Article 70

Part V — The Union · Constitution of India

Article 70

Discharge of President's functions in other contingencies. Parliament may make such provisions as it thinks fit for the discharge of the functions of the President in any contingency not provided for in this Chapter.

In plain wordsIf some situation arises that the Constitution never planned for, Parliament decides by law who carries out the President's functions. The gap-filling power sits with the elected legislature, not with any official.

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