Criminal Law (Amendment) Ordinance, 2013 Promulgated (Legislative power of President under the Article 123)

Criminal Law (Amendment) Ordinance, 2013 Promulgated

The President of India has accorded his assent to the Criminal Law (Amendment) Ordinance, 2013 on 3rd February,

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--- CONSTITUTION OF INDIA ---

ARTICLE 123: Power of President to promulgate Ordinances during recess of Parliament

123. Power  of  President  to promulgate Ordinances  during  recess  of
Parliament.- (1) If at any time, except when both Houses of Parliament
are  in  session, the President is satisfied that circumstances  exist
which  render  it necessary for him to take immediate action,  he  may
promulgate  such  Ordinances  as the circumstances appear  to  him  to
require.
(2)  An  Ordinance promulgated under this article shall have the  same
force and effect as an Act of Parliament, but every such Ordinance-
(a)  shall be laid before both Houses of Parliament and shall cease to
operate  at  the  expiration  of  six weeks  from  the  reassembly  of
Parliament,  or,  if before the expiration of that period  resolutions
disapproving  it  are passed by both Houses, upon the passing  of  the
second of those resolutions;  and
(b) may be withdrawn at any time by the President.
Explanation.-  Where  the  Houses  of   Parliament  are  summoned   to
reassemble  on  different  dates,  the period of six  weeks  shall  be
reckoned  from  the  later  of those dates for the  purposes  of  this
clause.
(3)  If  and  so  far as an Ordinance under  this  article  makes  any
provision  which  Parliament  would  not under  this  Constitution  be
competent to enact, it shall be void.
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