Modification of laws

Subject to any express provision of this Constitution any laws in existence before the commencement of the Constitution (Amendment) Act, 2005 shall continue in force subject to such modifications, adaptations and qualifications as may be necessary to give effect to this Constitution.

The President may by statutory instrument, within two years after the commencement of the Constitution (Amendment) Act, 2005, make such modifications in any law referred to in clause (1), for the purpose of bringing it into conformity with this Constitution.

Where any law referred to in clause (1) is not yet in force, that law may be brought into force in accordance with its terms or shall come into force on such subsequent day as the case may be.