REGISTERED No. DL-33004/96 The Gazette of India EXTRAORDINARY PART II —Section 1 PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 2] NEW DELHI, MONDAY, JANUARY 1, 1996/PAUSA 11,1917 Separate paging is given to this Part in order that it may be filed as a separate compilation. MINISTRY OF LAW, JUSTICE AND COMPANY AFFAIRS (Legislative Department) New Delhi, the 1st January, 1996/Pausa 11, 1917 (Saka) The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the 1st January, 1996, and is hereby published for general information:— THE UTTAR PRADESH STATE LEGISLATURE (DELEGATION OF POWERS) ACT, 1995 No. 2 OF 1996 [1st January, 1996] An act to confer on the President the power of the Legislature of the State of Uttar Pradesh to make laws. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Forty-sixth Year of the Republic of India as follows:— 1. This Act may be called the Uttar Pradesh State Legislature (Delegation of Powers) Short title. Act, 1995. 2. In this Act, "Proclamation" means the Proclamation issued on the 18 th day of Definition. October, 1995, under article 356 of" the Constitution, by the President, and published with the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Home Affairs No. G.S.R. 685(E) of the said date. 2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC . 1 ] Conferment on 3. (1) The power of the Legislature of the State of Uttar Pradesh to make laws, the President which has been declared by the Proclamation to be exercisable by or under the authority of the power of Parliament, is hereby conferred on the President, of the State Legislature to make laws. (2) In the exercise of the said power, the President may, from time to time, whether Parliament is or is not in session, enact, as a President's Act, a Bill containing such provi- sions as he considers necessary : Provided that before enacting any such Act, the President shall, whenever he consi- ders it practicable to do so, consult a Committee constituted for the purpose, consisting of twenty members of the House of the People nominated by the Speaker and ten members of the Council of States nominated by the Chairman. (i) Every Act enacted by the President under sub-section (2) shall, as soon as may be after enactment, be laid before each House of Parliament. (4) Either House of Parliament may, by resolution passed within thirty days from the date on which the Act has been laid before it under sub-section (i), which period may be comprised in one session or in two successive sessions, direct any modifications to be made in the Act and if the modifications are agreed to by the other House of Parliament during the session in which the Act has been so laid before it or the session succeeding, such modifica- tions shall be given effect to by the President by enacting an amending Act under sub- section (2); Provided that nothing in this sub-section shall affect the validity of the Act or of any action taken thereunder before it is so amended. K. L. MOHANPURIA, Secy, to the Govt. of India.