The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 1
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 37] NEW D E L H I, FRIDAY, JULY 11, 1980/ASADHA 20, 1902
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MINISTRY OF LAW, JUSTICE AND COMPANY AFFAIRS (Legislative Department) New Delhi, the 11th, July; 1980/Asadha 20, 1902 (Saka)
The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the 11th July, 1980, and is hereby published for general information: —
THE ASSAM STATE LEGISLATURE (DELEGATION OF
POWERS) ACT, 1980
No. 38 OF 1980
[11th, July, 1380]
An Act to confer on the President the power of the Legislature of the State of Assam to make laws.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Thirty-first Year of the Republic of India as follows: —
. 1. This Act may be called the Assam State Legislature (Delegation of Short title.
Powers) Act, 1980.
2. In this Act, "Proclamation" means the Proclamation issued on the Defini- tion. 12th day of December, 1979, 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. 688(E) of the said date.
3. (I) The power of the Legislature of the State of Assam 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 President.
264 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PART LT—SEC. IJProvided that before, enacting any such Act, the President shall, whenever he considers it, practicable to do so, consult a Committee con- stituted for the purpose, consisting of thirty members of the House of the People nominated by the Speaker and fifteen members of the Council cf States nominated by the Chairman.
(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 Parlia- ment.
(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 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 succeeding, such 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 vt
the Act or of any action taken thereunder before it is so amended.
R. V. S. PERI SASTRI,