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Constitution (03rd amendment) act 1954 : Constitution ( 3rd Amendment) Act, 1954

Preamble

An Act further to amend the Constitution of India

Be it enacted by Parliament in the Fifth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-

Section 1. Short title

1. Short title.-This Act may be called the Constitution (Third Amendment) Act, 1954.

Section 2. Amendment of the Seventh Schedule

2. Amendment of the Seventh Schedule.-In the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution, for Entry 33 of List III, the following entry shall be substituted, namely:-

"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."