Article 24 - Insertion of new Article 378-A - Constitution (7th Amendment) Act, 1956

Insertion of new Article 378-A . 24. After Article 378 of the Constitution, the following article shall be inserted , namely: Special provision as to duration of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly. 378-A. Notwithstanding anything contained in Article 172, the Legislative Assembly of the State of Andhra Pradesh as constituted under the provisions of Sections 28 and 29 of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, shall, unless sooner dissolved, continue for a period of five years from the date referred to in the said Section 29 and no longer and the expiration of the said period shall operate as a dissolution of that Legislative Assembly.