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  3. The words “or Rajpramukh, as the case may be” omitted by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, s.29

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The words “or Rajpramukh, as the case may be” omitted by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, s.29

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and Schedule (w.e.f.1.11.1956). 226 THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA (Part XVIII. - Emergency Provisions) (4) A Proclamation so approved shall, unless revoked, cease to operate on the expiration of a period of 1[six months from the date of issue of the Proclamation:] Provided that if and so often as a resolution approving the continuance in force of such a Proclamation is passed by both Houses of Parliament, the Proclamation shall, unless revoked, continue in force for a further period of 2[six months] from the date on which under this clause it would otherwise have ceased to operate, but no such Proclamation shall in any case remain in force for more than three years: Provided further that if the dissolution of the House of the People takes place during any such period of 2[six months] and a resolution approving the continuance in force of such Proclamation has been passed by the Council of States, but no resolution with respect to the continuance in force of such Proclamation has been passed by the House of the People during the said period, the Proclamation shall cease to operate at the expiration of thirty days from the date on which the House of the People first sits after its reconstitution unless before the expiration of the said period of thirty days a resolution approving the continuance in force of the Proclamation has been also passed by the House of the People: 3 [Provided also that in the case of the Proclamation issued under clause (1) on the 11th day of May, 1987 with respect to the State of Punjab, the reference in the first proviso to this clause to “three years” shall be construed as a reference to 4[five years].] 5 [(5) Notwithstanding anything contained in clause (4), a resolution with respect to the continuance in force of a Proclamation approved under clause (3) for any period beyond the expiration of one year from the date of issue of such Proclamation shall not be passed by either House of Parliament unless— 1. Substituted by the Constitution (Forty-fourth Amendment) Act, 1978, s.38, for “one year from the date of the passing of the second of the resolutions approving the Proclamation under clause (3)” (w.e.f.20.6.1979). The words “one year” were substituted for the original words “six months” by the Constitution (Forty-second Amendment) Act, 1976, s.50 (w.e.f.3.1.1977). 2. Substituted by the Constitution (Forty-fourth Amendment) Act, 1978, s.38 for “one year” (w.e.f.20.6.1979). The words “one year” were substituted for the original words “six months” by the Constitution (Forty-second Amendment) Act, 1976, s.50 (w.e.f.3.1.1977). 3. Inserted by the Constitution (Sixty-fourth Amendment) Act, 1990, s.2 (w.e.f.16.4.1990). 4. Substituted by the Constitution (Sixty-seventh Amendment) Act, 1990, s.2 (w.e.f.4.10.1990) and the Constitution (Sixty-eighth Amendment) Act, 1991, s.2 to read as above (w.e.f.12.3.1991). 5. Substituted by the Constitution (Forty-fourth Amendment) Act, 1978, s.38, for clause (5) (w.e.f.20.6.1979). Clause (5) was inserted by the Constitution (Thrity-eighth Amendment) Act, 1975, s.6 (retrospectively). ¿êÆæÿ™èþ Æ>gêÅ…Væü… 226 (¿êVæüÐ@þ¬ XVIII. – A™èþÅÐ@þçÜÆæÿ ç³Çíܦ† °º…«§æþ¯@þË$) (4) Ar$Ï A…XMæüÇ…^èþºyìþ¯@þ {ç³Mæür¯@þ Eç³çÜ…çßýÇ…^èþºyìþ™óþ¯óþ ™èþç³µ 1[B {ç³Mæür¯@þ¯@þ$ gêÈ ^óþíܯ@þ ™óþ© ¯@þ$…yìþ BÆæÿ$ ¯ðþËË$] Ð@þ¬Wíܯ@þ Ò$§æþr, §é° AÐ@þ$Ë$ BW´ùÐ@þ#¯@þ$: AÆÿ¬™óþ, ´ëÆæÿÏÐðþ$…r$ Äñý¬MæüP E¿¶ýĶý$ çÜ¿¶ýË$, Asìýt {ç³Mæür¯@þ AÐ@þ$Ë$ Mö¯@þÝëW…ç³#¯@þ$ A…XMæüÇ…^èþ$ ¡Æ>ï@þÐ@þ¬¯@þ$ BÐðþ*¨…_¯@þ^ø Ð@þ$ÇĶý¬ ™èþÆæÿ^èþ$V> Ar$Ï BÐðþ*¨…ç³ ^óþíܯ@þç³#yæþ$ B {ç³Mæür¯@þ Eç³çÜ…çßýÇ…^èþºyìþ™óþ¯óþ ™èþç³µ, B ¡Æ>ï@þÐ@þ¬¯@þ$ ^óþĶý$° Äñý$yæþË D M>ÏgŒý “Mìü…§æþ C™èþÆæÿ Ñ«§æþÐ@þ¬V> H ™óþ© ¯@þ$…yìþ §é° AÐ@þ$Ë$ BW´ùÆÿ¬ E…yðþyìþ§ø B ™óþ© ¯@þ$…yìþ C…Mæü¯@þ$ 2[BÆæÿ$ ¯ðþËË] Ð@þÆæÿMæü$ A¨ AÐ@þ$Ë$¯@þ…§æþ$ Mö¯@þÝëVæüÐ@þÌñý¯@þ$. 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Æ>gêÅ…Væü (¯@þËO¿ñý Æðÿ…yæþÐ@þ çÜÐ@þÆæÿ×ý) ^èþrtÐ@þ¬, 1976 §éÓÆ> A…™èþMæü$ Ð@þ¬…§æþ$¯@þ² Ð@þ*çÜÐ@þ¬Ë$ ""BÆæÿ$ Ð@þ*çÜÐ@þ¬Ë$'' A¯@þ$ ç³§æþÐ@þ¬ËMæü$ º§æþ$Ë$V> ""JMæü çÜ…Ð@þ™èþÞÆæÿÐ@þ¬'' A¯@þ$ ç³§æþÐ@þ¬Ë$ E…^èþºyìþ, †ÇW Æ>gêÅ…Væü (¯@þËO¿ñý ¯éËYÐ@þ çÜÐ@þÆæÿ×ý) ^èþrtÐ@þ¬, 1978 Äñý¬MæüP 38Ð@þ òÜ„æü¯Œþ §éÓÆ> ""JMæü çÜ…Ð@þ™èþÞÆæÿÐ@þ¬'' A¯@þ$ ç³§æþÐ@þ¬ËMæü$ º§æþ$Ë$ ""BÆæÿ$ Ð@þ*çÜÐ@þ¬Ë$'' A¯@þ$ ç³§æþÐ@þ¬Ë$ 20.6.1979 ¯@þ$…yìþ E…^èþºyìþ¯@þÑ. 3. Æ>gêÅ…Væü (BÆæÿOÐðþ ¯éË$VæüÐ@þ çÜÐ@þÆæÿ×ý) ^èþrtÐ@þ¬, 1990 Äñý¬MæüP 2Ð@þ òÜ„æü¯Œþ §éÓÆ> 16.04.1990 ¯@þ$…yìþ ^öí³µ…^èþºyìþ¯@þ¨. 4. Æ>gêÅ…Væü (BÆæÿOÐðþ HyæþÐ@þ çÜÐ@þÆæÿ×ý) ^èþrtÐ@þ¬, 1990 Äñý¬MæüP 2Ð@þ òÜ„æü¯Œþ §éÓÆ> 16.04.1990 ¯@þ$…yìþ E…^èþºyìþ¯@þ §é°° Ð@þ$ÇĶý¬ Æ>gêÅ…Væü (BÆæÿOÐðþ G°Ñ$§æþÐ@þ çÜÐ@þÆæÿ×ý) ^èþrtÐ@þ¬, 1991 Äñý¬MæüP 2Ð@þ òÜ„æü¯Œþ §éÓÆ> 12.03.1991 ¯@þ$…yìþ E…^èþºyìþ¯@þ Ñ«§æþ…V> ^èþ§æþ$Ð@þ#Mö¯@þÐ@þÌñý¯@þ$. 5. Æ>gêÅ…Væü (Ð@þ¬ò³•µ G°Ñ$§æþÐ@þ çÜÐ@þÆæÿ×ý) ^èþrtÐ@þ¬, 1975 Äñý¬MæüP 6Ð@þ òÜ„æü¯Œþ §éÓÆ> Væü™èþ M>ÍMæü {糿êÐ@þ…™ø M>ÏgŒý (5) ^öí³µ…^èþºyìþ¯@þ¨, Ð@þ$ÇĶý¬ Æ>gêÅ…Væü (¯@þËO¿ñý ¯éËYÐ@þ çÜÐ@þÆæÿ×ý) ^èþrtÐ@þ¬, 1978 Äñý¬MæüP 38Ð@þ òÜ„æü¯Œþ §éÓÆ> Aç³µsìý M>ÏgŒý (5)Mæü$ º§æþ$Ë$V> 20.6.1979 ¯@þ$…yìþ C¨ E…^èþºyìþ¯@þ¨. 227 THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA (Part XVIII. - Emergency Provisions) (a) a Proclamation of Emergency is in operation, in the whole of India or, as the case may be, in the whole or any part of the State, at the time of the passing of such resolution, and (b) the Election Commission certifies that the continuance in force of the Proclamation approved under clause (3) during the period specified in such resolution is necessary on account of difficulties in holding general elections to the Legislative Assembly of the State concerned: 1 [Provided that nothing in this clause shall apply to the Proclamation issued under clause (1) on the 11th day of May, 1987 with respect to the State of Punjab.]

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