Fifth Amendment of the Constitution of India

The Constitution (Fifth Amendment) Act, 1955
Parliament of India
Long title An Act further to amend the Constitution of India.
Citation	5th Amendment
Territorial extent	India
Passed by	Lok Sabha
Passed	13 December 1955
Passed by	Rajya Sabha
Passed	15 December 1955
Assented to	24 December 1955
Signed by	Rajendra Prasad
Commenced	12 December 1956
Legislative history
First chamber: Lok Sabha
Bill title	The Constitution (Eighth Amendment) Bill, 1955
Introduced by	H.V. Pataskar
Introduced	9 December 1955
Status: In force

The Fifth Amendment of the Constitution of India, officially known as The Constitution (Fifth Amendment) Act, 1955, empowered the President to prescribe a time limit for a State Legislature to convey its views on proposed Central laws relating to the formation of new States and alteration of areas, boundaries or names of existing States.^[1] The amendment also permitted the President to extend the prescribed limit, and prohibited any such bill from being introduced in Parliament until after the expiry of the prescribed or extended period. The 5th Amendment re-enacted the provision to Article 3 of the Constitution.