 biu no 95 of 1971 'jhe west bengal state legislature (delegation of powers) bill, 1971 billto confer on the president the power of the legislature of the suite of west bflngal to make laws be it enacted by parliament in the twenty-second year of the republic of india as follows:-1 this act may be called the west bengal state legislature (delegation of powers) act, 1971 silort titb! -s 2 in th~s act, "proclamation" means the proclamation issued on the definition 29th day of j line, 1971, under article 356 of the constitution, by the president, an:i published with the notification of the government of india in the ministry of home affairs no gsr 984 of the said date 3 (1) the power of the legislature of the state of west bengal to ) 10 make laws, which has been declared by the proclamation to be exercisable by or under the authority of parliament, is hereby conferred un the president (2) in the exercise of the said power, the president may, from time to time, whether parliament is or is not in session, enact, as a president's :is act, a b:ll containing such provisions as he considers necessary: conlerment on the president of the power of the state le,islature to make laws provided that before enacting any such act, the president shall, whenever he eonsiders it pradicable to do so, consult a committee constituted for the purpose, consisting of forty members of the hou~e of the people nominated by the speaker and twenty members of the council of 20 states nomiauded by the chairman , (3) every act enacted by the president under sub-section (2) shall, as: '~ori·as ~inay be aftel' enact:inertt, be laid befere each house of parliament (4) either house of parliament may, by resolution passed within thirty days from the date on which the act has been laid before it under subsection (3), which period may be comprised in one session or in two euc- s-cessive sessions, direct any modifications to be made in the act and if the mojifications are agreed to by the other house of parliament during the session in whjch the act has been so laid before it or the session succeeding, such modifications shall be given effect to by the president by enacting an amending act under sub-section (2): i~ provided that nothing in this sub-section shall affect the validity of the-act or of any action taken thereunder before it is so amended~  statement of objects and reasonsunder the proclamation of the president dated the 29th june, 1971, thepowers of the legislature of the state of, west~ are now exercisable by or under the authority of parnainent such legislative measures as !lllay be necessary for the state- can be taken up by parliament only by'postponing its business; and even then,it is likely that parliament may 'dot have time to deal with all legislative measures for'the statert·is,there': fore, proposed that parlilldlent should, in accordance with the provisions of sub-clause (a) of cfause (t) of article 357 of the constitution, confer by law od the- pt-esidnt tfleo powers of the liegialatlire of the state of west bengal to make laws fix' ~ state the present bill is intended' to give e1feet to tl'lis pnp8lrll~ , ' new dltthi; k c pant 1'llc 7th july,,197l  'nlflufcial 1iin'l~the proviso to ub~la"liie 1(2) ef 'c:!lalilse 3 of the bill provides lor the constitution of a cdrrtmittee ·for eoi1sultation regarding president's acts, consisting of to ;membert; '-af the 'hgiiiie'"of :the :people and 30 membel'l of 'the 'courtcilofstmee; ·bnd~,ebies 18 be incw'red i-n connection with the rnet!titlgs ef this cotnillihae ·woujd·; ,be metftoom the colliolidated puttd -er ·imiathis 'committee 1rill"meet 'al: am "~n fte!ceuary ~~e 'i!~ettduul'e ·is not ex~ ,to· !be  _ -is not likely to ex-eeed rs 1,26,000 during the period in which the proclamation will be in force !\ "  memorandum regarding delegated legislationthe power of the legislature of the state of west bengal to make laws which has been declared by th~ proclamation issued under article 356 of the constitution in respect of that state on the 29th day of june, 1971, to be exercisable by or under the authority of parliament, is sought to be conferred on the president under article 357 (1) (a) of the constitution before exercising the aforesaid power the president is required, whenever he considers it practicable to do so, to consult a committee of members of parliament constituted for the purpose in accordance with the provisions of the proviso to sub-clause (2) of clause 3 any act enacted by the president in exercise of the aforesaid power is required to be laid before each house of parliament and parliament may direct modifications to be made in the act [v~de sub-claus~s (3) and (4) of clause 3] the delegation of legislative power is in pursuance of lhe express provsian in this behalf in article 357 (1) (a) of the constitution and is l:ecessa:'y as it will not be easy for parliament to find time to deal with the various legislative measures that may be required in respect of the state of west bengal under the exceptional circumstance:s arising out of the issue of a proclamation under article 356 of the constitution, this delegation of legislative power is limited to the period when the aforesaid proclamation dated the 29th june, 1971 will continue to be in force to the extent that it has heen usual for parliament to confer on the president such legislative powers, it can be regarded as of a normal character  r, , a hal to confer on the president the power of the legislature of the state of west bengal to make laws   (shri krishna chalulra pant, minister oj state in the mfnistry of home affairs) ~ 