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The Gazette of India
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EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (i)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 101]
NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2025/MAGHA 24, 1946
MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 13th February, 2025
G.S.R. 134(E). -The following Proclamation by the President is published for general information:-
Whereas, I, Droupadi Murmu, President of India, have received a report from the Governor of the State of
Manipur and after considering the report and other information received by me, I am satisfied that a situation has arisen
in which the Government of that State cannot be carried on in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution of
India (hereinafter referred to as the Constitution);
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by article 356 of the Constitution, and of all other powers
enabling me in that behalf, I hereby proclaim that I –
(a) assume to myself as President of India all functions of the Government of the State of Manipur and
all powers vested in or exercisable by the Governor of the that State;
(b) declare that the powers of the Legislature of the said State shall be exercisable by or under the authority
of Parliament; and
(c) make the following incidental and consequential provisions which appear to me to be necessary or
desirable for giving effect to the objects of this Proclamation, namely:-
(i) in exercise of the functions and powers assumed to myself by virtue of clause (a) of this
Proclamation as aforesaid, it shall be lawful for me as President of India to act to such extent as
I think fit through the Governor of the said State;
(ii) the operation of the following provisions of the Constitution in relation to that State is hereby
suspended, namely:-
so much of the proviso to article 3 as relates to the reference by the President to the Legislature
of the State;
so much of clause (2) of article 151 as relates to the laying, before the Legislature of the State,
of the reports submitted to the Governor by the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India;
articles 163 and 164;
so much of clause (3) of article 166 as relates to the allocation among the Ministers of the
business of the Government of the State;
article 167;
so much of clause (1) of article 169 as relates to the passing of a resolution by the Legislative
Assembly of a State;
clause (1), and sub-clause (a) of clause (2), of article 174;
articles 175 to 178 (both inclusive);
clauses (b) and (c) of article 179 and the first proviso thereto;
articles 180,181, 188, 189, 193, 194, 196 and 198; clauses (3) and (4) of article 199;
articles 208 to 211 (both inclusive);
the proviso to clause (1), and the proviso to clause (3) of article 213; and
so much of clause (2) of article 323 as relates to the laying of the report with a memorandum
before the Legislature of the State;
(iii) any reference in the Constitution to the Governor shall, in relation to the said State, be
construed as a reference to the President, and any reference therein to the Legislature of the
State shall, in so far as it relates to the functions and powers thereof, be construed unless the
context otherwise requires, as a reference to the Parliament, and in particular, the references in
article 213 to the Governor and to the Legislature of the State, shall be construed as references
to the President and to Parliament or to the Houses thereof respectively:
Provided that nothing herein shall affect the provisions of article 153, articles 155 to 159
(both inclusive), article 299 and article 361 and paragraphs 1 to 4 (both inclusive) of the Second
Schedule or prevent the President from acting under sub-clause (i) of this clause to such extent
as she thinks fit through the Governor of the said State;
(iv) any reference in the Constitution to Acts or laws of, or made by, the Legislature of the said
State shall be construed as including a reference to Acts or laws made, in exercise of the powers
of the Legislature of the said State, by Parliament by virtue of this Proclamation, or by the
President or other authority referred to in sub-clause (a) of clause (1) of article 357 of the
Constitution, and the Manipur General Clauses Act, 1966 (Manipur Act 3 of 1966), as in force
in the State of Manipur, and so much of the General Clauses Act, 1897 (10 of 1897), as applies
to State laws, shall have effect in relation to any such Act or law as if it were an Act of the
Legislature of the said State.
New Delhi;
The 13th February, 2025.
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DROUPADI MURMU
President
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GOVIND MOHAN, Home Secy.
ORDER
New Delhi, the 13th February, 2025
G.S.R. 135(E).—The following Order by the President is published for general information:—
In pursuance of sub-clause (i) of clause (c) of the Proclamation issued on this the 13th day of February, 2025,
by me under article 356 of the Constitution of India, I hereby direct that all the functions of the Government of the State
of Manipur and all the powers vested in or exercisable by the Governor of that State under the Constitution or under
any law in force in that State, which have been assumed by the President by virtue of clause (a) of the said Proclamation
shall, subject to the superintendence, direction and control of the President, be exercisable also by the Governor of the
said State.
New Delhi;
The 13th February, 2025.
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DROUPADI MURMU
President
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GOVIND MOHAN, Home Secy.