Section 44:
Conduct of business.
(1) The President shall make rules
(a) for the allocation of business to the Ministers in so far as it is business with respect to which
the Lieutenant Governor is required to act on the aid and advice of his Council of Ministers; and
(b) for the more convenient transaction of business with the Ministers, including the procedure to
be adopted in the case of a difference of opinion between the Lieutenant Governor and the Council of
Ministers or a Minister.
(2) Save as otherwise provided in this Act, all executive action of the Lieutenant Governor whether
taken on the advice of his Ministers or otherwise shall be expressed to be taken in the name of the
Lieutenant Governor.
1]Provided that before taking any executive action in pursuance of the decision of the Council of
Ministers or a Minister, to exercise powers of Government, State Government, Appropriate Government,
Lieutenant Governor, Administrator or Chief Commissioner, as the case may be, under any law in force
in the Capital, the opinion of Lieutenant Governor in term of proviso to clause (4) of article 239AA of the
Constitution shall be obtained on all such matters as may be specified, by a general or special order, by
Lieutenant Governor.]
(3) Orders and other instruments made and executed in the name of the Lieutenant Governor shall be
authenticated in such manner as may be specified in rules to be made by the Lieutenant Governor and the
validity of an order or instrument which is so authenticated shall not be called in question on the ground
that it is not an order or instrument made or executed by the Lieutenant Governor.
Notes:
1. Ins. by Act 15 of 2021, s. 5 (w.e.f. 27-4-2021).