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The ordinances promulgated by the Governor are subject to the approval of which authority?
A
President of India
B
State Legislature
C
Lok Sabha
D
Vidhan Sabha
Correct Answer:
B
State Legislature
- Article 213 of the Constitution of India provides for ordinancemaking power of Governor of a State in India.
- Ordinances can be promulgated when the State Legislature is not in session, to meet an urgent legislative need according to the Governor.
- Ordinances are temporary legislation having the same power as an Act of the legislature.
- The ordinance must be placed before the State Legislature for approval after the legislature reconvenes.
- If not passed within six weeks of being reassembled, the ordinance will automatically lapse.
- It functions to keep the executive’s temporary power to make law under legislative control, preserving in a plenary sense the idea of legislative supremacy in a parliamentary system.