## CONSTITUTION 230

### CONSTITUTION 230 — Extension of jurisdiction of High Courts to Union territories
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> 3[230. Extension of jurisdiction of High Courts to Union territories.-
(1) Parliament may by law extend the jurisdiction of a High Court to, or exclude
the jurisdiction of a High Court from, any Union territory.
(2) Where the High Court of a State exercises jurisdiction in relation to a
Union territory,-
(a) nothing in this Constitution shall be construed as empowering the
Legislature of the State to increase, restrict or abolish that jurisdiction; and
(b) the reference in article 227 to the Governor shall, in relation to

1. Ins. by the Constitution (Forty-second Amendment) Act, 1976, s. 42 (w.e.f. 1-2-1977).
2. The words "in which the High Court has its principal seat" omitted by the Constitution
(Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, s. 29 and Sch. (w.e.f. 1-11-1956).
3. Subs. by s. 16, ibid., for arts. 230, 231 and 232 (w.e.f. 1-11-1956).
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any rules, forms or tables for subordinate courts in that territory, be
construed as a reference to the President.