5. Duration of Legislative Assemblies.―The Legislative Assembly of 1 [the Union territory], unless sooner dissolved, shall continue for five years from the date appointed for its first meeting and no longer, and the expiration of the said period of five years shall operate as a dissolution of the Assembly: Provided that the said period may, while a Proclamation of Emergency issued under clause (1) of article 352 is in operation, be extended by the President by order for a period not exceeding one year at a time and not extending in any case beyond a period of six months after the Proclamation has ceased to operate.
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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 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.Section 9 · Right of Administrator to address and send messages to Legislative Assembly.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.