Article 371F of Constitution of India "Special provisions with respect to the State of Sikkim"
Notwithstanding anything in this Constitution,-
(a) the Legislative Assembly of the State of Sikkim shall
consist of not less than thirty members;
(b) as from the date of commencement of the Constitution
(Thirty-sixth Amendment) Act, 1975, (hereafter in this
Article referred to as the appointed day)-
(i) the Assembly for Sikkim formed as a result of the
elections held in Sikkim in April, 1974 with thirty-two
members elected in the said elections (hereinafter referred
to as the sitting members) shall be deemed to be the
Legislative Assembly of the State of Sikkim duly constituted
under this Constitution;
(ii) the sitting members shall be deemed to be the
members of the Legislative Assembly of the State of Sikkim
duly elected under this Constitution; and
(iii) the said Legislative Assembly of the State of Sikkim
shall exercise the powers and perform the functions of the
Legislative Assembly of a State under this Constitution;
(c) in the case of the Assembly deemed to be the Legislative
Assembly of the State of Sikkim under clause (b), the
references to the period of five years in clause (1) of
Article 172 shall be construed as references to a period of
four years and the said period of four years shall be deemed
to commence from the appointed day;
(d) until other provisions are made by Parliament by law,
there shall be allotted to the State of Sikkim one seat in
the House of the People and the State of Sikkim shall form
one parliamentary constituency to be called the
parliamentary constituency for Sikkim;
(e) the representative of the State of Sikkim in the House
of the People in existence on the appointed day shall be
elected by the members of the Legislative Assembly of the
State of Sikkim;
(f) Parliament may, for the purpose of protecting the rights
and interests of the different sections of the population of
Sikkim make provision for the number of seats in the
Legislative Assembly of the State of Sikkim which may be
filled by candidates belonging to such sections and for the
delimitation of the assembly constituencies from which
candidates belonging to such sections alone may stand for
election to the Legislative Assembly of the State of Sikkim;
(g) the Governor of Sikkim shall have special responsibility
for peace and for an equitable arrangement for ensuring the
social and economic advancement of different sections of the
population of Sikkim and in the discharge of his special
responsibility under this clause, the Governor of Sikkim
shall, subject to such directions as the President may, from
time to time, deem fit to issue, act in his discretion;
(h) all property and assets (whether within or outside the
territories comprised in the State of Sikkim) which
immediately before the appointed day were vested in the
Government of Sikkim or in any other authority or in any
person for the purposes of the Government of Sikkim shall,
as from the appointed day, vest in the Government of the
State of Sikkim;
(i) the High Court functioning as such immediately before
the appointed day in the territories comprised in the State
of Sikkim shall, on and from the appointed day, be deemed to
be the High Court for the State of Sikkim;
(j) all courts of civil, criminal and revenue jurisdiction,
all authorities and all officers, judicial, executive and
ministerial, throughout the territory of the State of Sikkim
shall continue on and from the appointed day to exercise
their respective functions subject to the provisions of this
Constitution;
(k) all laws in force immediately before the appointed day
in the territories comprised in the State of Sikkim or any
part thereof shall continue to be in force therein until
amended or repealed by a competent legislature or other
competent authority;
(l) for the purpose of facilitating the application of any
such law as is referred to in clause (k) in relation to the
administration of the State of Sikkim and for the purpose of
bringing the provisions of any such law into accord with the
provisions of this Constitution, the President may, within
two years from the appointed day, by order, make such
adaptations and modifications of the law, whether by way of
repeal or amendment, as may be necessary or expedient, and
thereupon, every such law shall have effect subject to the
adaptations and modifications so made, and any such
adaptation or modification shall not be questioned in any
court of law;
(m) neither the Supreme Court nor any other court shall have
jurisdiction in respect of any dispute or other matter
arising out of any treaty, agreement, engagement or other
similar instrument relating to Sikkim which was entered into
or executed before the appointed day and to which the
Government of India or any of its predecessor Governments
was a party, but nothing in this clause shall be construed
to derogate from the provisions of Article 143;
(n) the President may, by public notification, extend with
such restrictions or modifications as he thinks fit to the
State of Sikkim any enactment which is in force in a State
in India at the date of the notification;
(o) if any difficulty arises in giving effect to any of the
foregoing provisions of this Article, the president may, by
order, do anything (including any adaptation or modification
of any other Article) which appears to him to be necessary
for the purpose of removing that difficulty:
Provided that no such order shall be made after the expiry
of two years from the appointed day;
(p) all things done and all actions taken in or in relation
to the State of Sikkim or the territories comprised therein
during the period commencing on the appointed day and ending
immediately before the date on which the Constitution
(Thirty-sixth Amendment) Act, 1975, be deemed for all
purposes to have been validly done or taken under this
Constitution as so amended.