18. Sessions of Legislative Assembly, prorogation and dissolution.—(1) The Lieutenant
Governor shall, from time to time, summon the Legislative Assembly to meet at such time and place as
he thinks fit, but six months shall not intervene between its last sitting in one session and the date appointed for
its first sitting in the next session.
(2) The Lieutenant Governor may, from time to time,—
(a) prorogue the House;
(b) dissolve the Legislative Assembly.Source footnotes
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