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The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Bill, 2023

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SEVENTH SCHEDULE
(Article 246)
List I—Union List
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9.Preventive detention for reasons connected with Defence, Foreign
Affairs, or the security of India; persons subjected to such detention.
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5.Local government, that is to say, the constitution and powers of
municipal corporations, improvement trusts, districts boards, mining
settlement authorities and other local authorities for the purpose of local self-
government or village administration.
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6.Public health and sanitation; hospitals and dispensaries.
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7.Pilgrimages, other than pilgrimages to places outside India.
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8.Intoxicating liquors, that is to say, the production, manufacture,
possession, transport, purchase and sale of intoxicating liquors.
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9.Relief of the disabled and unemployable.
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10.Burials and burial grounds; cremations and cremation grounds.
3* * * * *
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12.Libraries, museums and other similar institutions controlled or
financed by the State; ancient and historical monuments and records other
than those
4[declared by or under law made by Parliament] to be of national
importance.
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13.Communications, that is to say, roads, bridges, ferries, and other
means of communication not specified in List I; municipal tramways; ropeways;
inland waterways and traffic thereon subject to the provisions of List I and
List III with regard to such waterways; vehicles other than mechanically
propelled vehicles.
1Subs.by the Constitution (Forty-second Amendment) Act, 1976, s. 57, for entry 2
(w.e.f. 3-1-1977).
2Certain words omitted by s. 57, ibid. (w.e.f. 3-1-1977).
3Entry 11 omitted by s. 57, ibid. (w.e.f. 3-1-1977).
4Subs.by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, s. 27, for “declared by
Parliament by law”.
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14.Agriculture, including agricultural education and research, protection
against pests and prevention of plant diseases.
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15.Preservation, protection and improvement of stock and prevention of
animal diseases; veterinary training and practice.
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10.Foreign affairs; all matters which bring the Union into relation with
any foreign country.
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16.Pounds and the prevention of cattle trespass.
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17.Water, that is to say, water supplies, irrigation and canals, drainage
and embankments, water storage and water power subject to the provisions
of entry 56 of List I.
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18.Land, that is to say, rights in or over land, land tenures including the
relation of landlord and tenant, and the collection of rents; transfer and
alienation of agricultural land; land improvement and agricultural loans;
colonization.
1* * * * *
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21.Fisheries.
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22.Courts of wards subject to the provisions of entry 34 of List I;
encumbered and attached estates.
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23.Regulation of mines and mineral development subject to the provisions
of List I with respect to regulation and development under the control of the
Union.
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24.Industries subject to the provisions of
2[entries 7 and 52] of List I.
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25.Gas and gas-works.
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26.Trade and commerce within the State subject to the provisions of
entry 33 of List III.
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27.Production, supply and distribution of goods subject to the provisions
of entry 33 of List III.
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11.Diplomatic, consular and trade representation.
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28.Markets and fairs.
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30.Money-lending and money-lenders; relief of agricultural indebtedness.
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31.Inns and inn-keepers.
1Entries 19, 20 and 29 omitted by the Constitution (Forty-second Amendment) Act,
1976, s. 57 (w.e.f. 3-1-1977).
2Subs.by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, s. 28, for “entry 52”.
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32.Incorporation, regulation and winding up of corporations, other than
those specified in List I, and universities; unincorporated trading, literary,
scientific, religious and other societies and associations; co-operative societies.
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33.Theatres and dramatic performances; cinemas subject to the provisions
of entry 60 of List I; sports, entertainments and amusements.
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34.Betting and gambling.
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35.Works, lands and buildings vested in or in the possession of the State.
1* * * * *
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37.Elections to the Legislature of the State subject to the provisions of
any law made by Parliament.
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38.Salaries and allowances of members of the Legislature of the State, of
the Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and, if there is
a Legislative Council, of the Chairman and Deputy Chairman thereof.
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39.Powers, privileges and immunities of the Legislative Assembly and
of the members and the committees thereof, and, if there is a Legislative
Council, of that Council and of the members and the committees thereof;
enforcement of attendance of persons for giving evidence or producing
documents before committees of the Legislature of the State.
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12.United Nations Organisation.
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40.Salaries and allowances of Ministers for the State.
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41.State public services; State Public Service Commission.
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42.State pensions, that is to say, pensions payable by the State or out of
the Consolidated Fund of the State.
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43.Public debt of the State.
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44.Treasure trove.
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45.Land revenue, including the assessment and collection of revenue,
the maintenance of land records, survey for revenue purposes and records of
rights, and alienation of revenues.
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46.Taxes on agricultural income.
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47.Duties in respect of succession to agricultural land.
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48.Estate duty in respect of agricultural land.
1Entry 36 omitted by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, s. 26.
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49.Taxes on lands and buildings.
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13.Participation in international conferences, associations and other
bodies and implementing of decisions made thereat.
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50.Taxes on mineral rights subject to any limitations imposed by
Parliament by law relating to mineral development.
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51.Duties of excise on the following goods manufactured or produced in
the State and countervailing duties at the same or lower rates on similar
goods manufactured or produced elsewhere in India:—
(a)alcoholic liquors for human consumption;
(b)opium, Indian hemp and other narcotic drugs and narcotics;
but not including medicinal and toilet preparations containing alcohol or any
substance included in sub-paragraph ( b) of this entry.
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52.Taxes on the entry of goods into a local area for consumption, use or
sale therein.
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53.Taxes on the consumption or sale of electricity.
1[54. Taxes on the sale or purchase of goods other than newspapers,
subject to the provisions of entry 92A of List I.]
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55.Taxes on advertisements other than advertisements published in the
newspapers 2[and advertisements broadcast by radio or television].
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56.Taxes on goods and passengers carried by road or on inland
waterways.
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57.Taxes on vehicles, whether mechanically propelled or not, suitable for
use on roads, including tramcars subject to the provisions of entry 35 of
List III.
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58.Taxes on animals and boats.
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60.Taxes on professions, trades, callings and employments.
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14.Entering into treaties and agreements with foreign countries and
implementing of treaties, agreements and conventions with foreign countries.
315
1Ins.by the Constitution (Forty-second Amendment) Act, 1976, s. 57 (w.e.f. 3-1-1977).
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61.Capitation taxes.
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62.Taxes on luxuries, including taxes on entertainments, amusements,
betting and gambling.
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63.Rates of stamp duty in respect of documents other than those specified
in the provisions of List I with regard to rates of stamp duty.
1 Subs. by the Constitution (Sixth Amendment) Act, 1956, s. 2, for entry 54.
2 Ins. by the Constitution (Forty–second Amendment) Act, 1976, s. 57 (w.e.f.
3-1-1977).
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64.Offences against laws with respect to any of the matters in this List.
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65.Jurisdiction and powers of all courts, except the Supreme Court, with
respect to any of the matters in this List.
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66.Fees in respect of any of the matters in this List, but not including fees
taken in any court.
List III—Concurrent List
1.Criminal law, including all matters included in the Indian Penal Code
at the commencement of this Constitution but excluding offences against
laws with respect to any of the matters specified in List I or List II and
excluding the use of naval, military or air forces or any other armed forces
of the Union in aid of the civil power.
2.Criminal procedure, including all matters included in the Code of
Criminal Procedure at the commencement of this Constitution.
3.Preventive detention for reasons connected with the security of a
State, the maintenance of public order, or the maintenance of supplies and
services essential to the community; persons subjected to such detention.
4.Removal from one State to another State of prisoners, accused persons
and persons subjected to preventive detention for reasons specified in entry
3 of this List.
5.Marriage and divorce; infants and minors; adoption; wills, intestacy
and succession; joint family and partition; all matters in respect of which
parties in judicial proceedings were immediately before the commencement
of this Constitution subject to their personal law.
6.Transfer of property other than agricultural land; registration of deeds
and documents.
7.Contracts, including partnership, agency, contracts of carriage, and
other special forms of contracts, but not including contracts relating to
agricultural land.
8.Actionable wrongs.
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9.Bankruptcy and insolvency.
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10.Trust and Trustees.
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11.Administrators-general and official trustees.
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1[11A. Administration of Justice; constitution and organisation of all
courts, except the Supreme Court and the High Courts.]
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12.Evidence and oaths; recognition of laws, public acts and records, and
judicial proceedings.
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15.War and peace.
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13.Civil procedure, including all matters included in the Code of Civil
Procedure at the commencement of this Constitution, limitation and
arbitration.
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14.Contempt of court, but not including contempt of the Supreme Court.
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15.Vagrancy; nomadic and migratory tribes.
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16.Lunacy and mental deficiency, including places for the reception or
treatment of lunatics and mental deficients.
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17.Prevention of cruelty to animals.
1[17A. Forests.
17B.Protection of wild animals and birds.]
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18.Adulteration of foodstuffs and other goods.
19.Drugs and poisons, subject to the provisions of entry 59 of List I with
respect to opium.
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20.Economic and social planning.
1[20A. Population control and family planning.]
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21.Commercial and industrial monopolies, combines and trusts.
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22.Trade unions; industrial and labour disputes.
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23.Social security and social insurance; employment and unemployment.
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16.Foreign jurisdiction.
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24.Welfare of labour including conditions of work, provident funds,
employers’ liability, workmen’s compensation, invalidity and old age pensions
and maternity benefits.
2[25. Education, including technical education, medical education and
universities, subject to the provisions of entries 63, 64, 65 and 66 of List I;
vocational and technical training of labour.]
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26.Legal, medical and other professions.
1Ins.by the Constitution (Forty–second Amendment) Act, 1976, s. 57 (w.e.f. 3-1-1977).
2 Subs. by s. 57, ibid., for entry 25 (w.e.f. 3-1-1977).
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27.Relief and rehabilitation of persons displaced from their original
place of residence by reason of the setting up of the Dominions of India and
Pakistan.
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28.Charities and charitable institutions, charitable and religious
endowments and religious institutions.
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29.Prevention of the extension from one State to another of infectious or
contagious diseases or pests affecting men, animals or plants.
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30.Vital statistics including registration of births and deaths.
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31.Ports other than those declared by or under law made by Parliament
or existing law to be major ports.
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32.Shipping and navigation on inland waterways as regards
mechanically propelled vessels, and the rule of the road on such waterways,
and the carriage of passengers and goods on inland waterways subject to the
provisions of List I with respect to national waterways.
1[33. Trade and commerce in, and the production, supply and distribution
of,—
(a)the products of any industry where the control of such industry
by the Union is declared by Parliament by law to be expedient in the
public interest, and imported goods of the same kind as such products;
(b)foodstuffs, including edible oilseeds and oils;
(c)cattle fodder, including oilcakes and other concentrates;
(d)raw cotton, whether ginned or unginned, and cotton seed; and
(e)raw jute.]
2[33A. Weights and measures except establishment of standards.]
34.Price control.
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35.Mechanically propelled vehicles including the principles on which
taxes on such vehicles are to be levied.
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36.Factories.
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17.Citizenship, naturalisation and aliens.
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37.Boilers.
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38.Electricity.
1Subs.by the Constitution (Third Amendment) Act, 1954, s. 2, for entry 33.
2Ins.by the Constitution (Forty–second Amendment) Act, 1976, s. 57 (w.e.f. 3-1-1977).
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39.Newspapers, books and printing presses.
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40.Archaeological sites and remains other than those 1[declared by or
under law made by Parliament] to be of national importance.
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41.Custody, management and disposal of property (including agricultural
land) declared by law to be evacuee property.
2[42. Acquisition and requisitioning of property.]
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43.Recovery in a State of claims in respect of taxes and other public
demands, including arrears of land-revenue and sums recoverable as such
arrears, arising outside that State.
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44.Stamp duties other than duties or fees collected by means of judicial
stamps, but not including rates of stamp duty.
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45.Inquiries and statistics for the purposes of any of the matters specified
in List II or List III.
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46.Jurisdiction and powers of all courts, except the Supreme Court, with
respect to any of the matters in this List.
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47.Fees in respect of any of the matters in this List, but not including fees
taken in any court.
1Subs.by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, s. 27, for “declared by
Parliament by law”.
2Subs.by s. 26, ibid., for entry 42.
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18.Extradition.
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1.Defence of India and every part thereof including preparation for
defence and all such acts as may be conducive in times of war to its prosecution
and after its termination to effective demobilisation.
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19.Admission into, and emigration and expulsion from, India; passports
and visas.
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20.Pilgrimages to places outside India.
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21.Piracies and crimes committed on the high seas or in the air; offences
against the law of nations committed on land or the high seas or in the air.
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22.Railways.
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23.Highways declared by or under law made by Parliament to be national
highways.
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24.Shipping and navigation on inland waterways, declared by Parliament
by law to be national waterways, as regards mechanically propelled vessels;
the rule of the road on such waterways.
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25.Maritime shipping and navigation, including shipping and navigation
on tidal waters; provision of education and training for the mercantile marine
and regulation of such education and training provided by States and other
agencies.
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26.Lighthouses, including lightships, beacons and other provision for
the safety of shipping and aircraft.
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27.Ports declared by or under law made by Parliament or existing law
to be major ports, including their delimitation, and the constitution and
powers of port authorities therein.
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28.Port quarantine, including hospitals connected therewith; seamen’s
and marine hospitals.
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2.Naval, military and air forces; any other armed forces of the Union.
1[2A. Deployment of any armed force of the Union or any other force
subject to the control of the Union or any contingent or unit thereof in any
State in aid of the civil power; powers, jurisdiction, privileges and liabilities
of the members of such forces while on such deployment.]
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29.Airways; aircraft and air navigation; provision of aerodromes;
regulation and organisation of air traffic and of aerodromes; provision for
aeronautical education and training and regulation of such education and
training provided by States and other agencies.
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30.Carriage of passengers and goods by railway, sea or air, or by national
waterways in mechanically propelled vessels.
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31.Posts and telegraphs; telephones, wireless, broadcasting and other
like forms of communication.
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32.Property of the Union and the revenue therefrom, but as regards
property situated in a State 1*** subject to legislation by the State, save in so
far as Parliament by law otherwise provides.
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34.Courts of wards for the estates of Rulers of Indian States.
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35.Public debt of the Union.
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36.Currency, coinage and legal tender; foreign exchange.
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37.Foreign loans.
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38.Reserve Bank of India.
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39.Post Office Savings Bank.
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3.Delimitation of cantonment areas, local self-government in such areas,
the constitution and powers within such areas of cantonment authorities and
the regulation of house accommodation (including the control of rents) in
such areas.
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40.Lotteries organised by the Government of India or the Government of
a State.
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41.Trade and commerce with foreign countries; import and export across
customs frontiers; definition of customs frontiers.
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42.Inter-State trade and commerce.
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43.Incorporation, regulation and winding up of trading corporations,
including banking, insurance and financial corporations, but not including
co-operative societies.
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44.Incorporation, regulation and winding up of corporations, whether
trading or not, with objects not confined to one State, but not including
universities.
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45.Banking.
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46.Bills of exchange, cheques, promissory notes and other like instruments.
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47.Insurance.
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48.Stock exchanges and futures markets.
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49.Patents, inventions and designs; copyright; trade-marks and
merchandise marks.
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4.Naval, military and air force works.
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50.Establishment of standards of weight and measure.
1The words and letters “specified in Part A or Part B of the First Schedule but” omitted
by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, s. 29 and Sch.
2Entry 33 omitted by s. 26, ibid.
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51.Establishment of standards of quality for goods to be exported out of
India or transported from one State to another.
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52.Industries, the control of which by the Union is declared by Parliament
by law to be expedient in the public interest.
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53.Regulation and development of oilfields and mineral oil resources;
petroleum and petroleum products; other liquids and substances declared by
Parliament by law to be dangerously inflammable.
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54.Regulation of mines and mineral development to the extent to which
such regulation and development under the control of the Union is declared
by Parliament by law to be expedient in the public interest.
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55.Regulation of labour and safety in mines and oilfields.
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56.Regulation and development of inter-State rivers and river valleys to
the extent to which such regulation and development under the control of
the Union is declared by Parliament by law to be expedient in the public
interest.
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57.Fishing and fisheries beyond territorial waters.
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58.Manufacture, supply and distribution of salt by Union agencies;
regulation and control of manufacture, supply and distribution of salt by
other agencies.
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59.Cultivation, manufacture, and sale for export, of opium.
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5.Arms, firearms, ammunition and explosives.
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60.Sanctioning of cinematograph films for exhibition.
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61.Industrial disputes concerning Union employees.
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62.The institutions known at the commencement of this Constitution as
the National Library, the Indian Museum, the Imperial War Museum, the
Victoria Memorial and the Indian War Memorial, and any other like institution
financed by the Government of India wholly or in part and declared by
Parliament by law to be an institution of national importance.
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63.The institutions known at the commencement of this Constitution as
the Benares Hindu University, the Aligarh Muslim University and the
1[Delhi
University; the University established in pursuance of article 371E;] any other
institution declared by Parliament by law to be an institution of national
importance.
1Subs.by the Constitution (Thirty-second Amendment) Act, 1973, s. 4, for “Delhi
University and” (w.e.f. 1-7-1974).
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64.Institutions for scientific or technical education financed by the
Government of India wholly or in part and declared by Parliament by law to
be institutions of national importance.
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65.Union agencies and institutions for—
(a)professional, vocational or technical training, including the
training of police officers; or
(b)the promotion of special studies or research; or
(c)scientific or technical assistance in the investigation or detection
of crime.
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66.Co-ordination and determination of standards in institutions for higher
education or research and scientific and technical institutions.
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67.Ancient and historical monuments and records, and archaeological
sites and remains,
1[declared by or under law made by Parliament] to be of
national importance.
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68.The Survey of India, the Geological, Botanical, Zoological and
Anthropological Surveys of India; Meteorological organisations.
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69.Census.
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6.Atomic energy and mineral resources necessary for its production.
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70.Union Public Service; All-India Services; Union Public Service
Commission.
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71.Union pensions, that is to say, pensions payable by the Government
of India or out of the Consolidated Fund of India.
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72.Elections to Parliament, to the Legislatures of States and to the offices
of President and Vice-President; the Election Commission.
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73.Salaries and allowances of members of Parliament, the Chairman and
Deputy Chairman of the Council of States and the Speaker and Deputy
Speaker of the House of the People.
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74.Powers, privileges and immunities of each House of Parliament and
of the members and the Committees of each House; enforcement of attendance
of persons for giving evidence or producing documents before committees of
Parliament or commissions appointed by Parliament.
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75.Emoluments, allowances, privileges, and rights in respect of leave of
absence, of the President and Governors; salaries and allowances of the
1Subs.by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, s. 27, for “declared by
Parliament by law”.
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Ministers for the Union; the salaries, allowances, and rights in respect of leave
of absence and other conditions of service of the Comptroller and Auditor-
General.
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76.Audit of the accounts of the Union and of the States.
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77.Constitution, organisation, jurisdiction and powers of the Supreme
Court (including contempt of such Court), and the fees taken therein; persons
entitled to practise before the Supreme Court.
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78.Constitution and organisation
1[(including vacations)] of the High
Courts except provisions as to officers and servants of High Courts; persons
entitled to practise before the High Courts.
2[79. Extension of the jurisdiction of a High Court to, and exclusion of the
jurisdiction of a High Court from, any Union territory.]
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80.Extension of the powers and jurisdiction of members of a police force
belonging to any State to any area outside that State, but not so as to enable
the police of one State to exercise powers and jurisdiction in any area outside
that State without the consent of the Government of the State in which such
area is situated; extension of the powers and jurisdiction of members of a
police force belonging to any State to railway areas outside that State.
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7.Industries declared by Parliament by law to be necessary for the
purpose of defence or for the prosecution of war.
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81.Inter-State migration; inter-State quarantine.
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82.Taxes on income other than agricultural income.
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83.Duties of customs including export duties.
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84.Duties of excise on tobacco and other goods manufactured or produced
in India except—
(a)alcoholic liquors for human consumption;
(b)opium, Indian hemp and other narcotic drugs and narcotics,
but including medicinal and toilet preparations containing alcohol or any
substance included in sub-paragraph ( b) of this entry.
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85.Corporation tax.
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86.Taxes on the capital value of the assets, exclusive of agricultural land,
of individuals and companies; taxes on the capital of companies.
1Ins.by the Constitution (Fifteenth Amendment) Act, 1963, s. 12 (with retrospective
effect).
2Subs.by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, s. 29 and Sch., for entry 79.
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87.Estate duty in respect of property other than agricultural land.
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88.Duties in respect of succession to property other than agricultural
land.
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89.Terminal taxes on goods or passengers, carried by railway, sea or air;
taxes on railway fares and freights.
SECTION Section 89

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90.Taxes other than stamp duties on transactions in stock exchanges
and futures markets.
SECTION Section 9

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8.Central Bureau of Intelligence and Investigation.
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91.Rates of stamp duty in respect of bills of exchange, cheques,
promissory notes, bills of lading, letters of credit, policies of insurance, transfer
of shares, debentures, proxies and receipts.
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92.Taxes on the sale or purchase of newspapers and on advertisements
published therein.
1[92A. Taxes on the sale or purchase of goods other than newspapers,
where such sale or purchase takes place in the course of inter-State trade or
commerce.]
2[92B. Taxes on the consignments of goods (whether the consignment is
to the person making it or to any other person), where such consignment takes
place in the course of inter-State trade or commerce.]
*[92C. Taxes on services.]
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93.Offences against laws with respect to any of the matters in this List.
SECTION Section 93

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94.Inquiries, surveys and statistics for the purpose of any of the matters
in this List.
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95.Jurisdiction and powers of all courts, except the Supreme Court, with
respect to any of the matters in this List; admiralty jurisdiction.
SECTION Section 95

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96.Fees in respect of any of the matters in this List, but not including fees
taken in any court.
SECTION Section 96

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97.Any other matter not enumerated in List II or List III including any
tax not mentioned in either of those Lists.
List II—State List
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1.Public order (but not including
3[the use of any naval, military or air
force or any other armed force of the Union or of any other force subject to
1Ins.by the Constitution (Sixth Amendment) Act, 1956, s. 2.
2Ins.by the Constitution (Forty-sixth Amendment) Act, 1982, s. 5.
*Ins. by the Constitution (Eighty-eighth Amendment) Act, 2003, s. 4 (which is yet not in
force, date to be notified later on).
3Subs.by the Constitution (Forty-second Amendment) Act, 1976, s. 57, for certain
words (w.e.f. 3-1-1977).
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the control of the Union or of any contingent or unit thereof] in aid of the civil
power).
1[2. Police (including railway and village police) subject to the provisions
of entry 2A of List I.]
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3.2***Officers and servants of the High Court; procedure in rent and
revenue courts; fees taken in all courts except the Supreme Court.
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4.Prisons, reformatories, Borstal institutions and other institutions of a
like nature, and persons detained therein; arrangements with other States for
the use of prisons and other institutions.