THE UTTAR PRADESH STATE LEGISLATURE (DELEGATION OF POWERS) ACT, 1995
ACT NO. 2 OF 1996
[1st January, 1996]
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Forty-sixth Year of
the
Republic of India as follows:-
An act to confer on the President the power of the Legislature of
the
State of Uttar Pradesh to make laws.
1.
Short title.
1. Short title. This Act may be called the Uttar Pradesh State
Legislature (Delegation of Powers) Act, 1995.
2.
Definition.
2. Definition. In this Act, "Proclamation" means the Proclamation
issued on the 18th day of October, 1995, 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.
685(E) of the said date.
2
3.
Conferment on the president of the power of the State Legislature to make
laws.
3. Conferment on the president of the power of the State
Legislature to make laws. (1) The power of the Legislature of the
State of Uttar Pradesh 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.
(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 he considers it practicable to do so, consult a Committee
constituted for the purpose, consisting of twenty members of the House
of the People nominated by the Speaker and ten members of the Council
of State 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
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 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 subsection (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. L. MOHANPURIA,
Secy. to the Govt. of India.