 bill no 110 of 1880 - • thl£ assam state legislature (delegation of powers) bill, 1980 a billto confer on the president the power of the legislature of the state of assam to make laws be it enacted by parliament in the thirty-first year of the re:;lublic of india as follows:-i this act may be called the assam state legislature (delegation of short powers) act, 1980 title defini tion 5 2 in this act, "proclamation" means the proclamation issued on the 12th day of december, 1979 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 688(e) of the said date 3 (1) the power of the legislature of the state of assam to make j 0 laws, which has been declared by the proclamat:on to be exercisable by or under the authority of parliament, is hereby conferred on the president (2) in the exercise of the sad power, the president may, from time to time, whether parliament is or is not in session, enact, as ii president's l) act, a bill containing such provisions as he considers necessary: conter ment on the presi dertof the power of the state lelisla ture to make lawi provided that before enading any sucb ad, the president sbau, whenever he considers it practicable to do so, c'odsuit a committee eonstituted for the purpose, consisting of thirty members of the house of the people nominated by the speaker add meed memben of the cowdl 20 of states nominated by the chairman  , ~  (3) every act enacted by the president under sub-sectidn· (2)' shall, as soon as may be after enactment, be laid before each howe 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 subsection (3), which period may be (!omprised in one jession 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 i 0 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 "'~ ::1incie&! ~rtdll~tim~~ t~ g,il'"dltn jithtbtamber, ~! ~ :powcsof >tm ~slan'" f)f thtf is''1lei_~~iliie''ftow''i_er­'\ ciiiaq,l~ by ol'-bnder1the -tborit, ef parj:;amtnt ~tlfris1atift,1ne88ures 'asmay hecnerl8lsal'y '-ihatstme catt,be tltk'up'by~diememtoll:l1 by  ':pi'8'pnl itsomiimlsfrand·evfttrtbell, ,it ''b ukely; ~1p1rtiameftt  may ~'hav,time te deal with all t~atiiye-rneu  ,fortae'state"lt is, r ~~",,  p:!bpeaedti'iilt'parliament,_euld;ia - -nee :wltll·,tm·pro-"yili~, ~8u})clau~r <a) :afr ,dense' (1) cjf'i~e' ~ _ute coaeiltutian, confer by law on the president the f;)ower of the legislature of ~state of ass/ilm to make laws for the state the present bill is intende d to give effect to this proposal litew oel1u; the 21st june, 1980 zail singh ~  , l1he proviso to sub-clause (2) of clause 3 of the bill providel for the  ·:onpiiutioil of a committee :fer conwultation· reprdlngi prelldedts acta, eenaisting of 80 members of the house of the people and 15 :~nq)ets of tom' council of· states expenses to be incurred in eonnection:' ~th  the meetings oi ti1e consultative 'committee would ~met':frointhe con-, sohdatedfund6f india this cottlmttt;eei will meet '85 and'wbed iil!1cessary  ·the expenditure is not ~ted to be large and is not likely to  elrc!eed rs 2 lakhs during the period in which'the procibmattotr'lft1l1 be  m:i6rce tbebili, if enacted, will not involve any non·recurring expen-i, ditute " '  1 i' , the 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 the 12th day of december, 1979, 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 aforesaid power is required to be laid before each house of parliament and parliament may direct modifications to be made in the 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 be required in respect of the state of assam under the exceptional circumstances arising out of the issue of a proclamation under article 356 of the constitution, this delegation of legislative power is limited to the period when the aforesaid proclamation dated 12th december 1979, will continue to be in force to the extent that it has been usual for parliament to confer on the president such legislative power it can be regarded as of a normal character 1 ,-i  a billto confer on the president the power of the legislature of the ~te  bf  assam to make laws (giani zclil singh, m",,,"r of home affair • ) 