The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PARTII—Section 1
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 42] NEW DELHI, TUESDAY. MARCH 30,1976/CHAITRA 10.1808
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MINISTRY OF LAW, JUSTICE AND COMPANY AFFAIRS (Legislative Department) New Delhi, the 30th March, 1976/Chaitra 10, 1898 (Saka.)
The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on. the 30th March, 1976, and is hereby published for general informa- tion'.—
THE GUJARAT STATE LEGISLATURE (DELEGATION OF POWERS) ACT, 1976 No. 44 OF 1976
[30th March, 1976] An Act to confer on the President the power of the Legislative of the State of Gujarat 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 Gujarat State Legislature (Delegation of
Short title.
Powers) Act, 1976.
Defini tion.
Z. In this Act, "Proclamation" means the Proclamation issued on the 12th day of March, 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, 123 (E) of the said date.
3. (2) The power of the Legislature of the State of Gujarat to make laws, which has been declared by the Proclamation to be exercisable by or under the authority of Parliament, is hereby conferred on the Presi- dent.
(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 Actra Bill containing such provisions as he considers necessary:
36G THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC I]foe the purpose, consisting of thirty-four members of the House of the People nominated by the Speaker and seventeen members of the Council of States nominated by the Chairman.
(#) Every Act enacted by the President under sub-section (2) shall, as soOn as may be after enactment, be laid before each House of Parlia- ment.
(J4) Either House of Parliament may, by resolution passed nithin thir% days from the date on which the Act has been laid before it under sub-Section (3), which period may be comprised in one 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 suc- ceeding, such modifications shall be given effect to by the President by en- actiitg an amending Act under sub-section (2):
Provided that nothing in this subsection shall affect the validity of
the Act or of any action taken thereunder before it is so amended.
K. K. SUNDARAM,