Contracts

or of a State shall be expressed to be made by the President, or by the Governor 3[***] of the State, as the case may be, and all such contracts and all assurances of property made in the exercise of that power shall be executed on behalf of the President or the Governor 3[***] by such persons and in such manner as he may direct or authorise. 1. Substituted by the Constitution (Fortieth Amendment) Act, 1976, s.2 (w.e.f. 27.5.1976). 2. Substituted by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, s.20 (w.e.f. 1.11.1956).