The Government of Union Territories Act, 1963
Central Act · Act 20 of 196370 provisions2 citing judgments
The enactment
| Long title | An Act to provide for Legislative Assemblies and Councils of Ministers for certain Union territories and for certain other matters. |
|---|---|
| Type | Act |
| Citation | Act 20 of 1963 |
| Year | 1963 |
| Jurisdiction | Central |
| Ministry | Ministry of Home Affairs |
| Status | In force as published by the source |
| Provisions published | 70 |
| Subjects | criminal |
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- Section 1 Short title and commencement.
- Section 2 Definitions and interpretation.
- Section 3 Legislative Assemblies for Union territories and their composition.
- Section 4 Qualification for membership of Legislative Assembly.
- Section 5 Duration of Legislative Assemblies.
- Section 6 Sessions of Legislative Assembly, prorogation and dissolution.
- Section 7 Speaker and Deputy Speaker of Legislative Assembly.
- Section 8 Speaker or Deputy Speaker not to preside while a resolution for his removal from office is under consideration.
- Section 9 Right of Administrator to address and send messages to Legislative Assembly.
- Section 10 Rights of Ministers as respects Legislative Assembly.
- Section 11 Oath or affirmation by members.
- Section 12 Voting in Assembly, power of Assembly to act notwithstanding vacancies and quorum.
- Section 13 Vacation of seats.
- Section 14 Disqualifications for membership.
- Section 14A Disqualification on ground of defection for being a member.
- Section 15 Penalty for sitting and voting before making oath or affirmation or when not qualified or when disqualified.
- Section 16 Powers, privileges, etc., of members.
- Section 17 Salaries and allowances of members.
- Section 18 Extent of legislative power.2 citing judgments
- Section 19 Exemption of property of the Union from taxation.
- Section 20 Restrictions or laws passed by Legislative Assembly with respect to certain matters.
- Section 21 Inconsistency between laws made by Parliament and laws made by Legislative Assembly.
- Section 22 Sanction of the Administrator required for certain legislative proposals.
- Section 23 Special provisions as to financial Bills.
- Section 24 Procedure as to lapsing of Bills.
- Section 25 Assent to Bills.
- Section 25A Bills reserved for consideration.
- Section 26 Requirements as to sanctions andrecommendations to be regarded as matters of procedure only.
- Section 27 Annual financial statement.
- Section 28 Procedure in Legislative Assembly with respect to estimates.
- Section 29 Appropriation Bills.
- Section 30 Supplementary, additional or excess grants.
- Section 31 Votes on account.
- Section 32 Authorisation of expenditure pending its sanction by Legislative Assembly.
- Section 33 Rules of procedure.
- Section 34 Official language or languages of Union territory and language or languages to be used in Legislative Assemblythereof.
- Section 35 Language to be used for Acts, Bills, etc.
- Section 36 Restriction on discussion in the Legislative Assembly.
- Section 37 Courts not to inquire into proceedings of Legislative Assembly.
- Section 38 Definitions.
- Section 39 Assembly constituencies.
- Section 40 Representation of Pondicherry in the House of the People.
- Section 41 Duties of Delimitation Commission.
- Section 42 Associate members.
- Section 43 Procedure as to delimitation.
- Section 43A Special provision for delimitation of constituencies of Mizoram Legislative Assembly.
- Section 43B Representation of Arunachal Pradesh in the House of the People.
- Section 43C Special provisions for delimitation of parliamentary constituencies in Arunachal Pradesh and constituencies of Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly.
- Section 43D Special provision for determination of constituencies in the Legislative Assembly of Goa, Daman and Diu for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.
- Section 43E Special provisions as to readjustment of territorial constituencies.
- Section 43F Special provision as to readjustment of territorial constituencies on the basis of 2001 census.
- Section 44 Council of Ministers.
- Section 45 Other provisions as to Ministers.
- Section 46 Conduct of business.
- Section 47 Consolidated Fund of the Union territory.
- Section 47A Public Account of the Union territory and moneys credited to it.
- Section 48 Contingency Fund of the Union territory.
- Section 48A Borrowing upon the security of the Consolidated Fund of the Union territory.
- Section 48B Form of accounts of the Union territory.
- Section 49 Audit reports.
- Section 50 Relation of Administrator and his Ministers to President.
- Section 51 Provision in case of failure of constitutional machinery.
- Section 52 Authorisation of expenditure by President.
- Section 53 Provisions for election to Parliament from Goa, Daman and Diu, and Pondicherry.
- Section 54 Transitional provisions for administration of justice in certain areas in the Union territory of Mizoram.
- Section 54A Provision as to provisional Legislative Assembly of Arunachal Pradesh.
- Section 55 Contracts and suits.
- Section 56 Power of President to remove difficulties.
- Section 57 Amendment to certain enactments.
- Section 58 Repeal and savings.
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