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Question
Answer the following question:
Describe the law making functions of the Parliament.
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Solution
The Union Parliament is law-making organ of the Union Government. Besides, it has to perform many more functions.
- It frames new laws and amends or cancels them, if necessary, on all the 97 subjects of the Union List and all the remainder subjects which have not found a place in any of the lists.
- In certain cases, it can make laws on the subjects of the State List also.
- The Parliament along with the State Legislature can pass laws regarding the 47 subjects on the Concurrent List.
- The Union Parliament has the sole right to amend the Constitution, although in certain cases, these amendments need to be ratified by a majority of the states.
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