Article 370 of Constitution of India "Temporary provisions with respect to the State of Jammu and Kashmir"
(1) Notwithstanding anything in this Constitution,-
(a) the provisions of Article 238 shall not apply in
relation to the State of Jammu and Kashmir;
(b) the power of Parliament to make laws for the said State
shall be limited to-
(i) those matters in the Union List and the Concurrent
List which, in consultation with the Government of the
State, are declared by the President to correspond to
matters specified in the Instrument of Accession governing
the accession of the State to the Dominion of India as the
matters with respect to which the Dominion Legislature may
make laws for that State; and
(ii) such other matters in the said Lists as, with the
concurrence of the Government of the State, the President
may by order specify.
Explanation.- For the purposes of this Article, the
Government of the State means the person for the time being
recognised by the President as the Maharaja of Jammu and
Kashmir acting on the advice of the Council of Ministers for
the time being in office under the Maharaja's Proclamation
dated the fifth day of March, 1948;
(c) the provisions of Article 1 and of this Article shall
apply in relation to that State;
(d) such of the other provisions of this Constitution shall
apply in relation to that State subject to such exceptions
and modifications as the President may by order specify:
Provided that no such order which relates to the matters
specified in the Instrument of Accession of the State
referred to in paragraph (i) of sub-clause (b) shall be
issued except in consultation with the Government of the
State:
Provided further that no such order which relates to matters
other than those referred to in the last preceding proviso
shall be issued except with the concurrence of that
Government.
(2)If the concurrence of the Government of the State
referred to in paragraph (ii) of sub-clause (b) of clause
(1) or in the second proviso to sub-clause (d) of that
clause be given before the Constituent Assembly for the
purpose of framing the Constitution of the State is
convened, it shall be placed before such Assembly for such
decision as it may take thereon.
(3) Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing provisions of
this Article, the President may, by public notification,
declare that this Article shall cease to be operative or
shall be operative only with such exceptions and
modifications and from such date as he may specify:
Provided that the recommendation of the Constituent Assembly
of the State referred to in clause (2) shall be necessary
before the President issues such a notification.