Article 1 - Short title - Constitution (40th Amendment) Act, 1976

MINISTRY OF LAW, JUSTICE AND COMPANY AFFAIRS (Legislative Department) New Delhi, the 27th May, 1976/Jyaistha 6, 1898 (Saka) The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the 27th May, 1976, and is hereby published for general information: THE CONSTITUTION (FORTIETH AMENDMENT) ACT, 1976 [27th, May, 1976.] An Act further to amend the Constitution of India. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Twenty-seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows: 1. Short title . This Act may be called the Constitution (Fortieth Amendment) Act, 1976.