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Act Number: 1

Act Name: The Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi Act, 1991

Year: 1992

Enactment Date: 1992-01-02

Long Title: 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.

Ministry: Ministry of Home Affairs

Department: Department of States

Section NumberTitleActions
1 Short title and commencement.
2 Definitions.
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.
38 Election Commission to delimit constituencies.
39 Power of Election Commission to maintain delimitation orders up-to-date.
40 Elections to the Legislative Assembly.
41Matters in which Lieutenant Governor to act in his sole 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.
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.
56Repeal of Act 19 of 1966
45ADefinitions.
45BPublic Service Commissions for National Capital Territory of Delhi.
45CPower of Central Government to make rules under this Part.
45DPower to appoint authorities, boards, commissions or statutory bodies.
45EConstitution of National Capital Civil Service Authority.
45FMeetings of Authority.
45GAppointment of officers and other staff of Authority.
45HPowers and functions of Authority.
45IDisposal of matters by Minister.
45JDuties of Secretaries.
45KPower to make rules.
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