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The Government of Union Territories Act, 1963

Central

An Act to provide for Legislative Assemblies and Councils of Ministers for certain Union territories and for certain other matters.

Act number
20 of 1963
Ministry
Ministry of Home Affairs
Department
Department of States
Enacted
10 May 1963

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72 sections

  1. Section 1Short title and commencement.
  2. Section 2Definitions and interpretation.
  3. Section 3Legislative Assemblies for Union territories and their composition.
  4. Section 3AReservation of seats for women in Legislative Assembly of Union territory of Puducherry.
  5. Section 3BReservation of seats for women to take effect.
  6. Section 4Qualification for membership of Legislative Assembly.
  7. Section 5Duration of Legislative Assemblies.
  8. Section 6Sessions of Legislative Assembly, prorogation and dissolution.
  9. Section 7Speaker and Deputy Speaker of Legislative Assembly.
  10. Section 8Speaker or Deputy Speaker not to preside while a resolution for his removal from office is under consideration.
  11. Section 9Right of Administrator to address and send messages to Legislative Assembly.
  12. Section 10Rights of Ministers as respects Legislative Assembly.
  13. Section 11Oath or affirmation by members.
  14. Section 12Voting in Assembly, power of Assembly to act notwithstanding vacancies and quorum.
  15. Section 13Vacation of seats.
  16. Section 14Disqualifications for membership.
  17. Section 14ADisqualification on ground of defection for being a member.
  18. Section 15Penalty for sitting and voting before making oath or affirmation or when not qualified or when disqualified.
  19. Section 16Powers, privileges, etc., of members.
  20. Section 17Salaries and allowances of members.
  21. Section 18Extent of legislative power.
  22. Section 19Exemption of property of the Union from taxation.
  23. Section 20Restrictions or laws passed by Legislative Assembly with respect to certain matters.
  24. Section 21Inconsistency between laws made by Parliament and laws made by Legislative Assembly.
  25. Section 22Sanction of the Administrator required for certain legislative proposals.
  26. Section 23Special provisions as to financial Bills.
  27. Section 24Procedure as to lapsing of Bills.
  28. Section 25Assent to Bills.
  29. Section 25ABills reserved for consideration.
  30. Section 26Requirements as to sanctions andrecommendations to be regarded as matters of procedure only.
  31. Section 27Annual financial statement.
  32. Section 28Procedure in Legislative Assembly with respect to estimates.
  33. Section 29Appropriation Bills.
  34. Section 30Supplementary, additional or excess grants.
  35. Section 31Votes on account.
  36. Section 32Authorisation of expenditure pending its sanction by Legislative Assembly.
  37. Section 33Rules of procedure.
  38. Section 34Official language or languages of Union territory and language or languages to be used in Legislative Assemblythereof.
  39. Section 35Language to be used for Acts, Bills, etc.
  40. Section 36Restriction on discussion in the Legislative Assembly.
  41. Section 37Courts not to inquire into proceedings of Legislative Assembly.
  42. Section 38Definitions.
  43. Section 39Assembly constituencies.
  44. Section 40Representation of Pondicherry in the House of the People.
  45. Section 41Duties of Delimitation Commission.
  46. Section 42Associate members.
  47. Section 43Procedure as to delimitation.
  48. Section 43ASpecial provision for delimitation of constituencies of Mizoram Legislative Assembly.
  49. Section 43BRepresentation of Arunachal Pradesh in the House of the People.
  50. Section 43CSpecial provisions for delimitation of parliamentary constituencies in Arunachal Pradesh and constituencies of Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly.
  51. Section 43DSpecial provision for determination of constituencies in the Legislative Assembly of Goa, Daman and Diu for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.
  52. Section 43ESpecial provisions as to readjustment of territorial constituencies.
  53. Section 43FSpecial provision as to readjustment of territorial constituencies on the basis of 2001 census.
  54. Section 44Council of Ministers.
  55. Section 45Other provisions as to Ministers.
  56. Section 46Conduct of business.
  57. Section 47Consolidated Fund of the Union territory.
  58. Section 47APublic Account of the Union territory and moneys credited to it.
  59. Section 48Contingency Fund of the Union territory.
  60. Section 48ABorrowing upon the security of the Consolidated Fund of the Union territory.
  61. Section 48BForm of accounts of the Union territory.
  62. Section 49Audit reports.
  63. Section 50Relation of Administrator and his Ministers to President.
  64. Section 51Provision in case of failure of constitutional machinery.
  65. Section 52Authorisation of expenditure by President.
  66. Section 53Provisions for election to Parliament from Goa, Daman and Diu, and Pondicherry.
  67. Section 54Transitional provisions for administration of justice in certain areas in the Union territory of Mizoram.
  68. Section 54AProvision as to provisional Legislative Assembly of Arunachal Pradesh.
  69. Section 55Contracts and suits.
  70. Section 56Power of President to remove difficulties.
  71. Section 57Amendment to certain enactments.
  72. Section 58Repeal and savings.