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Act Number: 55

Act Name: The Assam Reorganisation (Meghalaya) Act, 1969

Year: 1969

Enactment Date: 1969-12-29

Long Title: An Act to provide for the formation within the State of Assam of an autonomous State to be known as Meghalaya and for matters connected therewith.

Ministry: Ministry of Home Affairs

Department: Department of States

Section NumberTitleActions
1Short title and commencement.
2Definitions.
3Formation of Meghalaya.
4Executive power of Meghalaya.
5Extent of executive power of Meghalaya.
6Council of Ministers.
7Other provisions as to Ministers.
8Advocate-General for Meghalaya.
9Conduct of business.
10Duties of Chief Minister as respects the furnishing of information to Governor, etc.
11Constitution of the Legislature of Meghalaya.
12Delimitation of constituencies.
13Power of Election Commission to maintain delimitation orders up-to-date.
14Electors and electoral rolls.
15Right to vote.
16Qualification for membership.
17Election to the Legislative Assembly.
18Duration of Legislative Assembly.
19Sessions of Legislative Assembly, prorogation and dissolution.
20Right of Governor to address and send messages to Legislative Assembly.
21Special address by the Governor.
22Rights of Ministers as respects Legislative Assembly.
23Speaker and Deputy Speaker of Legislative Assembly.
25Secretariat of Legislative Assembly.
26Oath or affirmation by members.
27Voting in Assembly, power of Assembly to act notwithstanding vacancies and quorum.
28Vacation of seats.
29Disqualifications for membership.
31Powers, privileges, etc., of members.
32Salaries and allowances of members.
33Extent of Legislative power.
37Special provisions as to financial Bills.
38Procedure as to lapsing of Bills.
39Assent to Bills.
40Bills reserved for consideration.
41Requirements as to sanction and recommendation to be regarded as matters of procedure only.
42Annual Financial Statement.
43Procedure in Legislative Assembly with respect to estimates.
44Appropriation Bills.
45Supplementary, additional or excess grants.
46Votes on Account and exceptional grant.
47Rules of procedure.
48Restrictions on discussion in the Legislative Assembly.
49Courts not to enquire into the proceedings of Legislative Assembly.
50Power of Governor to promulgate Ordinances during recess of Legislative Assembly.
51Consolidated Fund.
52Contingency Fund.
53Custody of suitors' deposits and other moneys received by public servants and courts.
55Certain taxes levied by Assam to be appropriated by Meghalaya.
56Distribution of revenues.
57Authorisation of expenditure pending its sanction by Legislative Assembly.
58Apportionment of assets and liabilities.
59Obligation of Meghalaya, the State of Assam and the Union.
60Control over the autonomous State in certain cases.
61Entrustment of functions.
62Provisions as to Provisional Legislative Assembly.
63Special Committee for development of Shillong.
64Provisions as to continuance of courts.
65Provisions relating to services.
66Continuance of existing laws and their adaptations.
67Autonomous State to be a State for certain purposes of the Constitution.
68Power of Governments of Assam and Meghalaya to carry on trade, etc., in Meghalaya.
69Power to suspend provisions of this Act in case of failure of constitutional machinery.
71Power to construe laws.
72Effect of provisions of Act inconsistent with other laws.
73Power to remove difficulties.
74Amendment of the Sixth Schedule.
75Amendment of Act 2 of 1934.
76Amendment of Act 37 of 1956.
77Power to make rules.
24Speaker and Deputy Speaker not to preside while
30 Penalty for sitting and voting before making an oath or affirmation or when not qualified or when disqualified.
34Exemption from taxation of properties of the Union and the State of Assam and of certain vehicles registered in Assam or Meghalaya.
35Inconsistency between laws made by Parliament and laws made by the Legislature of Meghalaya.
36Inconsistency between laws made by the Legislature of the State of Assam and laws made by the Legislature of Meghalaya.
70Construction of reference to "State" and "State Government" in other laws in relation to Meghalaya.
54Custody, etc., of Consolidated Fund, Contingency Fund and moneys credited to the public account
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