Presidential power to adapt laws permits orders aligning pre-amendment statutes with constitutional changes, insulated from court challenge. Article 372-A empowers the President to make orders, before the prescribed cutoff date, adapting, modifying or repealing laws in force immediately prior to the Seventh Amendment so as to bring them into conformity with the amended Constitution; such adaptations take effect from dates specified in the orders and are insulated from challenge in any court, while competent legislatures remain free to repeal or amend those adapted laws.
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Presidential power to adapt laws permits orders aligning pre-amendment statutes with constitutional changes, insulated from court challenge.
Article 372-A empowers the President to make orders, before the prescribed cutoff date, adapting, modifying or repealing laws in force immediately prior to the Seventh Amendment so as to bring them into conformity with the amended Constitution; such adaptations take effect from dates specified in the orders and are insulated from challenge in any court, while competent legislatures remain free to repeal or amend those adapted laws.
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