Short Title Commencement Authoritative
Part XXII - Short Title, Commencement, Authoritative Text in Hindu and
Repeals
Article
393 Short title
This Constitution may be called the
Constitution of India.
Article
394 Commencement
This article and articles 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
60, 324, 366, 367, 379, 380, 388, 391, 392 and 393 shall come into
force at once, and the remaining provisions of this Constitution
shall come into force of the twenty-sixth day of January, 1950, which
day is referred to in this Constitution as the commencement of this
Constitution.
Article
394A Authoritative text in the Hindi language
(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 Constituent Assembly, with such modifications as
may be necessary to bring it in conformity with the language, style
and terminology adopted in the authoritative texts of Central Acts in
the Hindi language, and incorporating therein all the amendments of
this Constitution made before such publication; and
(b) the
translation in the Hindi language of every amendment of this
Constitution made in the English language.
(2) The translation
of this Constitution and of every amendment thereof published under
clause (1) shall be construed to have the same meaning as the
original thereof and if any difficulty arises in so construing any
part of such translation, the President shall cause the same to be
revised suitably.
(3) The translation of this Constitution and
of every amendment thereof published under this article shall be
deemed to be, for all purposes, the authoritative text thereof in the
Hindi language.
Article
395 Repeals
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Privy Council Jurisdiction Act, 1949, are hereby repealed.
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