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legislation

of their promulgation by an official organ of the state 2 : the enactments of a legislator or legislative body 3 : a matter of business for or under consideration by a legislative body [recently proposed ]

parliament

: an assemblage of the nobility, clergy, and commons called together by the British sovereign as the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom b : a similar assemblage in another nation or state 2 : the

redistrict

redistrict : to divide anew into districts ;specif : to revise the legislative districts of vi : to revise legislative districts

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veto

of measures passed by a legislature b : the exercise of such authority see also pocket veto compare legislative veto vt ve·toed ve·to·ing : to refuse to admit or approve ;specif : to refuse assent to (a

Act of Parliament

Sabha, April, 2002. Means an action; a thing done or established; a written law formally passed by the legislative power of a State; a Bill enacted by the legislature into a law, as distinguished from a bill

Chairman

is defined as a name given to a Presiding Officer of an assembly, public meeting, convention, deliberative or legislative body, board of directors, committee, etc. Similar meanings have been attributed to that expression in Ballentine's Law Dictionary,

Competent authority

Competent authority, means (i) the speaker in the case of the House of the people or the legislative Assembly of a State or a Union Territory having such Assembly and the Chairman in case of the

Condition of service

service of public servants. It is also well settled that it is not possible by means of any legislative provision or rule to take away the guarantee provided by Article 311 (1) of the Constitution which lays

Defection

Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha, Chairman, Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha, Speaker and Deputy Speaker of a State Legislative Assembly and Chairman and Deputy Chairman of Legislative councils of State are exempted from disqualification as long as

Executive

Executive, that branch of the government which puts the laws into execution, as distinguished from the legislative and judicial branches. The body that deliberates and enacts laws is legislative; the body that judges and applies

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