Constitution of India — Section 70

70. 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.

1[71. (1) All doubts and disputes arising out of or in connection with the election of a President or Vice- President shall be inquired into and decided by the Supreme Court whose decision shall be final.

Time of holding election to fill vacancy in the office of Vice- President and the term of office of person elected to fill casual vacancy.

Oath or affirmation by the Vice- President.

Discharge of President's functions in other contingencies.

Matters relating to, or connected with, the election of a President or Vice-President.

1Art. 71 has been successively subs. by the Constitution (Thirty-ninth Amendment) Act, 1975, s. 2 (w.e.f. 10-8-1975) and the Constitution (Forty-fourth Amendment) Act, 1978, s. 10, to read as above (w.e.f. 20-6-1979).

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Power of President to grant pardons, etc., and to suspend, remit or commute sentences in certain cases.

(Part V.—The Union.—Arts. 71—72.)

(2) If the election of a person as President or Vice- President is declared void by the Supreme Court, acts done by him in the exercise and performance of the powers and duties of the office of President or Vice- President, as the case may be, on or before the date of the decision of the Supreme Court shall not be invalidated by reason of that declaration.

(3) Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, Parliament may by law regulate any matter relating to or connected with the election of a President or Vice- President.

(4) The election of a person as President or Vice- President shall not be called in question on the ground of the existence of any vacancy for whatever reason among the members of the electoral college electing him.]