Ordinance promulgation by territorial administrator requires presidential instructions and is subject to legislative review and time limits. The administrator may promulgate Ordinances during the Legislature's recess only after obtaining instructions from the President; such Ordinances are treated as interim legislative Acts, must be laid before the Legislature on reassembly, cease after a specified post-reassembly period or if disapproved by resolution, may be withdrawn with presidential instruction, and are prohibited during dissolution or suspension of the Legislature. Provisions that would be invalid if enacted lawfully by the Legislature are void.
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Ordinance promulgation by territorial administrator requires presidential instructions and is subject to legislative review and time limits.
The administrator may promulgate Ordinances during the Legislature's recess only after obtaining instructions from the President; such Ordinances are treated as interim legislative Acts, must be laid before the Legislature on reassembly, cease after a specified post-reassembly period or if disapproved by resolution, may be withdrawn with presidential instruction, and are prohibited during dissolution or suspension of the Legislature. Provisions that would be invalid if enacted lawfully by the Legislature are void.
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