आधिकारिक दस्तावेज़ / Official document
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- Jurisdiction
- Central
- Enactment date
- 1969-12-29
- Sections available
- 77
Commencement information from the source
12-01-1970
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1Short title and commencement.→2Definitions.→3Formation of Meghalaya.→4Executive power of Meghalaya.→5Extent of executive power of Meghalaya.→6Council of Ministers.→7Other provisions as to Ministers.→8Advocate-General for Meghalaya.→9Conduct of business.→10Duties of Chief Minister as respects the furnishing of information to Governor, etc.→11Constitution of the Legislature of Meghalaya.→12Delimitation of constituencies.→13Power of Election Commission to maintain delimitation orders up-to-date.→14Electors and electoral rolls.→15Right to vote.→16Qualification for membership.→17Election to the Legislative Assembly.→18Duration of Legislative Assembly.→19Sessions of Legislative Assembly, prorogation and dissolution.→20Right of Governor to address and send messages to Legislative Assembly.→21Special address by the Governor.→22Rights of Ministers as respects Legislative Assembly.→23Speaker and Deputy Speaker of Legislative Assembly.→24Speaker and Deputy Speaker not to preside while→25Secretariat of Legislative Assembly.→26Oath or affirmation by members.→27Voting in Assembly, power of Assembly to act notwithstanding vacancies and quorum.→28Vacation of seats.→29Disqualifications for membership.→30Penalty for sitting and voting before making an oath or affirmation or when not qualified or when disqualified.→31Powers, privileges, etc., of members.→32Salaries and allowances of members.→33Extent of Legislative power.→34Exemption from taxation of properties of the Union and the State of Assam and of certain vehicles registered in Assam or Meghalaya.→35Inconsistency between laws made by Parliament and laws made by the Legislature of Meghalaya.→36Inconsistency between laws made by the Legislature of the State of Assam and laws made by the Legislature of Meghalaya.→37Special provisions as to financial Bills.→38Procedure as to lapsing of Bills.→39Assent to Bills.→40Bills reserved for consideration.→41Requirements as to sanction and recommendation to be regarded as matters of procedure only.→42Annual Financial Statement.→43Procedure in Legislative Assembly with respect to estimates.→44Appropriation Bills.→45Supplementary, additional or excess grants.→46Votes on Account and exceptional grant.→47Rules of procedure.→48Restrictions on discussion in the Legislative Assembly.→49Courts not to enquire into the proceedings of Legislative Assembly.→50Power of Governor to promulgate Ordinances during recess of Legislative Assembly.→51Consolidated Fund.→52Contingency Fund.→53Custody of suitors' deposits and other moneys received by public servants and courts.→54Custody, etc., of Consolidated Fund, Contingency Fund and moneys credited to the public account→55Certain taxes levied by Assam to be appropriated by Meghalaya.→56Distribution of revenues.→57Authorisation of expenditure pending its sanction by Legislative Assembly.→58Apportionment of assets and liabilities.→59Obligation of Meghalaya, the State of Assam and the Union.→60Control over the autonomous State in certain cases.→61Entrustment of functions.→62Provisions as to Provisional Legislative Assembly.→63Special Committee for development of Shillong.→64Provisions as to continuance of courts.→65Provisions relating to services.→66Continuance of existing laws and their adaptations.→67Autonomous State to be a State for certain purposes of the Constitution.→68Power of Governments of Assam and Meghalaya to carry on trade, etc., in Meghalaya.→69Power to suspend provisions of this Act in case of failure of constitutional machinery.→70Construction of reference to "State" and "State Government" in other laws in relation to Meghalaya.→71Power to construe laws.→72Effect of provisions of Act inconsistent with other laws.→73Power to remove difficulties.→74Amendment of the Sixth Schedule.→75Amendment of Act 2 of 1934.→76Amendment of Act 37 of 1956.→77Power to make rules.→
Schedules
THE FIRST SCHEDULEOfficial attachment ↗THE SECOND SCHEDULE.Official attachment ↗THE THIRD SCHEDULE.Official attachment ↗THE FOURTH SCHEDULEOfficial attachment ↗
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