164 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
196 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY, FEB. 26,1948
Schedule, and if a member of Parliament or of the Legislature of any such State be elected/*appointed Governor, he shall be deemed to have vacated His seat in Parliament or such Legislature, as the case may be, on the date on which he enters upon his office as Governor.
(2) The Governor shall not hold any other office or position of emolument.
(3) The Governor shall have an official residence, and there shall be paid to the Governor such emoluments and allowances as may be determined by the Legislature of the State by law and, until provision in that behalf is so made, such emoluments and allowances as are specified in the Second Schedule.
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(4) The emoluments and allowances of the Gover- 15 nor shall not be diminished during his term of office.
Affirmation or oath by the Governor or person discharging the functions of the Governor before entering office.
Procedure for impeachment of the Governor.
- Every Governor and every person discharging the functions of the Governor shall before entering upon his office make and subscribe in the presence of the members of the Legislature of the State an affirmation or oath in the following form, that is to say:—
“I, A. B., do solemnly affirm (or swear) that I will faithfully execute the office of Governor (or discharge the functions of the Governor) of ________ (name of the State) and will to the best of my ability preserve, protect and defend the Constitution and the law and that I will devote myself to the service and well-being of the people of_______________ (name of the State).”
- (1) When a Governor is to be impeached for violation of the Constitution, the charge shall be preferred by the Legislative Assembly of the State.
(2) No such charge shall be preferred unless— 35
(a) the proposal to prefer such charge is contained in a resolution which has been moved after a notice in writing signed by not less than thirty members of the
40 Assembly has been given of their intention to move the resolution, and
*If the second alternative is adopted in article 131, the word
“appointed” will have to be used in clause (1) of this article instead
of the word “elected”.
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