The Assam Contingency Fund (Amendment) Act, 1980

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~The Assam Gazette 

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PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY 

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GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM 

ORDERS BY THE GOVERNOR 

LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT 

NOTIFICATION 

The 29th November 1980 

No.LGL.Part 11,-The following Act made by the 
President and published in the Gazette of India Extra
ordinary Part II of Section I, dated 29th November, 1980 
is republished for general information. - -- - - . -., 

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Name of Act 

-J'he Assam Contingency Fund 
f~i;nendment) Act, 1980. 

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U. TAHBILDAR, 
Secretary to the Govt. of Assam, 

Legislative Department. 

No. of Act 

President's Act 
No.6G>f1980. 

Date of assent. 

27th Nove~b~r 
1980. 



39J 'l7·HE AssAM GAZETTE, £x'fRA...QRDiNARY, Nov. "s. !!; . o 

THE ASSAM CONTINGENCY -EUND (AMENDMENT) 
ACT, 1980 .... \ 

Enacted by the President ih the Thirty-first Year of the 
Republia of lndia. 

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An 

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further to amend the Assam Contingency Fund Act, 1950. 

Short title, 
commence
ment and 
duration. · 

In exercise of the powers conferred by, 
Section 3 of the Assam State Legislature 
(Delegation of Powers) Act, 1980, the38 of t9ao. 
President, is pleased to enact as follows:-. . 

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1. ( 1) This Act may be called the Assam 
Contingency .Fund (Amendment ' 
A'.ct, 1980. 

(2) It shall come into force at once, 
and shall remain in force up to 
the 31st day of l\4arch, 1981. 

Amend!llent 2. In the Assam Contingency Fund Act of Section 3. . - . • 
1950, to Section 31 the following proviso Assam Act 
shall be added, namely:- IX vf 1950. 

"Provided that ,during_ the period of operation of the 
Assam Contingency Fund (Amendment) Act, 1980, a further 
_sum of ten .crores of rupees shall be p~id from and, put o:f 
tHe Consofidated Fund of the State of Assam into the 
Contingertcy Fund". · 

~ ,. .. N. SAN'JIVA RE!DDY, 
i.L_ __ President. --·--- ~- - -

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R.V.S.PERtSAS~Ri . 

Secretary to the Govt of India. 
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Reasons for the enactment 

Under articles 267 (2) and 283 (2) of the Constitution, 
the Assam Contingency Fund Act, 1950 was enacted pro
viding for the establishment of a Contingency Fund of the 
State of Assam and to provide for advances to be made out 
of it for the purposes of meeting unforeseen expenditure. 
Under Section 3 of that Act, as amended, the corpus of the 
Fund is Rs. 5 crores. Of this, Rs. 4 11 crores had been drawn 
upon till the end of March, 1980 and, therefore, the resi
duary balance has become totally insufficient: for meeting 
expenditure on unforeseen items especially those per
taining to law and order, rehabilitation of the people 
affected by disturbances, etc., and other post-budget 
commitments. To meet these, the Bill seeks to raise tem
porarily the corpus of the Fund to Rs. 15 crores until the 
31st day of March, 1981. 

2. In view of the urgency of the matter, it is not prac
ticable to consult the Consultative Committee of Parlia
ment on Assam Legislation. The measure is accordingly 
being enacted without reference to the Consultative 
Committee. 

tl. N. MALllOTR.A; 
Secy. te the Govt. of India, 

Ministry ef P'inaacc 
( Dcpattmoat of Ecoaomic Affair•)·