  bid no z of i_ n f ' f:  ' t '",,' the government of union territories , , : (amendment) ~jll, 1980 :bill further to amend the government of union tenitotiea act, 1963 be it enacted by parliament in the thirtieth yeai of the republic cf india as follows:-1 (1) this act may be called the government of union territories short title (amenqment) act, 1980 and commence-5 (2) it shall be deemed to have come into force on the 25th day of met'lt september, 1979 2tf g::3 i after section 51 of the government of union territories act, 1963 insertion of new section 52 (hereinafter referred to as the principal act), the following section shall be inserted, namely:-authorisation of expenditureby president 10 "52 where the legislative assembly of a union territory is dissolved, or its functioning ·as such assembly remains suspended, on account of an order under section 51, it shall be competent for the president to authorise when the hou~e of the people is not in 'session expenditure from the consolidated fund of that union terri-i 5 ~ry pending the sanction of such expenditure by parliament" 8 of 1979, 3 (1) the government of· union territories (amendment) nance, 1979, is hereby repealed ordi-repeal and savini (2) notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken under the principal act, as amended by the said ordinance, shall be 20 deemed to have been done or taken under the principal act, as amended by this act  statement of objects and reasonsthe votes on account passed by parlillment in respect of the union territories of pondicherry and goa, dampn and diu for the financial year 1979-80 were due to expire on 30th s~ptember, 1979 and 31st october 1979, respectively it was expected that the tull budgets of these territories could be passed by their legislative assemblies, if reconstituted before those dates, or by parliament however, the lok sabha was dissolved on 22nd ~ugust, 1979 and it was decided that elections to the new lok sabha and the new leeis1ative assemblies of pondicherry and goa, daman and diu should be held sim'ultaneously in january, 1980 2 there was no provision in the government of union territories act 1963 for authorising any expenditure from the consolidated funds of these territories in the absence of both the assembly and lot sabha hence, the president promulgated the go'!emment of union territories (amendment) ordinance, 1979 (8 of 1979) on 25th september, 1979 for idsertiagjn the said ad; a provision, analo,ous to article 357 (1) (c) of the constitution, to the effect that, where the ialislative assembly of a union territory is dissolved, or its fudcuonidi as such assembly remains suspended, on account of an order under section 51 of the act, it shall be co~petent for the president to authorise when the house of the people is not in session expenditure from the consolidated fund of that union territory pending the sanction of iluch expenditure by parliament 3 the bill seeks to replace the said ordinance , zail singh 7'h,e 16th jcmuery, 1980 ,  a billfurther to amend the government of union territories act, 196i (giani zail singh, minister of home affairs) 