government of India Act, 1935,to the provisions of this Constitution, by order direct thatthis Constitution shall, during such period as may bespecified in the order, have effect subject to suchadaptations, whether by way of modification, addition oromission, as he may deem to be necessary or expedient:
Provided that no such order shall be made after the
first meeting of Parliament duly constituted under ChapterII of Part V.
(2) Every order made under clause (1) shall be laid
before Parliament.
(3) The powers conferred on the President by this
article, by article 324, by clause (3) of article 367 and byarticle 391 shall, before the commencement of thisConstitution, be exercisable by the Governor-General ofthe Dominion of India.Special provisionas to duration ofAndhra PradeshLegislativeAssembly.
Power of the
President toremove difficulties.
1Ins. by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956,  s. 24.THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA
(Part XXI. —Temporary, Transitional and Special
Provisions .—Art. 378A—392.)266
PART XXII
SHORT TITLE, COMMENCEMENT 1[, AUTHORI-
TATIVE TEXT IN HINDI] AND REPEALS
393. This Constitution may be called the Constitution
of India.
394.  This article and articles 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 60,  324, 366,
367, 379, 380, 388, 391, 392 and 393 shall come into forceat once, and the remaining provisions of this Constitutionshall come into force on the twenty-sixth day of January,1950, which day is referred to in this Constitution as thecommencement of this Constitution.
2[394A. (1) The President shall cause to be published
under his authority,—
(a) the translation of this Constitution in the Hindi
language, signed by the members of the ConstituentAssembly, with such modifications as may benecessary to bring it in conformity with the language,style and terminology adopted in the authoritativetexts of Central Acts in the Hindi language, andincorporating therein all the amendments of thisConstitution made before such publication; and
(b) the translation in the Hindi language of every
amendment of this Constitution made in the Englishlanguage.
(2) The translation of this Constitution and of every
amendment thereof published under clause (1) shall beconstrued to have the same meaning as  the originalthereof and if any difficulty arises in so construing anypart of such translation, the President shall cause thesame to be revised suitably.
(3) The translation of this Constitution and of every
amendment thereof published under this article shall  be
267Short title.
Commencement.
Authoritative text
in the Hindilanguage.
1Ins. by the Constitution (Fifty-eighth Amendment) Act, 1987,  s. 2.
2Ins. by s. 3, ibid.
deemed to be, for all purposes, the authoritative text
thereof in the Hindi language.]
395. The Indian Independence Act, 1947, and the
Government of India Act, 1935, together with allenactments amending or supplementing the latter Act,but not including the Abolition of Privy CouncilJurisdiction Act, 1949, are hereby repealed.Repeals.THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA
(Part XXII. —Short Title, Commencement, Authoritative
Text in Hindi and Repeals.—Arts. 394A -395.)268
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## What this means (mechanical reading aid, not legal advice)

- The index files this text under article 316 of the Constitution of India.
- The index files it under the chapter heading “Chapter I: of Part XI, or”.
- The passage runs to about 735 words.
- Read plainly, it mentions assembly and association — it protects gathering together or joining a group, union or party (the words used: “Assembly”).
- **Caveat:** The row’s stored title is a body fragment, not a heading (“but subject to the proviso to clause (2) of that”), so it is not used as the provision’s title here.
- **Caveat:** The index gives this passage an article number but stores a body fragment where a heading would be, so the number could not be cross-checked against the text. Check it against the official Constitution before relying on it in a citation.
- **Caveat:** This index row contains 4 separately numbered sections, so it is a chapter-length passage rather than one provision. Cite the passage, and treat any single section number as unverified.

> This is a mechanical reading aid generated from the text above by matching words in it. It is not legal advice, not a lawyer’s interpretation, and not a substitute for the provision itself.

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Portable Lawyer · Article 316 of the Constitution of India (chapter: “Chapter I: of Part XI, or”). article, continue to hold office until the expiration oftheir term of office as determined under the rules which were applicable immediately before such commencement to such…