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

               (c) shall cease to operate at the expiration of two months, unless
       before the expiration of that period it has been approved by resolutions
       of both Houses of Parliament:
       Provided that if any such Proclamation is issued at a time when the
House of the People has been dissolved or the dissolution of the House of the
People takes place during the period of two months referred to in
sub-clause (c), and if a resolution approving the Proclamation has been passed
by the Council of States, but no resolution with respect to such Proclamation
has been passed by the House of the People before the expiration of that period,
the Proclamation shall cease to operate at the expiration of thirty days from the
date on which the House of the People first sits after its reconstitution unless
before the expiration of the said period of thirty days a resolution approving the
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Proclamation has been also passed by the House of the People.]
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       (3) During the period any such Proclamation as is mentioned in
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clause (1) is in operation, the executive authority of the Union shall extend to
the giving of directions to any State to observe such canons of financial
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propriety as may be specified in the directions, and to the giving of such other
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directions as the President may deem necessary and adequate for the purpose.
       (4) Notwithstanding anything in this Constitution—
           (a) any such direction may include—
               (i) a provision requiring the reduction of salaries and allowances
           of all or any class of persons serving in connection with the affairs of
           a State;
               (ii) a provision requiring all Money Bills or other Bills to which
           the provisions of article 207 apply to be reserved for the
           consideration of the President after they are passed by the Legislature
           of the State;
           (b) it shall be competent for the President during the period any
       Proclamation issued under this article is in operation to issue directions
       for the reduction of salaries and allowances of all or any class of persons
       serving in connection with the affairs of the Union including the Judges
       of the Supreme Court and the High Courts.
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        [(5)           *        *         *         *          *]



1. Ins. by the Constitution (Thirty-eighth Amendment) Act, 1975, s. 8 (with retrospective
   effect) and omitted by the Constitution (Forty-fourth Amendment) Act, 1978, s. 41
   (w.e.f. 20-6-1979).

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