The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 1
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
NO.49] NEW DELHI, MONDAY, MARCH 22, I976/CHAITRA 2, 1898
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MINISTRY OF LAW, JUSTICE AND COMPANY AFFAIRS (Legislative Department) New Delhi., the 22nd March, 1976/Chaitra 2, 1898 (Saka)
The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the 22nd March, 1976, and is hereby published for general informa- tion : —
THE TAMIL NADU STATE LEGISLATURE (DELEGATION OF POWERS) ACT, 1976 No. 41 OF 1976
[22nd March, 1976]
An Act to confer on the President the power of the Legislature of the
State of Tamil Nadu to make laws.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Twenty-seventh Year of the
Republic of India as follows: —
1. This Act may be called the Tamil Nadu State Legislature (Dele- Short title.
gation of Powers) Act, 1976.
Defini- tion.
2. In this Act, "Proclamation" means the Proclamation issued on the 31st day of January, 1976, under article 356 of the Constitution, by the President, and published with the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Home Affairs No. G.S.R. 55(E) of the said date.
3- (1) The power of the Legislature of the State of Tamil Nadu to make laws, which has been declared by the Proclamation, to be exercis- able by or under the authority of Parliament, is hereby conferred on the President.
(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:
352 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 1]the People nominated by the Speaker and twenty members of the Council of States nominated by the Chairman.
(3) Every Act enacted by the President under subsection (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 thirty days from the date on which the Act has been laid before it under sub-section (3), which period may be comprised in ono session or in two successive sessions, direct any modifications to be made in the Act and if the modifications are agreed to by the other House of Parliament during the session in which the Act has been so laid before it or the session succeeding, suc!h modifications shall be given effect to by the President by enacting an amending Act under sub-section (2):
Provided that nothing in this sub-section shall affect the validity of the Act or of any action taken thereunder before it is so amended.
K. K. SUNDARAM,