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The Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi Act

An Act to supplement the provisions of the Constitution relating to the Legislative Assembly and a Council of Ministers for the National Capital Territory of Delhi and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
1992
List of Chapters & Sections

  1. PRELIMINARY

  2. 1
     Short title and commencement
  3. 2
     Definitions

  • LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY

  • 3
     Legislative Assembly and its composition
  • 4
     Qualifications for membership of Legislative Assembly
  • 5
     Duration of Legislative Assembly
  • 6
     Sessions of Legislative Assembly, prorogation and dissolution
  • 7
     Speaker and Deputy Speaker of Legislative Assembly
  • 8
     Speaker or Deputy Speaker not to provide while a resolution for his removal from office is under consideration
  • 9
     Right of Lieutenant Governor to address and send messages to Legislative Assembly
  • 10
     Special address by the Lieutenant Governor
  • 11
     Rights of Ministers as respects Legislative Assembly
  • 12
     Oath or affirmation by members
  • 13
     Voting in Assembly, power of Assembly to act notwithstanding vacancies and quorum
  • 14
     Vacation of seats
  • 15
     Disqualifications for membership
  • 16
     Disqualification on ground of defection
  • 17
     Penalty for sitting and voting before making oath or affirmation or when not qualified or when disqualified
  • 18
     Powers, privileges, etc., of members
  • 19
     Salaries and allowances of members
  • 20
     Exemption of property of the Union form taxation
  • 21
     Restrictions on laws passed by Legislative Assembly with respect to certain matters
  • 22
     Special provisions as to financial Bills
  • 23
     Procedure as to lapsing of Bills
  • 24
     Assent to Bills
  • 25
     Bills reserved for consideration
  • 26
     Requirements as to sanction, etc
  • 27
     Annual financial statement
  • 28
     Procedure in Legislative Assembly with respect to estimates
  • 29
     Appropriation Bills
  • 30
     Supplementary, additional or excess grants
  • 31
     Votes on account
  • 32
     Authorisation of expenditure pending its sanction by Legislative Assembly
  • 33
     Rules of procedure
  • 34
     Official language or languages of the Capital and language or languages to be used in Legislative Assembly
  • 35
     Language to be used for Bills, Acts, etc
  • 36
     Restriction on discussion in the Legislative Assembly
  • 37
     Courts not to inquire into proceedings of Legislative Assembly

  • DELIMITATION OF CONSTITUENCIES

  • 38
     Election Commission to delimit constituencies
  • 39
     Power of Election Commission to maintain delimitation orders up-to-date
  • 40
     Elections to the Legislative Assembly

  • CERTAIN PROVISIONS RELATING TO LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AND MINISTERS

  • 41
     Matters in which Lieutenant Governor to act in his discretion
  • 42
     Advice by Ministers
  • 43
     Other provisions as to Ministers
  • 44
     Conduct of business
  • 45
     Duties of Chief Minister as respects the furnishing of information to the Lieutenant Governor, etc

  • MISCELLANEOUS AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

  • 46
     Consolidated Fund of the Capital
  • 46A
     Public Account of the Capital and moneys credited to it
  • 47
     Contingency Fund of the Capital
  • 47A
     Borrowing upon the security of the Consolidated Fund of the Capital
  • 47B
     Form of accounts of the Capital
  • 48
     Audit reports
  • 49
     Relation of Lieutenant Governor and his Ministers to President
  • 50
     Period of order made under article 239AB and approval thereof by Parliament
  • 51
     Authorisation of expenditure by President
  • 52
     Contracts and suits
  • 53
     Power of President to remove difficulties
  • 54
     Laying of rules before Legislative Assembly
  • 55
     Repealed
  • 56
     Repeal of Act 19 of 196