How does a Proclamation of Emergency affect the power of Parliament to make laws with respect to any matter?
The Proclamation of Emergency affects the power of Parliament to make laws with respect to any matter by expanding its legislative powers. Under clause (b) of Article 353, when a Proclamation of Emergency is in operation, the power of Parliament to make laws includes the power to make laws conferring powers and imposing duties upon the Union or officers and authorities of the Union as respects that matter, notwithstanding that it is one which is not enumerated in the Union List. This expansion of legislative powers applies regardless of whether a Proclamation of Emergency is in operation only in a part of India or across the entire country.