[Omitted] Special provision as to elections to Parliament in the case of Prime Minister and Speaker

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.... vide Article 35 of the Constitution (44th Amendment) Act, 1978 dated 30-04-1979 w.e.f. 20-06-1979, before it was read as,  "^1[Special provision as to elections to Parliament in the case of Prime Minister and Speaker. 329-A. (1) Subject to the provisions of Chapter II of Part V [except sub-clause (e) of clause (1) of Article 102], no election- ....

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....validity of any such law as is referred to in clause (1) and the decision of any authority or body under such law shall not be called in question in any court. (3) Where any person is appointed as Prime Minister or, as the case may be, chosen to the office of the Speaker of the House of the People, while an election petition referred to in clause (b) of Article 329 in respect of his elect....

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....ve become void on any ground on which such election could be declared to be void or has, before such commencement, been declared to be void under any such law and notwithstanding any order made by any court, before such commencement, declaring such election to be void, such election shall continue to be valid in all respects and any such order and any finding on which such order is based shall be ....