(1) Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, Parliament may make laws for the whole or any part of the territory of India, and the Legislature of a State may make laws for the whole or any part of the State.
(2) No law made by Parliament shall be deemed to be invalid on the ground that it would have extra-territorial operation.
Debate Summary
Article 216, Draft Constitution, 1948
(1) Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, Parliament may make laws for the whole or any part of the territory of India, and the Legislature of a State may make laws for the whole or any part of the State.
(2) No law made by Parliament shall be deemed to be invalid on the ground that it would have extraterritorial operation.
Draft Article 216 (Article 245, Constitution of India, 1950) was debated on 13th June,1949. It laid down the territorial scope of the laws made by the Parliament and State legislatures respectively. There was no substantive debate on this Article.
Draft Article 216 was adopted on 13th June,1949.