130 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
162 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY, FEB. 26,1948
(5) A minister who, for any period of six consecutive months, is not a member of either House of Parliament shall at the expiration of that period cease to be a minister.
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AttorneyGeneral for India.
Conduct of business of the Government of India.
(6) The salaries and allowances of ministers shall be such as Parliament may from time to time by law determine and, until Parliament so determine, shall be as specified in the Second Schedule.
The Attorney-General for India
*63. (1) The President shall appoint a person, who is qualified to be appointed a judge of the Supreme Court, to be Attorney-General for India.
(2) It shall be the duty of the Attorney-General to give advice to the Government of India upon such legal matters and to perform such other duties of a legal character, as may from time to time be referred or assigned to him by the President, and to discharge the functions conferred on him by or under this Constitution or any other law for the time being in force.
(3) In the performance of his duties the AttorneyGeneral shall have right of audience in all courts in the territory of India.
(4) The Attorney-General shall hold office during the pleasure of the President, and shall receive such remuneration as the President may determine.
Conduct of Government Business
- (1) All executive action of the Government of India shall be expressed to be taken in the name of 30 the President.
(2) Orders and other instruments made and executed in the name of the President shall be authenticated in such manner as may be specified
*The Committee has substituted the term “Attorney-General for India” for “Advocate-General for India” partly to distinguish him from the Provincial Advocates-General and partly to follow the terminology prevalent in other countries like the U.K. and the U.S.A.