article are present at a function outside their States or Union Territories and there is
             difficulty in ascertaining their dates of entry, they may be assigned precedence inter se
             in the alphabetical order of the name of States and Union Territories concerned after
             those whose precedence is determined according to date of entry into that article.
      Note 3 In Article 7, former Prime Ministers will take precedence over the Cabinet Ministers of
             the Union and the Leaders of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha. The
             Chief Ministers of States within their respective States will take precedence over the
             Cabinet Ministers of the Union in official functions held in the respective States.
      Note 4 In Article 8:
                   (a) Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and High Commissioners of
                         Commonwealth countries accredited to India will en bloc rank above
                         Governors of States outside their respective States.
                   (b) Governors of States outside their respective States will en bloc rank above
                         Chief Ministers of States outside their respective States.
      Note 5 The Ministry of External Affairs may assign appropriate ranks to foreign dignitaries and
             Indian Ambassadors, High Commissioners and Ministers Plenipotentiary during their
             visit to India.
      Note 6 Notwithstanding the procedure laid down in Note 2, the rank inter se and precedence of
             the persons in Article 10 shall be assigned in the following order:
                   (1) Deputy Chairman, Rajya Sabha
                   (2) Deputy Speaker, Lok Sabha
                   (3) Ministers of State of the Union and any other Minister in the Ministry of
                         Defence for defence matters
                   (4) Deputy Chief Ministers of States
                   (5) Members of NITI Aayog.
                         However, the Deputy Chief Ministers of States outside their respective States
                         will always rank below all other dignitaries figuring in this article.
      Note 7 The Chairman of State Legislative Councils will rank above the Speakers of Legislative
             Assemblies in cases where they were elected on the same date.
      Note 8    When Members of Parliament are invited en bloc to major State functions, the
             enclosures reserved for them should be next to the Chief Justice, Speaker of the Lok
             Sabha, Ambassadors, etc.
      Note 9  Speakers of Legislative Assemblies in Union Territories and Chairman of the Delhi
             Metropolitan Council, Delhi, will take precedence over Ministers and Executive
             Councillors, included in the same article.
      Note 10 In Article 23:
                   (a) Secretaries in the Ministry of External Affairs other than the Foreign Secretary,
                         between themselves, will take precedence in the order to their seniority in
                         Grade-I of the Indian Foreign Service and both of them will take precedence
                         after the Foreign Secretary.