Article 1 - Short title and commencement - Constitution (44th Amendment) Act, 1978

MINISTRY OF LAW, JUSTICE AND COMPANY AFFAIRS (Legislative Department) New Delhi, the 3th April, 1979/Vaisakha 10, 1901 (Saka) The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the 30th April, 1979, and is hereby published for general information: THE CONSTITUTION (FORTY-FOURTH AMENDMENT) ACT, 1978 [30th April, 1979.] An Act further to amend the Constitution of India. BE It enacted by Parliament in the Twenty-ninth Year of the Republic of India as follows: 1. Short title and commencement . (1) This Act may be called the Constitution (Forty-fourth Amendment) Act, 1978. (2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act.