Article 239A Constitution of India: Creation of local Legislatures or Council of Ministers or both for certain Union territories

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 8
Chapter Title Ministry Department
The Union Territories Ministry of Law And Justice Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms

1[(1) Parliament may by law create 2[for the Union territory of 3[Puducherry]]—

(a) A body, whether elected or partly nominated and partly elected, to function as a Legislature for the Union territory, or

(b) A Council of Ministers,

Or both with such constitution, powers and functions, in each case, as may be specified in the law.

(2) Any such law as is referred to in clause (1) shall not be deemed to be an amendment of this Constitution for the purposes of article 368 notwithstanding that it contains any provision which amends or has the effect of amending this Constitution.]

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1. Ins. by the Constitution (Fourteenth Amendment) Act, 1962, s. 4.
2. Subs. by the Goa, Daman and Diu Reorganisation Act, 1987 (18 of 1987), s. 63, for “for any of the Union territories of Goa, Daman and Diu and Pondicherry” (w.e.f. 30-5-1987).
3. Subs. by the Pondicherry (Alteration of Name) Act, 2006 (44 of 2006), s. 4, for “Pondicherry” (w.e.f. 1-10-2006).