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213                     THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA
                         (Part XVIII.—EMERGENCY PROVISIONS)

      (4) A Proclamation so approved shall, unless revoked, cease to operate
on the expiration of a period of 1[six months from the date of issue of the
Proclamation]:
        Provided that if and so often as a resolution approving the continuance in
force of such a Proclamation is passed by both Houses of Parliament, the
Proclamation shall, unless revoked, continue in force for a further period of
2
  [six months] from the date on which under this clause it would otherwise have
ceased to operate, but no such Proclamation shall in any case remain in force
for more than three years:
       Provided further that if the dissolution of the House of the People takes
place during any such period of 2[six months] and a resolution approving the
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continuance in force of such Proclamation has been passed by the Council of
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States, but no resolution with respect to the continuance in force of such
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Proclamation has been passed by the House of the People during the said
period, the Proclamation shall cease to operate at the expiration of thirty days
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from the date on which the House of the People first sits after its reconstitution
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unless before the expiration of the said period of thirty days a resolution
approving the continuance in force of the Proclamation has been also passed
by the House of the People:
       3
        [Provided also that in the case of the Proclamation issued under
clause (1) on the 11th day of May, 1987 with respect to the State of Punjab, the
reference in the first proviso to this clause to “three years” shall be construed
as a reference to 4[five years].]




1. Subs. by the Constitution (Forty-second Amendment) Act, 1976, s. 50, for "six months"
   (w.e.f. 3-1-1977) and further subs. by the Constitution (Forty-fourth Amendment) Act,
   1978, s. 38, for "one year from the date of the passing of the second of the resolutions
   approving the Proclamation under clause (3)" (w.e.f. 20-6-1979).
2. Subs. by s. 50, ibid., for "six months" (w.e.f. 3-1-1977) and further subs. by s. 38, ibid.,
   for "one year", respectively (w.e.f. 20-6-1979).
3. Ins. by the Constitution (Sixty-fourth Amendment) Act, 1990, s. 2 (w.e.f. 16-4-1990).
4. Subs. by the Constitution (Sixty-seventh Amendment) Act, 1990, s. 2 (w.e.f. 4-10-1990)
   and further subs. by the Constitution (Sixty-eighth Amendment) Act, 1991, s. 2
   (w.e.f. 12-3-1991).

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