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The Government of Union Territories Act, 1963

70 sections · As amended up to 2026-08

Sections

  1. 0Section 0
  2. 1Subs. by Act 18 of 1987, s. 65, for "a Union territory" (w.e.f. 30-5-1987)
  3. 2Secton 20 renumbered as sub-section (1) thereof by Act 83 of 1971, s. 5 (w.e.f. 16-2-1972)
  4. 3Legislative Assemblies for Union territories and their composition
  5. 4The Explanation ins. by Act 19 of 1984, s. 2 (w.e.f. 8-5-1984)
  6. 5Duration of Legislative Assemblies
  7. 6Sessions of Legislative Assembly, prorogation and dissolution
  8. 7Speaker and Deputy Speaker of Legislative Assembly
  9. 8Speaker or Deputy Speaker not to preside while a resolution for his removal from office is under con
  10. 9Right of Administrator to address and send messages to Legislative Assembly
  11. 10Rights of Ministers as respects Legislative Assembly
  12. 11Oath or affirmation by members
  13. 12Voting in Assembly, power of Assembly to act notwithstanding vacancies and quorum
  14. 13Vacation of seats
  15. 14Disqualifications for membership
  16. 14ADisqualification on ground of defection for being a member
  17. 15Penalty for sitting and voting before making oath or affirmation or when not qualified or when disqu
  18. 16Powers, privileges, etc., of members
  19. 17Salaries and allowances of members
  20. 18Extent of legislative power
  21. 19Exemption of property of the Union from taxation
  22. 20Restrictions or laws passed by Legislative Assembly with respect to certain matters
  23. 21Inconsistency between laws made by Parliament and laws made by Legislative Assembly
  24. 22Sanction of the administrator required for certain legislative proposals
  25. 23Special provisions as to financial Bills
  26. 24Procedure as to lapsing of Bills
  27. 25ABills reserved for consideration
  28. 26Requirements as to sanction and recommendations to be regarded as matters of procedure only
  29. 27Annual financial statement
  30. 28Procedure in Legislative Assembly with respect to estimates
  31. 29Appropriation Bills
  32. 30Supplementary, additional or excess grants
  33. 31Votes on account
  34. 32Authorisation of expenditure pending its sanction by Legislative Assembly
  35. 33Rules of procedure
  36. 34Official language or languages of Union territory and language or languages to be used in Legislativ
  37. 35Language to be used for Acts, Bills, etc
  38. 36Restriction on discussion in the Legislative Assembly
  39. 37Courts not to inquire into proceedings of Legislative Assembly
  40. 38Definitions
  41. 39Assembly constituencies
  42. 40Representation of Pondicherry in the House of the People
  43. 41Duties of Delimitation Commission
  44. 42Associate members
  45. 43Procedure as to delimitation
  46. 43ASpecial provision for delimitation of constituencies of Mizoram Legislative Assembly
  47. 43BRepresentation of Arunachal Pradesh in the House of the people
  48. 43CSpecial provisions for delimitation of parliamentary constituencies in Arunachal Pradesh and constit
  49. 43DSpecial provision for determination of constituencies in the Legislative Assembly of Goa,
  50. 43ESpecial provisions as to readjustment of territorial constituencies
  51. 43FSpecial provision as to readjustment of territorial constituencies on the basis of 2001 census
  52. 44Council of Ministers
  53. 45Other provisions as to Ministers
  54. 46Conduct of business
  55. 47Consolidated Fund of the Union territory
  56. 47APublic Account of the Union territory and moneys credited to it
  57. 48Contingency Fund of the Union territory
  58. 48ABorrowing upon the security of the Consolidated Fund of the Union Territory
  59. 48BForm of accounts of the Union territory
  60. 49Audit reports
  61. 50Relation of Administrator and his Ministers to President
  62. 51Provision in case of failure of constitutional machinery
  63. 52Authorisation of expenditure by President
  64. 53Provisions for election to Parliament from Goa, Daman and Diu, and Pondicherry
  65. 54Transitional provisions for administration of justice in certain areas in the Union territory of Miz
  66. 54AProvision as to provisional Legislative Assembly of Arunachal Pradesh
  67. 55Contracts and suits
  68. 56Power of President to remove difficulties
  69. 57Amendment to certain enactments
  70. 58Repeal and savings