LawgistThe Assam Reorganisation (Meghalaya) Act
18Duration of Legislative Assembly
The Legislative Assembly, unless sooner dissolved, shall continue for five years from the date appointed for its first meeting and no longer, and the expiration of the said period of five years shall operate as a dissolution of the Legislative Assembly:
Provided that the said period may, while a Proclamation of Emergency issued under clause (1) of article 352 is in operation, be extended by Parliament by law for a period not exceeding one year at a time and not extending in any case beyond a period of six months after the Proclamation has ceased to operate.
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General
- 11 Constitution of the Legislature of Meghalaya
- 12 Delimitation of constituencies
- 13 Power of Election Commission to maintain delimitation orders up-to-date
- 14 Electors and electoral rolls
- 15 Right to vote
- 16 Qualification for membership
- 17 Election to the Legislative Assembly
- 18 Duration of Legislative Assembly
- 19 Sessions of Legislative Assembly, prorogation and dissolution
- 20 Right of Governor to address and send messages to Legislative Assembly
- 21 Special address by the Governor
- 22 Rights of Ministers as respects Legislative Assembly
- 23 Speaker and Deputy Speaker of Legislative Assembly
- 24 Speaker and Deputy Speaker not to preside whil
- 25 Secretariat of Legislative Assembly
