49. The Parliament shall make, suspend or revoke laws, rules and regulations, for the Government of India relating to the preservation of the Constitution of the Empire, Ecclesiastical Establishments, or Institutions, Matters of Succession, Inheritance, Adoption, Marriages, Partitions of Estates, Gifts of Property, Wills, Property, Procedures of the Civil and Criminal Courts, Arbitrations in Disputes, Limitation of Suits, Appeals or Applications, Contracts, Sales and Purchases, Agency, Bailment, Partnership, Indemnity and Guarantee, Civil Wrongs and Defamation, Duties of Masters and Servants, Copyright, Patents, Judicial Evidence, Registration of Documents, Stamps and Court Fees, Crimes, Prison Administration, Municipal Government, Police, Matters of Equity, Specific Relief, Trust, Mortgage, Public Service, Land Revenue Settlements, Forest Administration, Education, Abkari, Customs and Usages of the People, Excise, Income-tax, Tariff and Customs, Press, Opium and other Intoxicating Drugs, Stores and Stationery required for the purposes of State, Currency, Post Office, Telegraphs, Survey of Land, Finances, Legal Profession, Famines, Railways, Canals, Companies, Emigration, Marine Administration, Merchants’ Rights, Duties and Obligations, Banking, Negotiable Instruments, Treasury, Ports, Medical Administration, Sanitation, and Arms, Carriers, Judicial Administration, the Giving of Encouragement to or the Development of Science, Industries, Commerce, Transfer of Property, Foreign Politics, Public Works, Extradition, Gambling, the Poor, Easements, Lunatics, Army, Navy, Agriculture, Insurances, Physical Education, Factories, the Preservation of Ancient Monuments, Museums and relating to all matters necessary for the Preservation, Efficiency and Development of the Empire.
