31. Votes on account.―(1) Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing provisions of this Part, the Legislative Assembly of 1 [the Union territory] shall have power to make any grant in advance in respect of the estimated expenditure for a part of any financial year pending the completion of the procedure prescribed in section 28 for the voting of such grant and the passing of the law in accordance with the provisions of section 29 in relation to that expenditure and the Legislative Assembly shall have power to authorise by law the withdrawal of moneys from the Consolidated Fund of the Union territory for the purposes for which the said grant is made. (2) The provisions of sections 28 and 29 shall have effect in relation to the making of any grant under sub-section (1) or to any law to be made under that sub-section as they have effect in relation to the making of a grant with regard to any expenditure mentioned in the annual financial statement and the law to be made for the authorisation of appropriation of moneys out of the Consolidated Fund of the Union territory to meet such expenditure.
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Section 1 · Short title and commencement.Section 2 · Definitions and interpretation.Section 3 · Legislative Assemblies for Union territories and their composition.Section 4 · Qualification for membership of Legislative Assembly.Section 5 · Duration of Legislative Assemblies.Section 6 · Sessions of Legislative Assembly, prorogation and dissolution.Section 7 · Speaker and Deputy Speaker of Legislative Assembly.Section 8 · Speaker or Deputy Speaker not to preside while a resolution for his removal from office is under consideration.India Code, Government of India. Text fetched 17 Oct 2026. Source metadata reports last modification: 2019-06-19. Check the linked official text and subsequent notifications when applying a provision.