What is the purpose of the Power of the President to adapt laws?
The purpose of the Power of the President to adapt laws is to bring the provisions of any law in force in India or in any part thereof, immediately before the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, into accord with the provisions of this Constitution as amended by that Act. The President can make such adaptations and modifications of the law, whether by way of repeal or amendment, as may be necessary or expedient, and provide that the law shall have effect subject to the adaptations and modifications so made. This power is limited to making orders before the first day of November, 1957.