172 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
204 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY, FEB. 26,1948
Age-limit for membership of the State Legislature.
Sessions of the State Legislature, prorogation and dissolution.
Right of Governor to address and send messages to the Houses.
(2) The Legislative Council of a State shall not be subject to dissolution, but as nearly as may be one-third of the members thereof shall retire as soon as may be on the expiration of every third year in accordance with the provisions made in that behalf by the Legislature of the State by law.
A person shall not be qualified to be chosen to fill a seat in the Legislature of a State unless he is, in the case of a seat in a Legislative Assembly, not less than twenty-five years of age and in the case of a seat in a Legislative Council, not less than thirty-five years of age.
(1) The House or Houses of the Legislature of the State shall be summoned to meet twice at least in every year, and six months shall not intervene between their last sitting in one session and the date appointed for their first sitting in the next session.
(3) The functions of the Governor under subclauses (a) and (c) of clause (2) of this article shall be exercised by him in his discretion.
- (1) The Governor may address the Legislative Assembly or in the case of a State having a Legislative Council, either House of the Legislature of the State, or both Houses assembled together, and may for that purpose require the attendance of members.
(2) The Governor may send messages to the House or Houses of the Legislature of the State whether with respect to a Bill then pending in the
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(2) Subject to the provisions of this article, the Governor may from time to time— 20
(a) summon the Houses or either House to meet at such time and place as he thinks fit;
(b) prorogue the House or Houses;
(c) dissolve the Legislative Assembly,
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