The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 1
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 56] NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, 1976/CHAITRA 11, 1898
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MINISTRY OF LAW, JUSTICE AND COMPANY AFFAIRS (Legislative Department)
NEW Delhi, the 31st March, 1976/Chaitra 11, 1898 (Saka)
The following Act of Parliament received the' assent of the President on the 31st March, 1976, and is hereby published for general information:-—
THE KERALA LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY (EXTENSION OF DURATION) AMENDMENT ACT, 1976 No. 46 OF 1976
[31st March, 1976]
An Act to provide for the extension of the duration of the Legislative Assembly of tbe State of Kerala and to amend the Kerala Legis- lative Assembly (Extension of Duration) Act, 1975.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Twenty-seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows: —
1. This Act may be called the Kerala Legislative Assembly (Extension Short title.
of Duration) Amendment Act, 1976.
2. The period of five years [being the period for which the Legislative Assembly of a State may, under clause (1) of article 172 of the Constitu- tion, continue from the date appointed for its first meeting] in relation to the Legislative Assembly of the State of Kerala, which was extended for a period of six months by the Kerala Legislative Assembly (Extension of Duration) Act, 1975, is hereby extended for a further period of six months and accordingly, in section 2 of that Act,—
438 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 1] (2) the following proviso shall be inserted at the end, namely: —"Provided that if both or either of the said Proclamations cease or ceases to operate before the expiration of the said period of one year, the present Legislative Assembly of the State of Kerala shall, unless previously dissolved under clause (2) of article 174 of the Constitution, continue until six months after the cesser of operation of the said Proclamations or Proclama- tion, but not beyond the said period of. one year.".