Article 85 Constitution of India: Sessions of Parliament, prorogation and dissolution

Category of Bare Act Name of the Act Year of Promulgation
Civil Laws The CONSTITUTION OF INDIA 1975
Act Number Enactment Date Chapter Number
36 1975-04-26 5
Chapter Title Ministry Department
The Union Ministry of Law And Justice Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms

3[(1) The President shall from time to time summon each House of Parliament to meet at such time and place as he thinks fit, but six months shall not intervene between its last sitting in one session and the date appointed for its first sitting in the next session.

(2) The President may from time to time-

(a) Prorogue the House or either House;

(b) Dissolve the House of the People.]

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1. Subs. by the Constitution (First Amendment) Act, 1951, s. 6, for art. 85. (w. e. f.18/6/1951)