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CONSTITUTION OF INDIA - Article 3

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Article 3 deals with of new States and alteration of areas, boundaries or names of States.

3. Parliament may by law—
(a) form a new State by of territory from any State or by two or more States or parts of States or by uniting any territory to a part of any State;
(b) increase the of any State;
(c) the area of any State;
(d) alter the of any State;
(e) alter the of any State:

[Provided that no Bill for the purpose shall be introduced in either House of Parliament except on the recommendation of the and unless, where the proposal contained in the Bill affects the area, boundaries or name of any of the States, the Bill has been referred by the President to the of that State for expressing its views thereon within such period as may
be specified in the reference or within such further period
as the President may allow and the period so specified or
allowed has .]

[Explanation I.—In this article, in clauses (a) to (e), "State'' includes a territory, but in the proviso, "State'' does not a Union territory.
Explanation II.—The power conferred on by clause (a) includes the power to form a new State or Union territory by uniting a part of any to any other State or Union territory.]