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Article 378A

Part XXI — Temporary, Transitional and Special Provisions · Constitution of India

Article 378A

Special provision as to duration of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly. Notwithstanding anything contained in article 172, the Legislative Assembly of the State of Andhra Pradesh as constituted under the provisions of sections 28 and 29 of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, shall, unless sooner dissolved, continue for a period of five years from the date referred to in the said section 29 and no longer and the expiration of the said period shall operate as a dissolution of that Legislative Assembly.

In plain wordsA one-off rule fixing the life of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly formed under the States Reorganisation Act, 1956 at exactly five years, after which it stood dissolved.
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