Legal chronology is central to this topic. The original Act is No. 6 of 2014. A 2014 amendment adjusted certain territorial arrangements connected with Polavaram. The 2026 amendment, Act 7 of 2026, changed the capital sentence in Section 5. Later Union and AP orders implement or interpret particular provisions. A consolidated text may incorporate amendments but sometimes a government-hosted PDF still shows the original wording; compare the Gazette amendment before quoting current law.

The safest answer format is “as originally enacted,” “as amended,” or “as implemented on [date].” Those phrases prevent an old true statement from being presented as current. For example, “the Act did not name AP's new capital in 2014” is historically true; “the Act does not name a capital in September 2026” is false after the 2026 amendment. “Polavaram is a national project under Section 90” remains a stable statutory fact. “Polavaram is fully complete” would need fresh engineering proof, not legal text.

Worked example: Compare three documents about Amaravati: the original 2014 Act, the 2026 amending Gazette and a later APCRDA construction order. The first set up the new-capital transition, the second names Amaravati in central law, and the third concerns a particular work. An exam stem saying 'under the current Act' points to the consolidated statute, not only to the original PDF.

Active recall: Give one original 2014 fact, one amended 2026 fact and one implementation fact that needs current verification.