¹[ 378A . Special provisions as to duration of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly

Notwithstanding anything contained in article 172 , the Legislative Assembly of the State of Andhra Pradesh as constituted under the provisions of section 28 and 29 of the State Reorganisation Act, 1956 , shall, unless sooner dissolved, continue for a period of five years from the date referred to in the said section 29 and no longer and the expiration of the said period shall operate as a dissolution of that Legislative Assembly.]

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1. Inserted by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, section 24.