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REGISTERED No. D. 221

The Gazette of India

EXTRAORDINARY

PART II—Section 1

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 10] NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22,1955

MINISTRY OF LAW

New Delhi, the 22nd February 1955

The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the 22nd February, 1955 and is hereby published for general information:—

THE CONSTITUTION (THIRD AMENDMENT) ACT, 1954

[22nd February, 1955]

An Act further to amend the Constitution of India.

BE it enacted by Parliament in the Fifth Year of the Republic of India as follows: —

1. Short title.—This Act may be called the Constitution (Third Amendment) Act, 1954.

2, Amendment of the Seventh Schedule.—In the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution, for entry 33 of List III, the following entry shall be substituted, namely:—

"33. Trade and commerce in, and the production, supply and distribution of.—

(a) the products of any industry where the control of such industry by the Union is declared by Parliament by law to be expedient in the public interest, and imported goods of the same kind as such products;

(b) foodstuffs, including edible oilseeds and oils;

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