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THE GOVERNMENT OF UNION TERRITORIES ACT, 1963

ACT NO. 20 OF 1963 · Enacted [10th May, 1963.] · 70 sections

PRELIMINARY

Section 1.Short title and commencement.
Section 2.Definitions and interpretation.

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLIES

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

DELIMITATION OF CONSTITUENCIES

Section 38.Definitions.
Section 39.Assembly constituencies.
Section 40.Representation of Pondicherry in the House of the People.
Section 41.Duties of Delimitation Commission.
Section 42.Associate members.
Section 43.Procedure as to delimitation.
Section 43A.Special provision for delimitation of constituencies of Mizoram Legislative Assembly.
Section 43B.Representation of Arunachal Pradesh in the House of the People.
Section 43C.Special provisions for delimitation of parliamentary constituencies in Arunachal Pradesh and constituencies of Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly.
Section 43D.Special provision for determination of constituencies in the Legislative Assembly of Goa, Daman and Diu for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.
Section 43E.Special provisions as to readjustment of territorial constituencies.
Section 43F.Special provision as to readjustment of territorial constituencies on the basis of 2001 census.

COUNCIL OF MINISTERS

Section 44.Council of Ministers.
Section 45.Other provisions as to Ministers.
Section 46.Conduct of business.

MISCELLANEOUS AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

Section 47.Consolidated Fund of the Union territory.
Section 47A.Public Account of the Union territory and moneys credited to it.
Section 48.Contingency Fund of the Union territory.
Section 48A.Borrowing upon the security of the Consolidated Fund of the Union territory.
Section 48B.Form of accounts of the Union territory.
Section 49.Audit reports.
Section 50.Relation of Administrator and his Ministers to President.
Section 51.Provision in case of failure of constitutional machinery.
Section 52.Authorisation of expenditure by President.
Section 53.Provisions for election to Parliament from Goa, Daman and Diu, and Pondicherry.
Section 54.Transitional provisions for administration of justice in certain areas in the Union territory of Mizoram.
Section 54A.Provision as to provisional Legislative Assembly of Arunachal Pradesh.
Section 55.Contracts and suits.
Section 56.Power of President to remove difficulties.
Section 57.Amendment to certain enactments.
Section 58.Repeal and savings.