 me government of union territories (amendment) bill, 1977 a billfutthet to amend the govemment of union temtorie act, 1963 be it enacted by parliament in the twenty-eighth year of the republic of india as follows:-1 this act may be called the govelmment of union territorie, sbora (amendment) act, 1977 title inafter referrecl to as the principal act), after the t!lxisting proviso, the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:-20 of 1181 s z in section 5 of the government of union territories act, 1963 (here-amendment of mct10n ii 'provided further that the provisions of this section shall,-10 (a) in relation to the legislative assembly of the union territory of goa, daman and diu in existence on the 7th clay of february, 1977, apply as if for the words "five years", in the two places where they occur the worda "five year and foul' months" had been ubltttuted; , (b) iii relation tel the legislative assembiy of the unibrl territory of mizoram in existence on the said date, apply as if for the words "five years", in the two places where they occur, the words "five years and seven months" had been substituted' 3 (1) the government of union territories (ament\ment) ordinance, 1977 is hereby repealed 5 of 19'17 repeal and savini (2) notwithstanding such al, the continuance of the legislative 5 assembly of the union territory of goa, daman and diu (in existence on the 7th day of february, 1977) continued from the 24th day of march, 1977 till the date of commencement of this act (both inclusive), under section 5 of the principal act as amended by the said ordinance, shall be deemed to have been continued under the said section 5 as amended 10 by this act, as if th~s act had come into force on the 7th day of february, 1977 1 the, constitut1on(li'orty-second amandnent) act, 1976 inter ;p~ trade-the following amendnents in the constittl!ion ~ro that -  "(al the c!uration of state isg1slat1ve assembues shall, unless sooner d:1ssolwd, be six years; (b) the extent of assembly' constituencies and the reservation, of seats for scheduled castes and scheduled tribes j as determined on the brsis of the ,,19'11 census; shall be f'!'ozen til! the year 2001'1 ee) the question as to whether a member of a housg of the legislature of a state 'has beeome subject to any disqualification as also the question wh3ther a person is disqualified fof being "ohosen as, and for being, a member of the legislature of a e-'tate on the ground of baing tc:un4 gu!lty' ot a 00rtup'-t>~act1ce including the question as to the ~fiod or disqualification or as to the removal or the re'duct:ton qr the period of such disqualification! shall be decided by the presidt,r1t af'ter consult ng the b+ection coumission which is empowered to hold an inquiry in '_ ~his behalf; (d) the on'ice of profit the hqld1rtg' of which shall disqualify a person for ooing chosen "8s, and for be1ng a member of the house of legislature of a state, shall be such as may be declare d by parliament, by law; (e) no court or other authority shall be entitled to require the production o~ the rules made ,for the more oon18n1ent transaction of the business of the aov\lrnment of the state : 2 'lhe pl"ovislons mentioned above were appl1ed to the union territories with legislatures bf amend1ng the govermoont of union terri toties kt, 1963 by tl1e governnedt of union ~erritqries (amancinent) oj-d:+nance, 1977  3 it is now considered by the, govel"llmbnt that the government of union territories act, 1963 need ~ amend:1d only tef the purpose of extending tfie duration of the ejdsting legislative assemblies qf' oqat daman and diu and h1zoram for a period of four monttls and seven tlk)nths resp3ctively beyond their normal term of five years - lccor~gly, the bill makes neceslfary provision only for this pul'pose and the other provisions contained in the ~d1nance are not being included in the b1ll  statement of objects and reasonsthe government of union territories act, 1963 was amended by the government of union territories (amendment) ordinance, 1977 with a view to provide for the extension of dw-ation of the legislative assemblies of union territories 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 need be amended only for the purpose of extending the duration of the existing ) legislative assemblies of the union temtories of goa, daman and diu and mizoram for a period of four months and seven months respec+ively beyond their normal term of five years 3 the bill seeks to achieve the above objective and to repeal the ordinance aforesaid charan singh new dam; the 2nd april, 1977 (20 or 1963) - - - - - duration of legislative ai-aembues 5 the legislative assembly of a union territory, unlell sooner dissolved, shall continue for five years from the date appointe!d for its first meeting and no longer, and the expiration of the said period of 1ive years shall operate as a dissolution o~ the assembly: prcwided that the said period may while a proclamation of emergency issued under clause (1) of article 352 as in operation, be extended by the president by order for a period not exceeding one year at a tidle and not ex~ndina in any case beyond a period of six months after the proclamation has ceased to operate  - - - - - /ut'tm1' to amend the gooernment of unum temtorie act 1963 (ari chca,n s'ftrl" jltnibte1' of home affair • ) 