Q. Under Article 123 of the Constitution, the President has the powers to issue ordinances. Every ordinance made by the President during the recess of the Parliament must be laid before both Houses and it ceases to operate at the expiration of from the reassembly of the Parliament
Solution:
An Ordinance promulgated under this article shall have the same force and effect as an Act of Parliament, but every such Ordinance
(a) shall be laid before both Houses of Parliament and shall cease to operate at the expiration of six weeks from the reassembly of Parliament, or, of before the expiration of that period resolutions disapproving it are passed by both Houses, upon the passing of the second of those resolutions; and
(b) may be withdrawn at any time by the President.
Explanation: Where the Houses of Parliament are summoned to reassemble on different dates, the period of six weeks shall be reckoned from the later of those dates for the purposes of this clause.
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