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6.7.2. Description

It is a restriction on the powers of the State, citizens and non-citizens.

The State must not give any titles except a military or an academic one.

No citizen of India is allowed to accept any title from a foreign state.

A foreign citizen holding any office of profit or office of trust under the Indian State is not allowed to accept any title, present, emolument, or office of any kind from a foreign state without the permission of the President of India.