THE HIMACHAL PRADESH STATE LEGISLATURE (DELEGATION OF POWERS) ACT,
1993
NO. 5 OF 1993
[3rd March, 1993]
An Act to confer on the President the power of the Legislature of
the
State of Himachal Pradesh to make laws.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Forty-fourth Year of the Re-
public of India as follows:-
1.
Short title.
1.Short title. This Act may be called the Himachal Pradesh State
Legislature (Delegation of Powers) Act, 1993.
2.
Definition.
2. Definition. In this Act, "Proclamation" means the
Proclamation issued on the, 15th day of December, 1992, 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. 928 (E) of the said date.
3.
Conferment on the President of the power of the State Legislature tomake laws.
3. Conferment on the President of the power of the State Legi-
lature to make laws. (1) The power of the Legislature of the State of
Himachal Pradesh to make laws, which has been declared by the Proclam-
ation to be exercisable by or under the authority of Parliament, is
hereby conferred on the President.
(2) In exercise of the said power, the President may, from time
to time, whether Parliament is or is not in session, enact, as
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 ten members of the House of
the People nominated by the Speaker and five members of the Council of
States nominated by the Chairman.
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(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 'Lo by the other House of
Parliament during the session in which the Act has been so laid before
it or the session succeeding, ouch 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.