Council of Ministers 163. Council of Ministers to aid and advise Governor. (1) There shall be a Council of Ministers with the Chief Minister at the head to aid and advise the Governor in the exercise of his functions, except in so far as he is by or under thisKEEP READING
164. Other provisions as to Ministers. (1) The Chief Minister shall be appointed by the Governor and the other Ministers shall be appointed by the Governor on the advice of the Chief Minister, and the Ministers shall hold office during the pleasure of the Governor: Provided that in the StatesKEEP READING
The Advocate-General for the State 165. Advocate-General for the State. (1) The Governor of each State shall appoint a person who is qualified to be appointed a Judge of a High Court to be Advocate-General for the State. (2) It shall be the duty of the Advocate-General to give adviceKEEP READING
Conduct of Government Business 166. Conduct of business of the Government of a State. (1) All executive action of the Government of a State shall be expressed to be taken in the name of the Governor. (2) Orders and other instruments made and executed in the name of the GovernorKEEP READING
167. Duties of Chief Minister as respects the furnishing of information to Governor, etc. It shall be the duty of the Chief Minister of each State- (a) to communicate to the Governor of the State all decisions of the Council of Ministers relating to the administration of the affairs ofKEEP READING
General 168. Constitution of Legislatures in States. (1) For every State there shall be a Legislature which shall consist of the Governor, and- (a) in the States of Bihar, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh, two Houses; (b) in other States, one House. (2) Where there are two Houses of theKEEP READING
169. Abolition or creation of Legislative Councils in States. (1) Notwithstanding anything in article 168, Parliament may by law provide for the abolition of the Legislative Council of a State having such a Council or for the creation of such a Council in a State having no such Council, ifKEEP READING
170. Composition of the Legislative Assemblies. (1) Subject to the provisions of article 333, the Legislative Assembly of each State shall consist of not more than five hundred, and not less than sixty, members chosen by direct election from territorial constituencies in the State. (2) For the purposes of clauseKEEP READING
171. Composition of the Legislative Councils. (1) The total number of members in the Legislative Council of a State having such a Council shall not exceed one third of the total number of members in the Legislative Assembly of that State: Provided that the total number of members in theKEEP READING
172. Duration of State Legislatures. (1) Every Legislative Assembly of every State, unless sooner dissolved, shall continue for five years from the date appointed for its first meeting and no longer and the expiration of the said period of five years shall operate as a dissolution of the Assembly: ProvidedKEEP READING
173. Qualification for membership of the State Legislature. A person shall not be qualified to be chosen to fill a seat in the Legislature of a State unless he- (a) is a citizen of India, and makes and subscribes before some person authorised in that behalf by the Election CommissionKEEP READING
174. Sessions of the State Legislature, prorogation and dissolution. (1) The Governor shall from time to time summon the House or each House of the Legislature of the State to meet at such time and place as he thinks fit, but six months shall not intervene between its last sitting inKEEP READING
175. Right of Governor to address and send messages to the House or Houses. (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 thatKEEP READING
176. Special address by the Governor. (1) At the commencement of the first session after each general election to the Legislative Assembly and at the commencement of the first session of each year, the Governor shall address the Legislative Assembly or, in the case of a State having a LegislativeKEEP READING
177. Rights of Ministers and Advocate-General as respects the Houses. Every Minister and the Advocate-General for a State shall have the right to speak in, and otherwise to take part in the proceedings of, the Legislative Assembly of the State or, in the case of a State having a LegislativeKEEP READING
Officers of the State Legislature 178. The Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. Every Legislative Assembly of a State shall, as soon as may be, choose two members of the Assembly to be respectively Speaker and Deputy Speaker thereof and, so often as the office of Speaker orKEEP READING
