 bin no • of 1171 tiie house of tile people (extension of duration)  amendment bill, 1976 a billto ptovide for the furt'mr exten3'icm of the duration of the present house of the people be it enacted by parliament in the twenty-seventh year of the republic of india as follows:-1 this act may be called the house of ,the people (extension of shore duration) amendment act lsr1s title 30 of 1978 for a period of one year by the house of the people (extension of duration) act, 1976, is hereby ex'tended for a further period of one year and accordingly, in section 2 off that act,-(1) in the opening paragraph, for the words "one year", the words "two years" shall be substituted; s z the duratiojl of the present house of the people which was extended further extensiod! of duration of the present house of the people 10 (2) for the proviso, thefollowin£ pl'ovio;o shall be substituted, namely:-is "provided that if both or either of the said proclamations cease or ceases to operate before the expiration of the said period of two years, the present house of the people shall, unless previously dissolved under clause (2) of article 85 of the constitution continue until six months altef the cesser of operation of the said proclamations or proclamation but not beyond the said period of two! years   ,statement of objects and reasonsthe duration of ,the present house of the people which was extended for a period of one year by the house of the people (extension of duration) act, 1976 (30 qf 1006), is due to expire on the 18th march, 1977 having regaro to the continued operation of the two proclamations of emergency and the fact that the conditions which led to the extension of ,the duration qf the present house of the peopl~ by one year also continue 10 prevail, it is felt that it will nqt be in the larger interests of the country ,to have ~ral elections to the house before its present term expires it is proposed that the duration of the present house of the people should be extended for a further period of one year under the proviso to dause (2) of article 83 of ,the constituti~, while a proclamation of emergency is in operation, parliament bas ithe pqwer to extend by law the duration of the house of the people for a period not exceeding one year ~t a time and not extending in any case beyond a period of six months after ,the proclamation has ceased to operate the bill seeks to give effect to the above proposal new delhi; h r gokhale the 1st november, 1976  "extract from the house of the people (extension of duration) ar:r,1976(30 of 1976) - - - - - extension of duration of the present house of the people z the period of five years (being the period for which the house of 1:he people may, under clause' (2) of article 83 of the constitution, -continue from the date appoinrted for its first meeting] in relation to the present hquse of the people shall, while the proclamations of emergency issued on the 3rd day of december, 1971 and on the 25th day of june, 1975, are both in ope!ation, be ex'feiided for a period of one year: provided that if both or either of ithe said proc1amatiors cease or  ceases to operate before the expiration of the said period of one year, the present house of the people shall, unless previously dissolved under 'clause (2) of article 83 of the constitution, continue until six months -after the cesser of operation ot the said proclamations or proclamation abut ndt beyond the said period of one year  a billto provide for the further extension of the duration of the present houseof the peo'p1e (shri h r gokhaltt -minister oj law, juatice and company affairs) 