Article 1 Constitution of India: Name and territory of the Union

Category of Bare Act Name of the Act Year of Promulgation
Civil Laws The CONSTITUTION OF INDIA 1975
Act Number Enactment Date Chapter Number
36 1975-04-26 1
Chapter Title Ministry Department
The Union And Its Territory Ministry of Law And Justice Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms

(1) India, that is Bharat, shall be a Union of States.

1[(2) The States and Territories thereof shall be a specified in the First Schedule.]

(3) The Territory of the India shall be comprise-

(a) the Territories of the States;

2[(b) the Union Territories specified in the First Schedule; and

(c) such other Territories as may be acquired;

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1. Subs. by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, Sec. 2, for clause (2).

2. Subs. by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, Sec. 2, for sub-clause (b).