Article 151. Audit reports :
Article 153. The Governor :There shall be a Governor for each State. Provided that nothing in this Article shall preventthe appointment of the same person as Governor for twoor more States. Show
Article 154. Executive power of State :
Article 155. Appointment of Governor :
Article 156. Term of office of Governor :
Article 157. Qualifications for appointment as Governor :No person shall be eligible for appointment as Governor unless he is a citizen of India and has completed the age of thirty-five years. Article 158. Conditions of Governor’s office.
Article 159. Oath or affirmation by the Governor :
Article 160. Discharge of the functions of the Governor in certain contingencies :The President may make such provision as he thinks fit for the discharge of the functions of the Governor of a State in any contingency not provided for in this Chapter. Article 161. Power of Governor to grant pardons, etc., and to suspend, remit or commute sentences in certain cases :The Governor of a State shall have the power to grant pardons, reprieves, respites or remissions of punishment or to suspend, remit or commute the sentence of any person convicted of any offence against any law relating to a matter to which the executive power of the State extends. Article 163. Council of Ministers to aid and advise Governor:
Article 164. Other provisions as to Ministers :
Article 165. The Advocate-General for the State :Article 166. Conduct of Business of the Government of a State :Article 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— Article 168. Constitution of Legislatures in States :Article 171. Composition of the Legislative Councils :Of the total number of members of the Legislative Council of a State— The members to be nominated by the Governor under sub-clause (e) of clause (3) shall consist of persons having special knowledge or practical experience in respect of such matters as the following, namely ; Literature, science, art, co-operative movement and social service. Article 174. Sessions of the State Legislature, prorogation and dissolution :Article 175. Right of Governor to address and send messages to the House or Houses.
Article 176. Special address by the Governor :
Article 180. Power of the Deputy Speaker or other person to perform the duties of the office of, or to act as, Speaker :
Article 184. Power of the Deputy Chairman or other person to perform the duties of the office of, or to act as, Chairman :
Article 187. Secretariat of State Legislature :
Article 188. Oath or affirmation by members :Every member of the Legislative Assembly or the Legislative Council of a State shall, before taking his seat, make and subscribe before the Governor, or some person appointed in that behalf by him, an oath or affirmation according to the form set out for the purpose in the Third Schedule. Article 192. Decision on questions as to disqualifications of members :If any question arises as to whether a member of a House of the Legislature of a State has become subject to any of the disqualifications mentioned in clause
Article 199. Definition of “Money Bills” :
Article 200. Assent to Bills :When a Bill has been passed by the Legislative Assembly of a State or, in the case of a State having a Legislative Council, has been passed by both Houses of the Legislature of the State, it shall be presented to the Governor and the Governor shall declare either that he assents to the Bill or that he withholds assent therefrom or that he reserves the Bill for the consideration of the President. Provided that the Governor may, as soon as possible after the presentation to him of the Bill for assent, return the Bill if it is not a Money Bill together with a message requesting that the House or Houses will reconsider the Bill or any specified provisions thereof and, in particular, will consider the desirability of introducing any such amendments as he may recommend in his message and, when a Bill is so returned, the House or Houses shall reconsider the Bill accordingly, and if the Bill is passed again by the House or Houses with or without amendment and presented to the Governor for assent, the Governor shall not withhold assent therefrom. Provided further that the Governor shall not assent to, but shall reserve for the consideration of the President, any Bill which in the opinion of the Governor would, if it became law, so derogate from the powers of the High Court as to endanger the position which that Court is by this Constitution designed to fill. Article 201. Bills reserved for consideration :When a Bill is reserved by a Governor for the consideration of the President, the President shall declare either that he assents to the Bill or that he withholds assent therefrom. Provided that, where the Bill is not a Money Bill, the President may direct the Governor to return the Bill to the House or, as the case may be, the Houses of the Legislature of the State together with such a message as is mentioned in the first proviso to Article 200 and, when a Bill is so returned, the House or Houses shall reconsider it accordingly within a period of six months from the date of receipt of such message and, if it is again passed by the House or Houses with or without amendment, it shall be presented again to the President for his consideration. Article 202. Annual financial statement :
Article 203. Procedure in Legislature with respect to estimates :
Article 205. Supplementary, additional or excess grants :
Article 207. Special provisions as to financial Bills
Article 208. Rules of Procedure :In a State having a Legislative Council the Governor, after consultation with the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and the Chairman of the Legislative Council, may make rules as to the procedure with respect to communications between the two Houses. Article 213. Power of Governor to promulgate Ordinances during recess of Legislature.
Article 217. Appointment and conditions of the office of a Judge of a High Court :
Article 219. Oath or affirmation by Judges of High Courts :Every person appointed to be a Judge of a High Court shall, before he enters upon his office, make and subscribe before the Governor of the State, or some person appointed in that behalf by him, an oath or affirmation according to the form set out for the purpose in the Third Schedule. Article 227. Power of superintendence over all courts by the High Court :
Article 229. Officers and servants and the expenses of High Courts :Subject to the provisions of any law made by the Legislature of the State, the conditions of service of officers and servants of a High Court shall be such as may be prescribed by rules made by the Chief Justice of the Court or by some other Judge or officer of the Court authorised by the Chief Justice to make rules for the purpose. Provided that the rules made under this clause shall, so far as they relate to salaries, allowances, leave or pensions, require the approval of the Governor of the State. Article 230. Extension of jurisdiction of High Courts to Union territories :Where the High Court of a State exercises jurisdiction in relation to a Union territory,
Article 231. Establishment of a common High Court for two or more States :
Article 233. Appointment of district judges :
Article 234. Recruitment of persons other than district judges to the judicial service :Appointments of persons other than district judges to the judicial service of a State shall be made by the Governor of the State in accordance with rules made by him in that behalf after consultation with the State Public Service Commission and with the High Court exercising jurisdiction in relation to such State. Article 237. Application of the provisions of this Chapter to certain class or classes of magistrates :The Governor may by public notification direct that the foregoing provisions of this Chapter and any rules made thereunder shall with effect from such date as may be fixed by him in that behalf apply in relation to any class or classes of magistrates in the State as they apply in relation to persons appointed to the judicial service of the State subject to such exceptions and modifications as may be specified in the notification. Article 243(g). Definition :“village” means a village specified by the Governor by public notification to be a village for the purposes of this Part and includes a group of villages so specified. Article 243(I). Constitution of Finance Commission to review financial position : The Governor of a State shall, as soon as may be within one year from the commencement of the Constitution (Seventy-third Amendment) Act, 1992, and thereafter at the expiration of every fifth year, constitute a Finance Commission to review the financial position of the Panchayats and to make recommendations to the Governor as to—(c) any other matter referred to the Finance Commission by the Governor in the interests
of The Governor shall cause every recommendation made by the Commission under this article together with an explanatory memorandum as to the action taken thereon to be laid before the Legislature of the State. Article 243K. Elections to the Panchayats :
Article 243L. Application to Union territories :The provisions of this Part shall apply to the Union territories and shall, in their application to a Union territory, have effect as if the references to the Governor of a State were references to the Administrator of the Union territory appointed under article 239 and references to the Legislature or the Legislative Assembly of a State were references, in relation to a Union territory having a Legislative Assembly, to that Legislative Assembly. Article 243P(c). Definition :“Metropolitan area” means an area having a population of ten lakhs or more, comprised in one or more districts and consisting of two or more Municipalities or Panchayats or other contiguous areas, specified by the Governor by public notification to be a Metropolitan area for the purposes of this Part; Article 243P(d) Definition :“Municipal area” means the territorial area of a Municipality as is notified by the Governor; Article 243Q. Constitution of Municipalities :
generated for local administration, the percentage of employment in non- agricultural activities, the economic importance or such other factors as he may deem fit, specify by public notification for the purposes of this Part. Article 243-Y. Finance Commission :
Article 243ZB. Application to Union Territories :The provisions of this Part shall apply to the Union territories and shall, in their application to a Union territory, have effect as if the references to the Governor of a State were references to the Administrator of the Union territory appointed under article 239 and references to the Legislature or the Legislative Assembly of a State were references in relation to a Union territory having a Legislative Assembly, to that Legislative Assembly: Article 243ZD. Committee for district planning :Every District Planning Committee shall, in preparing the draft development plan,—
Article 255. Requirements as to recommendations and previous sanctions to be regarded as matters of procedure only :No Act of Parliament or of the Legislature of a State, and no provision in any such Act, shall be invalid by reason only that some recommendation or previous sanction required by this Constitution was not given, if assent to that Act was given—
Article 258A.Power of the States to entrust functions to the Union :Notwithstanding anything in this Constitution, the Governor of a State may, with the consent of the Government of India, entrust either conditionally or unconditionally to that Government or to its officers functions in relation to any matter to which the exclusive power of the State extends. Article 267. Contingency Fund :The Legislature of a State may by law establish a Contingency Fund in the nature of an impress to be entitled “the Contingency Fund of the State” into which shall be paid from time to time such sums as may be determined by such law, and the said Fund shall be placed at the disposal of the Governor of the State to enable advances to be made by him out of such Fund for the purposes of meeting unforeseen expenditure pending authorisation of such expenditure by the Legislature of the State by law under article 205 or article 206. Article 294. Succession to property, assets, rights, liabilities and obligations in certain cases :As from the commencement of this Constitution—
Article 299. Contracts :
Article 309. Recruitment and conditions of service of persons serving the Union or a State : Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, Acts of the appropriate Legislature may regulate the recruitment, and conditions of service of persons appointed, to public services and posts in connection Article 310. Tenure of office of persons serving the Union or a State :
Article 311.Dismissal, removal or reduction in rank of persons employed in civil capacities under the Union or a State :No such person as aforesaid shall be dismissed or removed or reduced in rank except after an inquiry in which he has been informed of the charges against him and given a reasonable opportunity of being heard in respect of those charges. (a) (b) where the President or the Governor, as the case may be, is satisfied that in the interest of the security of the State it is not expedient to hold such inquiry. Article 315. Public Service Commissions for the Union and for the States :The Public Service Commission for the Union, if requested so to do by the Governor of a State, may, with the approval of the President, agree to serve all or any of the needs of the State. Article 316. Appointment and term of office of members :
Article 317. Removal and suspension of a member of a Public Service Commission :The President, in the case of the Union Commission or a Joint Commission, and the Governor in the case of a State Commission, may suspend from office the Chairman or any other member of the Commission in respect of whom a reference has been made to the Supreme Court under clause (1) until the President has passed orders on receipt of the report of the Supreme Court on such reference. Article 318. Power to make regulations as to conditions of service of members and staff of the Commission :In the case of the Union Commission or a Joint Commission, the President and, in the case of a State Commission, the Governor of the State may by regulations—
Article 320. Function of Public Service Commission :The Union Public Service Commission or the State Public Service Commission, as the case may be, shall be consulted—
All regulations made under the proviso to clause (3) by the President or the Governor of a State shall be laid for not less than fourteen days before each House of Parliament or the House or each House of the Legislature of the State, as the case may be, as soon as possible after they are made, and shall be subject to such modifications, whether by way of repeal or amendment, as both Houses of Parliament or the House or both Houses of the Legislature of the State may make during the session in which they are so laid. Article 323. Reports of Public Service Commissions :It shall be the duty of a State Commission to present annually to the Governor of the State a report as to the work done by the Commission, and it shall be the duty of a Joint Commission to present annually to the Governor of each of the States the needs of which are served by the Joint Commission a report as to the work done by the Commission in relation to that State, and in either case the Governor, shall, on receipt of such report, cause a copy thereof together with a memorandum explaining, as respects the cases, if any, where the advice of the Commission was not accepted, the reasons for such non-acceptance to be laid before the Legislature of the State. Article 324. Superintendence, direction and control of elections to be vested in an Election Commission :The President, or the Governor of a State, shall, when so requested by the Election Commission, make available to the Election Commission or to a Regional Commissioner such staff as may be necessary for the discharge of the functions conferred on the Election Commission by clause (1). Article 333. Representation of the Anglo-Indian community in the Legislative Assemblies of the States :Notwithstanding anything in article 170, the Governor of a State may, if he is of opinion that the Anglo-Indian community needs representation in the Legislative Assembly of the State and is not adequately represented therein, nominate one member of that community to the Assembly Article 338. National Commission for Scheduled Castes :Where any such report, or any part thereof, relates to any matter with which any State Government is concerned, a copy of such reports shall be forwarded to the Governor of the State who shall cause it to be laid before the Legislature of the State along with a memorandum explaining the action taken or proposed to be taken on the recommendations relating to the State and the reasons for the non-acceptance, if any, of any of such recommendations. Article 338A. National Commission for Scheduled Tribes :Where any such report, or any part thereof, relates to any matter with which any State Government is concerned, a copy of such report shall be forwarded to the Governor of the State who shall cause it to be laid before the Legislature of the State along with a memorandum explaining the action taken or proposed to be taken on the recommendations relating to the State and the reasons for the non-acceptance, if any, of any of such recommendations. Article 341. Scheduled Castes :
Article 342. Scheduled Tribes :
Article 348. Language to be used in the Supreme Court and in the High Courts and for Acts, Bills, etc. :
Article 356. Provisions in case of failure of constitutional machinery in States :
Article 361. Protection of President and Governors and Rajpramukhs :
Article 367. Interpretation :Any reference in this Constitution to Acts or laws of, or made by, Parliament, or to Acts or laws of, or made by, the Legislature of a State, shall be construed as including a reference to an Ordinance made by the President or, to an Ordinance made by a Governor, as the case may be. Second Schedule and Other Schedules. What are the powers of the governor quizlet?A governor's main job, like that of the president, is to head the executive branch of government. In this role, he or she is responsible for making sure that the laws of the state are carried out. Also, just as the president commands the nation's armed forces, the governor is the head of the state's National Guard.
What is an example of the governor's formal powers?All 50 state Governors have the power to veto whole legislative measures. In a large majority of states, a bill will become law unless it is vetoed by the Governor within a specified number of days, which vary among states.
Which state governors have the most power?Because of the extent of these constitutional powers, the Governor of Maryland has been ranked as being among the most powerful governors in the United States.
What are the five formal powers of most state governors?What are five formal powers of most governors? -Power to Appoint: Can appoint their own teams to push their agenda. -Power to Veto: Can veto bills the governor does not deem appropriate. -Power to Call Special Sessions: Can call legislature to meet when he deems necessary.
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