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Article 304

Part XIII β€” Trade, Commerce and Intercourse within India · Constitution of India

Article 304

Restrictions on trade, commerce and intercourse among States. Notwithstanding anything in article 301 or article 303, the Legislature of a State may by lawβ€” (a) impose on goods imported from other States or the Union territories any tax to which similar goods manufactured or produced in that State are subject, so, however, as not to discriminate between goods so imported and goods so manufactured or produced; and (b) impose such reasonable restrictions on the freedom of trade, commerce or intercourse with or within that State as may be required in the public interest: Provided that no Bill or amendment for the purposes of clause (b) shall be introduced or moved in the Legislature of a State without the previous sanction of the President.

In plain wordsA state may tax goods arriving from other states only at the same rate its own similar goods pay, so out-of-state products cannot be made artificially expensive. Any state law putting public-interest limits on trade needs the President's prior sanction.
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