THE JAMMU AND KASHMIR STATE LEGISLATURE (DELEGATION OF POWERS)
ACT,1992
NO. 21 OF 1992.
[16th July, 1992.]
An Act to confer on the President the power of the Legislature of the
State of Jammu and Kashmir to make laws.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Forty-third Year of the
Republic of India as follows:-
1.
Short title.
1.Short title. This Act may be called the Jammu and Kashmir State
Legislature (Delegation of Powers) Act, 1992.
2.
Definition.
2. Definition. In this Act, "Proclamation" means the Proclamation
issued on the 18th day of July, 1990, 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.
647(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
Legislature to make laws. (1) The power of the Legislature of the
State of Jammu and Kashmir 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 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 ten members of the House of
the People nominated by the Speaker and five members of the Council of
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
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 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.