 bui no ii of 1977 tae delhi administration (amendment) bil~, 1977 a bill to amend the delhi administration act, 1966be it enacted by parliament in the twenty-eighth year of the republic of india as follows:-1 this act may be called the delhi administration (amendment) short act, 1977 title 19 of 1966 s 2 in section 10 of the delhi administration act, 1966 (hereinafter amendreferred to as the principal act), after the existing proviso, the followment of 10 tng proviso shall be inserted, namely: -section 'provided further that the provisions of this sectlon shau, in 10 relatlon to the metropolitan council in existence on the 7th day of february, 1977, apply as if for the words "five years", in the two places where they occur, the words "five years and four months" had been substituted' 6 of 1977 3 (1) the delhi administration (amendment) ordinance, 1m is repeal hereby repealed and saving is (2) notwithstanding such repeal, the metropolitan council of delhi (tn existence on the 7th day of february, 1977) continued from the 20th day of march, 1977 till the date of commencement of this act (both inclusive), under section 10 of the principal act as amended by the said ordinance" shall be deemed to have been continued under the said sec-20 tion 10 as amended by this act, as if this act had come into force on the 7th day of february, 1977  statement of objects and reasonsthe delhi administration act, 1966 was amended by the delhi administration (amendment) ordinance, 1977 with a view to provide for the extension of duration of the metropolitan council of delhi from five years to six years the ordinance also amended the act to bring the act in line with certain amendments made in the constitution by the constitution (forty-second amendment) act, 1976 2 it is now considered by the government that the act r,eed be amended only for the purpese of extending the duration of the existing metropolitan council of delhi for a period of four months beyond its normal tenn of five years 3 the bill seeks to achieve the above objective and fo repeal the ordinance aforesaid charan singh new di:uu; the 3n1 april, 1977 "  ~ the oonstitut1on (forty-seoond am~n3ment) lct~ '197g i;te~ ej,~, made-the :rollowi~ amendments in the const1tution o provl e ,that -" (a) the duore,tio'n of state ~legisl~ti va 4ssembl1es shau"=1os8,,8qomr-d1nolwd; be~s1% ,ears," " '(1)) the extent of assembly consti tueneies and the eeservation of seats for sched'lled, castes and ~cheduled tribes, as det9ntl1nad on'the basis of the 1971 census, shajl be fro ze n t~l'l ~e year, 2001; ,,"~,' (0) the question as to, whether '8 member of a llouse of the legislature of a stat,s has beoome subjeqt to any disqucli:f'1cat1on, shall be decided' 'e¥ the president arte r oonsul t:trig the bteet10n commission \\bieh is empowered to hold an inquiry 1l;l t~1 s behel f; '(d) ix) court or other, author! ty shall, be, entitled'-' to require the produotion ot the r\lles ,made' tor the ' more conventent transaction of the business of the' government of the, state 2 the 'pjovisions mentioned above' wel'e rp,:,lie'd to the 'un:l6n terri tory of delhi by ameming 1he belh1 administration !  ct, 1966 by the delhi adminlstration (ljile ndme ii;) 0 rdi nance, le71 3 it is ~ considred' by til gow1'l1ment that the delhi \dlunistration act need, be emended on1y tor the purpose of extendi~ the dura,tioll of the exj,st1ng' m~tropo11ten council of delhi for a period ot f'our months be~nd its inrmalte im of f1 ve years acco~1ngly, the bill makes neces'3~ry provision only for :this purpose and the ct:jer provis1o~ contained in the ord1nenoe are not being lncl~ded in the bill   (u~ or 1966)duration of metropoll  council 10 the metropolitan council, unless sooner dissolved, shall continue for five years from the date appointed for its first meeting and no longer, and the expiration of the said period of five years shall operate as a dissolution of the metropolitan council: provided that the said perjod may, while a proclamation of emergency issued under clause (1) of article 352 is in operation, be extended by the president by order 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   "1 "r a  billto amencl the delhi administration act, 1966 (shri charan singh, minister of home affairs) 