 bill no as of 1182 the assam state legislature (delegation of fowers) bill, 1982 a billto confer on the president the power of the legislature ot the state of assam to make laws be it enacted by parliament in the thirty-third year of the republic of india as follows:-short title 1 this act may be called the assam state legislature (delegation of powers) act, 1982 definition, 5 2 in this act, "proclamation" means the proclamation issued on the 19th day of march, 1982 under article 356 of the constitution, by the president, and published with the notification of the government of india in the ministry of home affairs, no gsr 256 (e) of the said date 3 (1) the power of the legislature ot the state of assam to make 10 laws, which has been declared by the proclamation to be exercisable by or under the authority of parliament, is hereby' conferred on 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 15 act, a bill containing such provisions as he considers necessary: conferment on the president of the power of the state legislature to make laws provided tbat before euactiac any such act, the president sbail, wheaever he codd4iers it pradicable to do 80, codiailt a committee coa, stituted for the p~ con  at;nc of thirty ",=t  '·01 the iiou8e of the people nomfnated by the speaker and ftiteed members of the coun-20 ell of states nomidated by the chabmad (3) every act enacted by the president under 8ub-aection (2) shall, as soon as may be after enactment, be laid before 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 5 sub-section (3), which period may be comprised in one session or in two successive sessions, direct any modifications to be made in the act and if the modifications are agreed to by the other house of parliament during the session in which the act has been 'so laid before it or the session succeeding, such modifications shall be given effect to by the president 10 by enacting an amending act under sub-section (2): 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· obje':!ts and reasonsunder the proclamation issued by the president on the 19th march, 1882, the powers of the legialature of the state of assam are now exercisable by or under the authority of parliament such legislative measures as may be necessary for that state can be taken up by parliament only by postponing its business; and even then, it is likely that parliament may not have time to deal with all the legislative measures for the state it is, therefore, proposed that parliament should, in accordance with ~ provi&ioll5 o'fsub-clauae (a) of clause (1) of article 357 of the constitutioni confer by law on the prllident the powers·of the lesislature of the state of assam to make laws for the state the present 'bill is intended to give effect to this proposal, new dblhii the 28th april, 1982 n r laskar the proviso to'sub-clause (2) of clause 3 of the bul provides for the constitution of a committee for consultation regarding president's acts, consisting of 30 members of the house o'f the people and 15 members of the council of states expenses to be incurred in connection with "the meetings of the consultative committee would be met from the conso-lidated fund of india this committee will meet as and when necessary the expenditure is not expeete~ to be large and is not likely to exceed rs 4 lakhs during the period for which the proclamation remains in force the b1l1, if enacted, will not involve any non-recurring expenditure  memorandum regarding delegated legislationthe power of the legislature of the state of assam to make laws, which has been declared by the proclamation issued under article 356 of the constitution in respect of that state on uh:h day of march, 1982, 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 :tforesaid power is required to be laid before each house of parliament and parliament may direct modifications to be made in that act [vide sub-clauses (3\ and (4) of clause 3] the delegation of legislative power is in pursuance of the express provision in this behalf in article 357 (1) (a) of the constitution and is necessary as it will not be easy for parliament to find time to deal with the various legislative measures that may b~ required in respect of the state of assam under the exceptional circum'3tances arising out of the is~ue of a proclamation under article 356 of the constitution, this delegation of legislative power is limited to the period during which the aforesaid proclamation remains in force to the extent that it has been usual fer parliament to c~nfer on the president such le'gislative powers~ it can be regarded as of a normal character  a billto confer on the president the power of the legislature at the state of assam to make laws (shri n r laskar, minister of state in t7ie minibtry of h01m affairs) 