mirror of
https://github.com/captn3m0/constitution.git
synced 2024-09-27 19:23:02 +00:00
78 lines
3.1 KiB
Plaintext
78 lines
3.1 KiB
Plaintext
PART VIII
|
||
THE STATES IN PART C OF THE FIRST SCHEDULE
|
||
|
||
239. (1) Subject to the other provisions of this Part,
|
||
a State specified in Part C of the First
|
||
Schedule shall be administered by the
|
||
President acting, to such extent as he
|
||
thinks fit, through a Chief Commissioner or a Lieutenant-
|
||
Governor to be appointed by him or through the Govern-
|
||
ment of a neighbouring State :
|
||
|
||
Provided that the President shall not act through the
|
||
Government of a neighbouring State save after-
|
||
|
||
(a) consulting the Government concerned ; and
|
||
|
||
(b) ascertaining in such manner as the President con-
|
||
siders most appropriate the views of the people of
|
||
the State to be so administered,
|
||
|
||
(2) In this article, references to a State shall include
|
||
references to a part of a State.
|
||
|
||
240. (1) Parliament may by law create or continue for
|
||
any State specified in Part C of the
|
||
First Schedule and administered through
|
||
a Chief Commissioner or Lieutenant- Governor
|
||
|
||
(a) a body, whether nominated, elected or partly
|
||
nominated and partly elected, to function as
|
||
a Legislature for the State ; or
|
||
|
||
(b) a Council of Advisors or Ministers,
|
||
or both with such constitution, powers and functions,
|
||
in each case, as may be specified in the law.
|
||
|
||
(2) Any such law as is referred to in clause (1) shall
|
||
not be deemed to be an amendment of this Constitution
|
||
for the purposes of article 368 notwithstanding that it
|
||
contains any provision which amends or has the effect of
|
||
amending the Constitution.
|
||
|
||
|
||
241. High Courts for Union territories—(1) Parliament may by law
|
||
constitute a High Court for a State specified in Part C of the First Schedule
|
||
or declare any court in any such
|
||
State to be a High Court for all or any of the purposes of this Constitution.
|
||
(2) The provisions of Chapter V of Part VI shall apply in relation to
|
||
every High Court referred to in clause (1) as they apply in relation to a High
|
||
Court referred to in article 214 subject to such modifications or exceptions as
|
||
Parliament may by law provide.
|
||
(3) Subject to the provisions of this Constitution and
|
||
to the provisions of any law of the appropriate Legislature
|
||
made by virtue of powers conferred on that Legislature by
|
||
or under this Constitution, every High Court exercising
|
||
jurisdiction immediately before the commencement of this
|
||
Constitution in relation to any State specified in Part C
|
||
of the First Schedule or any area included therein shall
|
||
continue to exercise such jurisdiction in relation to that
|
||
State or area after such commencement.
|
||
|
||
(4) Nothing in this article derogates from the power
|
||
of Parliament to extend or exclude the jurisdiction of a
|
||
High Court in any State specified in Part A or Part B of the
|
||
First Schedule to or from, any State specified in Part C
|
||
of that Schedule or any area included within that State.
|
||
|
||
|
||
242. Coorg-(1) Until Parliament by law otherwise provides,
|
||
the constitution, powers and functions of
|
||
the Coorg Legislative Council shall be the
|
||
same as they were immediately before the commencement
|
||
of this Constitution.
|
||
|
||
(2) The arrangements with respect to revenues col-
|
||
lected in Coorg and expenses in respect of Coorg shall, until
|
||
other provision is made in that behalf by the President by
|
||
order, continue unchanged. |