- Article 356 empowers the President to issue a proclamation, if he/she is satisfied that a situation has arisen in which the government of a state cannot be carried on in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution.
- Article 365 says that whenever a state fails to comply with (or to give effect to) any direction from the Centre, it will be lawful for the President to hold that a situation has arisen in which the government of the state cannot be carried on in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution.