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Article 395

Part XXII — Short Title, Commencement and Repeals · Constitution of India

Article 395

Repeals. The Indian Independence Act, 1947, and the Government of India Act, 1935, together with all enactments amending or supplementing the latter Act, but not including the Abolition of Privy Council Jurisdiction Act, 1949, are hereby repealed.

In plain wordsWith the new Constitution in force, the Indian Independence Act, 1947 and the Government of India Act, 1935 were repealed. The colonial legal foundations were formally swept away.
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