182. (1) Notwithstanding anything in the preceding sections of this Part, the Federal Parliament shall have power–

(a) if the President has declared by proclamation that a grave emergency exists whereby the security of India is threatened. whether by war or internal disturbance, then, to make laws for any Province or any part thereof, and

(b) if the President has, on receipt of a proclamation issued by the Governor of a Province under section 160, declared by proclamation under this subsection that a grave emergency exists whereby the peace and tranquillity of that Province is threatened, then, to make laws for that province or any part thereof, with respect to any of the matters enumerated in the Provincial Legislative List.

(2) Nothing in this section shall restrict the power of a Provincial Legislature to make any law which under this Constitution it has power to make, but if any provision of a Provincial law is repugnant to any provision of a Federal law which the Federal Parliament has under this section power to make, the Federal law, whether passed before or after the Provincial law shall prevail, and the Provincial law shall to the extent of the repugnancy, but so long only as the Federal law continues to have effect, be inoperative.

(3) A proclamation issued under clause (a) or clause (b) of sub-section (1) (in this Constitution referred to as “a Proclamation of Emergency”)–

(a) may be revoked by a subsequent proclamation;

(b) shall be laid before each House of the Federal Parliament;

(c) shall cease to operate at the expiration of tax months, unless before the expiration of that period it has been approved by resolutions of both Houses of the Federal Parliament.

(4) A law made by the Federal Parliament which the Parliament would not but for the issue of a Proclamation of Extent of power to legislate for States.