Section 21:
Inconsistency between laws made by Parliament and laws made by Legislative Assembly.
1[21. Inconsistency between laws made by Parliament and laws made by Legislative
Assembly.--If any provision of a law made by the Legislative Assembly of
2[the Union territory] with
respect to any matter enumerated in the State List in the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution is
repugnant to any provision of alaw made by Parliament with respect to that matter, whether passed before
or after the law made by the Legislative Assembly of the Union territory, or, if any provision of a law
made by the Legislative Assembly of 2[the Union territory] with respect to any matter enumerated in the
Concurrent List in the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution is repugnant to any provision of any earlier
law, other than a law made by the Legislative Assembly of the Union territory, with respect to that matter,
then, in either case, the law made by Parliament, or, as the case may be, such earlier law shall prevail and
the law made by the Legislative Assembly of the Union territory shall, to the extent of the
repugnancy, be void:
Provided that if such law made by the Legislative Assembly of the Union territory has been reserved
for the consideration of the President and has received his assent, such law shall prevail in that Union
territory:
Provided further that nothing in this section shall prevent Parliament from enacting at any time any
law with respect to the same matter including a law adding to, amending, varying or repealing the law so
made by the Legislative Assembly of the Union territory.]
Notes:
1. Subs. by Act 29 of 1975, s. 4, for section 21 (w.e.f. 15-8-1975)
2. Subs. by Act 18 of 1987, s. 65, for "a Union territory" (w.e.f. 30-5-1987).