Administration of Union Territories centralizes presidential appointment and regulatory power over union territories, including overriding local laws. The amendment renames the Part heading to 'the Union Territories' and establishes that the President administers Union Territories through an appointed administrator, including the option to appoint a State Governor who then acts independently of the State Council of Ministers. It further authorizes the President to make regulations for specified island territories for their peace, progress and good government; those regulations may amend or repeal Acts or existing laws applicable to the territory and, when promulgated, carry the same force as an Act of Parliament for that territory.
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Administration of Union Territories centralizes presidential appointment and regulatory power over union territories, including overriding local laws.
The amendment renames the Part heading to "the Union Territories" and establishes that the President administers Union Territories through an appointed administrator, including the option to appoint a State Governor who then acts independently of the State Council of Ministers. It further authorizes the President to make regulations for specified island territories for their peace, progress and good government; those regulations may amend or repeal Acts or existing laws applicable to the territory and, when promulgated, carry the same force as an Act of Parliament for that territory.
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