Constitution Section 263 — Provisions with respect to an inter-State Council

Part XI — RELATIONS BETWEEN THE UNION AND THE STATES — Co-ordination between States

Constitutional

Summary

If the President believes it would help the public interest, they can create a Council to look into disputes between states, study issues that affect some or all states or the Union and states together, and make suggestions for better coordination of policies and actions. The President’s order will set out what the Council must do, how it will be organized, and how it will work.

Official Text

If at any time it appears to the President that the public interests would be served by the establishment of a Council charged with the duty of—

(a) inquiring into and advising upon disputes which may have arisen between States;

(b) investigating and discussing subjects in which some or all of the States, or the Union and one or more of the States, have a common interest; or

(c) making recommendations upon any such subject and, in particular, recommendations for the better co-ordination of policy and action with respect to that subject, it shall be lawful for the President by order to establish such a Council, and to define the nature of the duties to be performed by it and its organisation and procedure.