(1) This Regulation may be called the Lakshadweep (Administration) Regulation, 1988.
(2) It extends to the whole of the Union territory of Lakshadweep.
(3) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
2. In this Regulation, unless the context otherwise requires,.
(a) "Administrator" means the Administrator of the Union . territory of Lakshadweep appointed by the President under article 239 of the Constitution;
(1) Short title, extent and commencement.
Definitions.
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(b) "Island"' means one of the Islands mentioned in the Table below paragraph 1 of the First Schedule;
(c) "Island Council" means the Island Council constituted for an Island under sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Lakshadweep -Island Councils Regulation, 1988;
(d) "notification" means a notification published in the Official Gazette; ; i
(e) "Official Gazette" means the Lakshadiweep (Gazette;i
(f) "Pradesh Council" means the Pradesh Council constituted under section 3; and
(g) -'Union territory" means the Union territory of Lakshadweep.
Constitution of Pradesh Council and its camper sition.
Cessar oJ! membership in certain cases.
Duration of Pradesh Council,
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3. As soon as may be after the commencement of this Regulation, there shall be constituted a Pradesh Council for the Union territory consisting of the following members, namely: —
(a) the Administrator;
(b) the member of the House of the People representing the Union territory;
(c) the Collector-cum-Development Commissioner;
(d) twenty-one members to bo elected by the persons of the Island Councils specified in column (3) of the Table below paragraph 1 of the First Schedule in the manner specified in that Schedule;
(e) one woman to be nominated by the Administrator, if no woman becomes a member of the Pradesh Council under any of the foregoing clauses:
Provided that such woman is qualified to become a member of the Island Council under the Lakshadweep Island Councils Regulation, 1988.
4. A person who is a member of the Pradesh Council under clause (a) or clause (b) or clause (c) of section 3, or who is elected or nominated as a member under clauses (d) and (e) of the said section, shall cease tc be such member when he ceases to be the Administrator, a member of the House of the People, the Collector-cum-Development Commissioner, or, as the case may be, ceases to hold the office, if any, by virtue of which ht was elected or nominated as a member of the Pradesh Council.
5. The Pradesh Council, unless sooner dissolved, shall continue for two years from the date appointed for its first meeting and no longer, and the expiration of the said period of two years shall operate as a dissolution of the Pradesh Council:
Provided that the Administrator may, with th* previous approval t>t the President, by order jn writing, extend the said period by a period or1 periods not exceeding one year in the aggregate, and every such order shall be notified in the Official Gazette.
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