Assam Reorganisation (Meghalaya) Act, 1969
Bare Act · 1969
An Act to provide for the formation within the State of Assam of an autonomous State to be known as Meghalaya and for matters connected therewith.
- Act number
- 55 of 1969
- Enacted
- 29 December 1969
- Contents
- 77 sections · 8 chapters
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Contents
Part I — Preliminary
Part II — Formation Of The Autonomous State Of Meghalaya
- Section 3 – Formation of Meghalaya
- Section 4 – Executive power of Meghalaya
- Section 5 – Extent of executive power of Meghalaya
- Section 6 – Council of Ministers (preview)
- Section 7 – Other provisions as to Ministers (preview)
- Section 8 – Advocate-General for Meghalaya (preview)
- Section 9 – Conduct of business (preview)
- Section 10 – Duties of Chief Minister as respects the furnishing of information to Governor, etc (preview)
Part III — The L
- Section 11 – Constitution of the Legislature of Meghalaya (preview)
- Section 12 – Delimitation of constituencies (preview)
- Section 13 – Power of Election Commission to maintain delimitation orders up-to-date (preview)
- Section 14 – Electors and electoral rolls (preview)
- Section 15 – Right to vote (preview)
- Section 16 – Qualification for membership (preview)
- Section 17 – Election to the Legislative Assembly (preview)
- Section 18 – Duration of Legislative Assembly (preview)
- Section 19 – Sessions of Legislative Assembly, prorogation and dissolution (preview)
- Section 20 – Right of Governor to address and send messages to Legislative Assembly (preview)
- Section 21 – Special address by the Governor (preview)
- Section 22 – Rights of Ministers as respects Legislative Assembly (preview)
- Section 23 – Speaker and Deputy Speaker of Legislative Assembly (preview)
- Section 24 – Speaker and Deputy Speaker not to preside while (preview)
- Section 25 – Secretariat of Legislative Assembly (preview)
- Section 26 – Oath or affirmation by members (preview)
- Section 27 – Voting in Assembly, power of Assembly to act notwithstanding vacancies and quorum (preview)
- Section 28 – Vacation of seats (preview)
- Section 29 – Disqualifications for membership (preview)
- Section 30 – Penalty for sitting and voting before making an oath or affirmation or when not qualified or when disqualified (preview)
- Section 31 – Powers, privileges, etc., of members (preview)
- Section 32 – Salaries and allowances of members (preview)
- Section 33 – Extent of Legislative power (preview)
- Section 34 – Exemption from taxation of properties of the Union and the State of Assam and of certain vehicles registered in Assam or Meghalaya (preview)
- Section 35 – Inconsistency between laws made by Parliament and laws made by the Legislature of Meghalaya (preview)
- Section 36 – Inconsistency between laws made by the Legislature of the State of Assam and laws made by the Legislature of Meghalaya (preview)
- Section 37 – Special provisions as to financial Bills (preview)
- Section 38 – Procedure as to lapsing of Bills (preview)
- Section 39 – Assent to Bills (preview)
- Section 40 – Bills reserved for consideration (preview)
- Section 41 – Requirements as to sanction and recommendation to be regarded as matters of procedure only (preview)
- Section 42 – Annual Financial Statement (preview)
- Section 43 – Procedure in Legislative Assembly with respect to estimates (preview)
- Section 44 – Appropriation Bills (preview)
- Section 45 – Supplementary, additional or excess grants (preview)
- Section 46 – Votes on Account and exceptional grant (preview)
- Section 47 – Rules of procedure (preview)
- Section 48 – Restrictions on discussion in the Legislative Assembly (preview)
- Section 49 – Courts not to enquire into the proceedings of Legislative Assembly (preview)
- Section 50 – Power of Governor to promulgate Ordinances during recess of Legislative Assembly (preview)
Part IV — Financial Provisions
- Section 51 – Consolidated Fund (preview)
- Section 52 – Contingency Fund (preview)
- Section 53 – Custody of suitors' deposits and other moneys received by public servants and courts (preview)
- Section 54 – Custody, etc., of Consolidated Fund, Contingency Fund and moneys credited to the public account (preview)
- Section 55 – Certain taxes levied by Assam to be appropriated by Meghalaya (preview)
- Section 56 – Distribution of revenues (preview)
- Section 57 – Authorisation of expenditure pending its sanction by Legislative Assembly (preview)
Part V — Assets And Liabilities
Part VI — Administrative Relations
- Section 59 – Obligation of Meghalaya, the State of Assam and the Union (preview)
- Section 60 – Control over the autonomous State in certain cases (preview)
- Section 61 – Entrustment of functions (preview)
Part VII — Transitional Provisions
Part VIII — Miscellaneous Provisions
- Section 63 – Special Committee for development of Shillong (preview)
- Section 64 – Provisions as to continuance of courts (preview)
- Section 65 – Provisions relating to services (preview)
- Section 66 – Continuance of existing laws and their adaptations (preview)
- Section 67 – Autonomous State to be a State for certain purposes of the Constitution (preview)
- Section 68 – Power of Governments of Assam and Meghalaya to carry on trade, etc., in Meghalaya (preview)
- Section 69 – Power to suspend provisions of this Act in case of failure of constitutional machinery (preview)
- Section 70 – Construction of reference to "State" and "State Government" in other laws in relation to Meghalaya (preview)
- Section 71 – Power to construe laws (preview)
- Section 72 – Effect of provisions of Act inconsistent with other laws (preview)
- Section 73 – Power to remove difficulties (preview)
- Section 74 – Amendment of the Sixth Schedule (preview)
- Section 75 – Amendment of Act 2 of 1934 (preview)
- Section 76 – Amendment of Act 37 of 1956 (preview)
- Section 77 – Power to make rules (preview)