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Bundesrath

Lit a federal council esp of the German Empire In the German Empire the legislative functions are vested in the Bundesrath and the Reichstag The federal council of Switzerland is also so called...

Barbados

Barbados, a British Colony, administered by a Governor, Executive Committee, Legislative Council, and Assembly. See TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO....

Entrenched clause

Entrenched clause, is a section in the Constitution of some of the Commonwealth countries which can only be repealed or altered by special process and which deals with matters like the liberties of the subject, fundamental institutions of government etc., a number of the newer Commonwealth countries have included entrenched clauses in their Constitutions. The process of amending entrenched clauses varies with each Constitution and may involve a popular referendum, a fixed Parliamentary majority of two-thirds or more a system of delayed legislation or a combination of two or more such factors, Office of Speaker in the Parliaments of Commonwealth, Wilding and Philip Laundry, p. 250.Any amendment of the Constitution necessitated by a legislation by Parliament to: (a) admit or establish a new State; (b) form a new State by separation of territories from any State or by uniting two or more States etc., and (c) abolish or create the legislative Council of State, is not deemed to be an amendm...

city council

city council : the legislative body of a city ...

council

council : a governmental body: as a : a group elected as a legislative body [city ] b : an administrative body [ on aging] c : an executive body whose members are equal in power and authority compare committee ...

Emergency legislation

Emergency legislation, the body of Statutes, Pro-clamations, Orders in Council, Rules, Regulations, and Notifications passed or made in consequence of the European crisis of August, 1914, and the ensuing state of war....

commission

commission 1 : a formal written authorization to perform various acts and duties [a notary's ] 2 a : authority to act for, in behalf of, or in place of another b : a task or matter entrusted to one as the agent for another 3 a : a group of persons directed to perform a duty b usu cap : a government agency [Federal Trade Commission] see also agency c : a city council having legislative and executive functions 4 : an act of committing something [ of the crime] 5 : a fee paid to an agent or employee for transacting a piece of business or performing a service ;esp : a percentage of the money received paid to the agent responsible for the business commission vt ...

Senate

An assembly or council having the highest deliberative and legislative functions...

Central Act

Central Act, shall mean an Act of Parliament, and shall include--(a) an Act of the Dominion Legislature or of the Indian Legislature passed before the commence-ment of the Constitution, and(b) an Act made before such commencement by the Governor General in Council or the Governor General, acting in a legislative capacity. [General Clauses Act, 1897 (10 of 1897), s. 3 (7)]...

Committee

Committee, certain persons elected or appointed to whom any matter or business is referred, either by a legislative body or by any corporation or society; e.g., a Committee of a Town Council under the Municipal Corporations Act, 1882, ss. 22 and 190, and (English) Local Government Act, 1933 (c. 51), s. 75, or of directors under the (English) Companies Clauses Act, 1845, s. 95, See also PARLIAMEN-TARY COMMITTEE.The word 'committee' in English is a translation more or less of the word 'panchayat' in Hindi. Therefore, when the word 'committee' was substituted in place of 'panchayat' in the Town Areas Act there was really no change of substance, Asa Ram v. District Board, AIR 1959 SC 480 (484): (1959) Supp 1 SCR 715.Means small body of members of legislatures to whom the consideration of detailed or technical questions are delegated, Parliamentary Practice, Erskine May, 22nd Edn., 1997, p. 688....

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