The Constitution of India
Rights of Ministers and Attorney-General as respects Houses
- Jurisdiction
- India
- Provision
- 88
- Source language
- eng+tel
- Recorded status
- in force
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- Recorded status
- in force
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Official sourcethe Attorney-General of India shall have the right to speak in, and otherwise to take part in
the proceedings of, either House, any joint sitting of the Houses, and any committee of
Parliament of which he may be named a member, but shall not by virtue of this article be
entitled to vote.
1. Substituted by the Constitution (First Amendment) Act, 1951, s.6 (w.e.f.18.6.1951).
2. Substituted by ibid., s.7, for “every session”.
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The Constitution of India · legislative.gov.in · Retrieved 17 August 2026.
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