Ordinance power in Union Territory: Administrator may issue ordinances during recess subject to President's instructions and legislative review. Article 239-B authorises the Administrator of a Union Territory to promulgate ordinances during legislative recess only after obtaining instructions from the President, prohibits promulgation while the Legislature is dissolved or suspended under the law referred to in Article 239-A, deems ordinances issued with presidential instructions to be Acts for procedural purposes, requires laying them before the Legislature where they cease on reassembly if not sustained or on legislative disapproval, permits withdrawal with presidential instruction, and renders void any provision that would be invalid if enacted by the Legislature under the said law.
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Ordinance power in Union Territory: Administrator may issue ordinances during recess subject to President's instructions and legislative review.
Article 239-B authorises the Administrator of a Union Territory to promulgate ordinances during legislative recess only after obtaining instructions from the President, prohibits promulgation while the Legislature is dissolved or suspended under the law referred to in Article 239-A, deems ordinances issued with presidential instructions to be Acts for procedural purposes, requires laying them before the Legislature where they cease on reassembly if not sustained or on legislative disapproval, permits withdrawal with presidential instruction, and renders void any provision that would be invalid if enacted by the Legislature under the said law.
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