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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:
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[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].]
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[(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).
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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:
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[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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