Article 147

Part V — The Union · Constitution of India

Article 147

Interpretation. In this Chapter and in Chapter V of Part VI, references to any substantial question of law as to the interpretation of this Constitution shall be construed as including references to any substantial question of law as to the interpretation of the Government of India Act, 1935 (including any enactment amending or supplementing that Act), or of any Order in Council or order made thereunder, or of the Indian Independence Act, 1947, or of any order made thereunder.

In plain wordsQuestions about interpreting the Constitution are defined here to include questions about interpreting the Government of India Act, 1935 and the Indian Independence Act, 1947, the laws that governed India just before the Constitution took over.

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