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सं० 9 ] मई विल्ली , बृहस्पतिवार, मार्च 17 , 1966/ फाल्गुना 26 , 1887
No. 9 ] NEW DELHI , THURSDAY , MARCH 17 , 1966 / PHALGUNA 26 , 1887
इस भाग में भिन्न पृष्ठ संख्या पी आती हैं जिससे कि यह अलग संकलन के रूप में ररक्षा आ सके । Separate paging is given to this Part in order that it may be filed as a separate compilation.
LOK SABНА
The following Bill was introduced in Lok Sabha on the 17th March , 1966 : -
BILL NO . 19 OF 1966
A Bill to provide for the extension of the duration of the present Legislative Assembly of the State of Orissa .
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Seventeenth Year of the Republic of India as follows: -
1. This Act may be called the Orissa Legislative Assembly (Exten- Short title . sion of Duration) Act , 1966 .
the present Legislative 2. The period of five years [ being the period for which the Legis- Extension of lative Assembly of a State may , under clause (1 ) of article 172 of the duration of Constitution , continue from the date appointed for its first meeting ] Orissa in relation to the present Legislative Assembly of the State of Orissa Assembly. shall , while the Proclamation of Emergency issued on the 26th day ofOctober , 1962 , is in operation , be extended for a period of one year:
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Provided that if the Proclamation ceases to operate before the expiration of the said period of one year , the present Legislative Assembly of the State of Orissa shall , unless previously dissolved under clause ( 2 ) of article 174 of the Constitution , continue until six months after the cesser of operation of the Proclamation and no longer.
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STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS
On the 10th December , 1965 , the Home Minister made a statement in Lok Sabha that the general election for constituting a new Legis- lative Assembly of Orissa on the expiration of the duration of the present Assembly will be held simultaneously with the countrywide General Elections early in 1967. The duration of the present Orissa Assembly will in normal course expire on the 20th August , 1966. In pursuance of the above statement of the Home Minister it is now proposed to extend the duration of the present Legislative Assembly of Orissa in accordance with the proviso to clause ( 1 ) of article 172 of the Constitution . Under that proviso , while a Proclamation of Emergency is in operation , Parliament has the power to extend by law the duration of the Legislative Assembly of a State for a period not exceeding one year at a time and not extending in any case beyond a period of six months after the Proclamation has ceased to operate .
2. The Bill seeks to achieve this object .
G. S. PATHAK .
NEW DELHI;
The 28th February , 1966 .
S. L. SHAKDHER ,
Secretary .
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DELHI , 1966 .