Act Info:
Preamble1 - THE ASSAM REORGANISATION (MEGHALAYA) ACT, 1969
Part I Section1 - Short title and commencement
Section2 - Definitions
Part II Section3 - Formation of Meghalaya
Section4 - Executive power of Meghalaya
Section5 - Extent of executive power of Meghalaya
Section6 - Council of Ministers
Section7 - Other provisions as to Ministers
Section8 - Advocate-General for Meghalaya
Section9 - Conduct of business
Section10 - Duties of Chief Minister as respects the furnishing of information to Governor, etc.
Part III Section11 - Constitution of the Legislature of Meghalaya
Section12 - Delimitation of constituencies
Section13 - Power of Election Commission to maintain delimitation orders up-to-date
Section14 - Electors and electoral rolls
Section15 - Right to vote
Section16 - Qualification for membership
Section17 - Election to the Legislative Assembly
Section18 - Duration of Legislative Assembly
Section19 - Sessions of Legislative Assembly, prorogation and dissolution
Section20 - Right of Governor to address and send messages to Legislative Assembly
Section21 - Special address by the Governor
Section22 - Rights of Ministers as respects Legislative Assembly
Section23 - Speaker and Deputy Speaker of Legislative Assembly
Section24 - Speaker and Deputy Speaker not to preside while a resolution for his removal from office is under consideration
Section25 - Secretariat of Legislative Assembly
Section26 - Oath or affirmation by members
Section27 - Voting in Assembly, power of Assembly to act notwithstanding vacancies and quorum
Section28 - Vacation of seats
Section29 - Disqualifications for membership
Section30 - Penalty for sitting and voting before making an oath or affirmation or when not qualified or when disqualified
Section31 - Powers, privileges, etc., of members
Section32 - Salaries and allowances of members
Section33 - Extent of Legislative power
Section34 - Exemption from taxation of properties of the Union and the State of Assam and of certain vehicles registered in Assam or Meghalaya
Section35 - Inconsistency between laws made by Parliament and laws made by the Legislature of Meghalaya
Section36 - Inconsistency between laws made by the Legislature of the State of Assam and laws made by the Legislature of Meghalaya
Section37 - Special provisions as to financial Bills
Section38 - Procedure as to lapsing of Bills
Section39 - Assent to Bills
Section40 - Bills reserved for consideration
Section41 - Requirements as to sanction and recommendation to be regarded as matters of procedure only
Section42 - Annual Financial Statement
Section43 - Procedure in Legislative Assembly with respect to estimates
Section44 - Appropriation Bills
Section45 - Supplementary, additional or excess grants
Section46 - Votes on Account and exceptional grant
Section47 - Rules of procedure
Section48 - Restrictions on discussion in the Legislative Assembly
Section49 - Courts not to enquire into the proceedings of Legislative Assembly
Section50 - Power of Governor to promulgate Ordinances during recess of Legislative Assembly
Part IV Section51 - Consolidated Fund
Section52 - Contingency Fund
Section53 - Custody of suitors' deposits and other moneys received by public servants and Courts
Section54 - Custody, etc., of Consolidated Fund, Contingency Fund and moneys credited to the public account
Section55 - Certain taxes levied by Assam to be appropriated by Meghalaya
Section56 - Distribution of revenues
Section57 - Authorisation of expenditure pending its sanction by Legislative Assembly
Part V Section58 - Apportionment of assets and liabilities
Part VI Section59 - Obligation of Meghalaya, the State of Assam and the Union
Section60 - Control over the autonomous State in certain
Section61 - Enlrustment of functions
Part VII Section62 - Provisions as to Provisional Legislative Assembly
Part VIII Section63 - Special committee for development of Shillong
Section64 - Provisions as to continuance of courts
Section65 - Provisions relating to services
Section66 - Continuance of existing laws and their adaptations
Section67 - Autonomous State to be a State for certain purposes of the Constitution
Section68 - Power of Governments of Assam and Meghalaya to carry on trade, etc., in Meghalaya
Section69 - Power to suspend provisions of this Act in case of failure of constitutional machinery
Section70 - Construction of reference to "State" and "State Government" in other laws in relation to Meghalaya
Section71 - Power to construe laws
Section72 - Effect of provisions of Act inconsistent with other laws
Section73 - Power to remove difficulties
Section74 - Amendment of the Sixth Schedule
Section75 - Amendment of Act 2 of 1934
Section76 - Amendment of Act 37 of 1956
Section77 - Power to make rules
Schedule1 - FIRST SCHEDULE
Schedule2 - SECOND SCHEDULE
Schedule3 - THIRD SCHEDULE
Schedule4 - FOURTH SCHEDULE