The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 1
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 12] NWV DELHI, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27,1968/CHAlTRA 7, 1890
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MINISTRY OF LAW
(Legislative Department)
New Delhi, the 27th. March, 1968/Chaitra 7, 1890
The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the Pre- sident on the 27th March, 1968, and is hereby published for general information: —
THE UTTAR PRADESH STATE LEGISLATURE (DELEGATION OF POWERS) ACT, 1968
No. 7 OF 1968
[27th March, 1968]
An Act to confer on the President the power of the Legislature of the State of Uttar Pradesh to make laws.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Nineteenth Year of the Republic of India as follows: —
H8 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PAJIT II—SEC. 1]Definition. 2. In this Act, "Proclamation'' means the Proclamation issued on the 25th day of February, 198^ under amele 356 of the Constitution, by the President and published with the notification of the Govern- merrtL of India in the Ministry of Home Affairs No. G.S.R. 367 of the said date.
3. CO The power of the Legislature of the State of Uttar Pradesh t# mate? laws, whicb Mas been decliared' by the proclamation, to be exercisable by or under the authority" of Parliament, is hereby con- ferred on 'the President.
Confe ment on the President of the power of the State Legislature to make 8W8.
(2) In the exercise of the said power, the President may, from time to time, whether Parliament is or is not in session, enact as a President's Act a Bill' containing such provisions as he considers necessary:
Provided that before enacting any such Act, the President shall, whenever toe coasiders it practicable to d© sft, consult a committee •Winetituted; for the purpose consisting of forty members of the House
(3) Every Act enacted by the President under sub-section (2) shall, as soon as may be after enactment, be laid before each House of Parliament.
(4) Either House of Parliament may, by resolution passed within tftiirty days from the date on which the Act has been laid before it tinder sub-s*ction (3), which period may be comprised in one ses- sion or in two successive sessions, direct any modification* to be made in the Act and if the modifications are agreed to by tbtf other H©u"* of Parliament daring the session in which the Act has been so l*id before it or the session succeeding, such modifications shall be given effect to by the President by enacting an amending Act under sub-section (2):
PrdVided that nothing in this sub-sect1 on shall affect the validity af the Act or of any action taken thereunder before it Is so amended.
V. N. BHATIA,