bui no, i9 of 19"  the orissa legislative assembly (extension of duration) bill, 1966 a billto provide for the extension of the duration of the present legislative assembly of the state of orissa be it enacted by parliament in the seventeenth year of the republic of india as follows: _i i 1 this act may be called the orissa legislative assembly (exten- short title lion of duration) act, 1966 , oz the period of five years [being the period for which the legis- extension of lahve assembly of a state may, under clause (1) of article 172 of the duration of co tot t" " f' fi the preent ns 1 u lon, continue from the date appomted or its rst meeting] oriasa in relation to the present legislative assembly of the state of orissa lea gialativo l_ ~lilll, while the proclamation of emergency issued on the 26th day •• embly 10 of october, 1962, ta in operation, be extended for a period of one year: provided that if the proclamation ceases to operate before the expiration of the said period of one year, the present legislative assembly of the state of orissa shall, unless previously djssolved under clause (2) of article 174 of the constitution, continue until six months after the cesser of operation of the proclamation and no 5 longer  statement of objects and reasonson the 10th december, 1965, the home minister made a statement in lok sabha that the general election for constituting a new legislative assembly of orissa on the expiration of the duration of the present assembly will be held simultaneously with the countrywide general elections early in 1967 the duration of the present orissa assembly will in normal cours'? expire on the 20th august, 1966 in pursuance of the above statement of the horne minister it is now proposed to extend the duration of the present legis]ative assembly of orissa in accordance with the proviso to dc'luse (1) of article 172 of the constitution under that proviso, while a proclamation of emergency is in operation, parliament has the power to extend by law the duration of the legislathte assembly of a state for a period not exceeding one year at a time and not extending in any case beyond a period of six months after the proclamation has ceased to operate i 2 the bill seeks to achieve this object ) g s pathak new delhi; the 28th february, 19~6 a bill to provide for the extension of the duration of the present legislat ive assembly of the state of orissa (shri g s pathak, minister of lafo) 