Federal Constitution · Reprint · Chapter 1 · Distribution of legislative powers
74. Subject matter of federal and State laws
Feedback & supportWithout prejudice to any power to make laws conferred on it by any other Article, Parliament may make laws with respect to any of the matters enumerated in the Federal List or the Concurrent List (that is to say, the First or Third List set out in the Ninth Schedule).
Without prejudice to any power to make laws conferred on it by any other Article, the Legislature of a State may make laws with respect to any of the matters enumerated in the State
List (that is to say, the Second List set out in the Ninth Schedule)
or the Concurrent List.
The power to make laws conferred by this Article is exercisable subject to any conditions or restrictions imposed with respect to any particular matter by this Constitution.
Where general as well as specific expressions are used in describing any of the matters enumerated in the Lists set out in the Ninth Schedule the generality of the former shall not be taken to be limited by the latter.
See Art. 154(2).
Art. 74
See Art. 159(4)(b).
Clause (2)
The words “Without prejudice to any power to make laws conferred on it by any other Article,”
were inserted by Act 25/1963, subsection 2(2), in force from 31-08-1957.