Constitution of India Conduct of Business : Article 188 : Oath or affirmation by members : Every member of the Legislative Assembly or the Legislative Council of a State shall, before taking his seat, make and subscribe before the Governor, or some person appointed in…
Constitution of India Article 187 : Secretariat of State Legislature : (1) The House or each House of the Legislature of a State shall have a separate secretarial staff: Provided that nothing in this clause shall, in the case of the Legislature of a State…
Constitution of India Article 186 : Salaries and allowances of the Speaker and Deputy Speaker and the Chairman and Deputy Chairman : There shall be paid to the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, and to the Chairman and the Deputy Chairman…
Constitution of India Article 185 : The Chairman or the Deputy Chairman not to preside while a resolution for his removal from office is under consideration : (1) At any sitting of the Legislative Council, while any resolution for the removal of the Chairman from…
Constitution of India Article 184 : Power of the Deputy Chairman or other person to perform the duties of the office of, or to act as, Chairman : (1) While the office of Chairman is vacant, the duties of the office shall be performed by…
Constitution of India Article 183 : Vacation and resignation of, and removal from, the offices of Chairman and Deputy Chairman : A member holding office as Chairman or Deputy Chairman of a Legislative Council— (a) shall vacate his office if he ceases to be a…
Constitution of India Article 182 : The Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Legislative Council : The Legislative Council of every State having such Council shall, as soon as may be, choose two members of the Council to be respectively Chairman and Deputy Chairman thereof…
Constitution of India Article 181 : The Speaker or the Deputy Speaker not to preside while a resolution for his removal from office is under consideration : (1) At any sitting of the Legislative Assembly, while any resolution for the removal of the Speaker from…
Constitution of India Article 180 : Power of the Deputy Speaker or other person to perform the duties of the office of, or to act as, Speaker : (1) While the office of Speaker is vacant, the duties of the office shall be performed by…
Constitution of India Article 179 : Vacation and resignation of, and removal from, the offices of Speaker and Deputy Speaker : A member holding office as Speaker or Deputy Speaker of an Assembly— (a) shall vacate his office if he ceases to be a member…
Constitution of India Officers of the State Legislature : Article 178 : The Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly : Every Legislative Assembly of a State shall, as soon as may be, choose two members of the Assembly to be respectively Speaker and…
Constitution of India Article 177 : Rights of Ministers and Advocate- General as respects the Houses : Every Minister and the Advocate-General for a State shall have the right to speak in, and otherwise to take part in the proceedings of, the Legislative Assembly of…
Constitution of India Article 176 : Special address by the Governor : (1) At the commencement of 1.[the first session after each general election to the Legislative Assembly and at the commencement of the first session of each year], the Governor shall address the Legislative…
Constitution of India Article 175 : Right of Governor to address and send messages to the House or Houses : (1) The Governor may address the Legislative Assembly or, in the case of a State having a Legislative Council, either House of the Legislature of…
Constitution of India Article 174 : 1.[Sessions of the State Legislature, prorogation and dissolution : (1) The Governor shall from time to time summon the House or each House of the Legislature of the State to meet at such time and place as he thinks…
Constitution of India Article 173 : Qualification for membership of the State Legislature : A person shall not be qualified to be chosen to fill a seat in the Legislature of a State unless he— 1.[(a) is a citizen of India, and makes and subscribes…
Constitution of India Article 172 : Duration of State Legislatures : (1) Every Legislative Assembly of every State, unless sooner dissolved, shall continue for 1.[five years] from the date appointed for its first meeting and no longer and the expiration of the said period of…
Constitution of India Article 171 : Composition of the Legislative Councils : (1) The total number of members in the Legislative Council of a State having such a Council shall not exceed 1.[one-third] of the total number of members in the Legislative Assembly of that…
Constitution of India Article 170 : 1.[Composition of the Legislative Assemblies : (1) Subject to the provisions of article 333, the Legislative Assembly of each State shall consist of not more than five hundred, and not less than sixty, members chosen by direct election from…
Constitution of India Article 169 : Abolition or creation of Legislative Councils in States : (1) Notwithstanding anything in article 168, Parliament may by law provide for the abolition of the Legislative Council of a State having such a Council or for the creation of…