THE GOVERNMENT OF NATIONAL CAPITAL TERRITORY OF DELHI ACT, 1991

ACT NO. 1 OF 1992 · Enacted [2nd January, 1992.] · 59 sections

PRELIMINARY

Section 1.Short title and commencement.

Section 2.Definitions.

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY

Section 3.Legislative Assembly and its composition.

Section 4.Qualifications for membership of Legislative Assembly.

Section 5.Duration of Legislative Assembly.

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 provide while a resolution for his removal from office is under consideration.

Section 9.Right of Lieutenant Governor to address and send messages to Legislative Assembly.

Section 10.Special address by the Lieutenant Governor.

Section 11.Rights of Ministers as respects Legislative Assembly.

Section 12.Oath or affirmation by members.

Section 13.Voting in Assembly, power of Assembly to act notwithstanding vacancies and quorum.

Section 14.Vacation of seats.

Section 15.Disqualifications for membership.

Section 16.Disqualification on ground of defection.

Section 17.Penalty for sitting and voting before making oath or affirmation or when not qualified or when disqualified.

Section 18.Powers, privileges, etc., of members.

Section 19.Salaries and allowances of members.

Section 20.Exemption of property of the Union form taxation.

Section 21.Restrictions on laws passed by Legislative Assembly with respect to certain matters.

Section 22.Special provisions as to financial Bills.

Section 23.Procedure as to lapsing of Bills.

Section 24.Assent to Bills.

Section 25.Bills reserved for consideration.

Section 26.Requirements as to sanction, etc.

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 the Capital and language or languages to be used in Legislative Assembly.

Section 35.Language to be used for Bills, Acts, 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.Election Commission to delimit constituencies.

Section 39.Power of Election Commission to maintain delimitation orders up-to-date.

Section 40.Elections to the Legislative Assembly.

CERTAIN PROVISIONS RELATING TO LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AND MINISTERS

Section 41.Matters in which Lieutenant Governor to act in his discretion.

Section 42.Advice by Ministers.

Section 43.Other provisions as to Ministers.

Section 44.Conduct of business.

Section 45.Duties of Chief Minister as respects the furnishing of information to the Lieutenant Governor, etc.

MISCELLANEOUS AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

Section 46.Consolidated Fund of the Capital.

Section 46A.Public Account of the Capital and moneys credited to it.

Section 47.Contingency Fund of the Capital.

Section 47A.Borrowing upon the security of the Consolidated Fund of the Capital.

Section 47B.Form of accounts of the Capital.

Section 48.Audit reports.

Section 49.Relation of Lieutenant Governor and his Ministers to President.

Section 50.Period of order made under article 239AB and approval thereof by Parliament.

Section 51.Authorisation of expenditure by President.

Section 52.Contracts and suits.

Section 53.Power of President to remove difficulties.

Section 54.Laying of rules before Legislative Assembly.

Section 55.[Repealed.]

Section 56.Repeal of Act 19 of 1966.