Consider the following statements with reference to territorial exten...
The Parliament alone can make ‘extra- territorial legislation’ but it is subjected to some territorial restrictions. Enrich Your Learning: Territorial Extent of Central and State Legislation: The territorial limits of the legislative powers vested in the Centre and the states are defined as
(i) The Parliament can frame laws for the whole or any part of India. The territory of India includes the states, the union territories, and any other area included in the territory of India.
(ii) A state legislature can make laws for the whole or any part of the state. The laws made by a state legislature are inapplicable outside the state, except when there is a sufficient nexus between the state and the object.
(iii) The Parliament alone can make ‘extraterritorial legislation’, which implies the laws of the Parliament are also applicable to the Indian citizens and their property in any part of the world.
However, the Constitution places certain restrictions on the territorial jurisdiction of the Parliament and its laws are not applicable in the following areas:
a) The President can make or repeal any regulations for the peace, progress and welfare of the four Union Territories-the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. The regulation thus made has the same effect as an act of Parliament.
b) The governor can direct that an act of Parliament does not apply to a scheduled area in the state or apply with specified modifications and exceptions.
c) The Governor of Assam may direct that an act of Parliament does not apply to tribal areas (autonomous districts) in the state or apply with specified modifications and exceptions. The President enjoys the same power with respect to tribal areas (autonomous districts) in Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram.