LEGISLATIVE POWERS OF THE GOVERNOR

Article 213 of the constitution provides that if at any time, except when the Legislative Assembly is in session, the Governor is satisfied that circumstances exist which render it necessary to take immediate action, he may promulgate such ordinance as the circumstances appear to him to require .The Governor can not however , without instructions from the president, promulgate an ordinance if:-- (a) a Bill containing the same provisions would under the constitution have required the previous sanction of the president for the Introduction thereof into the Legislature.(b) he would have deemed it necessary to reserve a Bill containing the same provisions for the consideration of the President.(c) an Act of the Legislature of the state containing the same provisions would under the constitution have been invalid unless, having been reserved for the consideration of the President, it had received the assent of the President. An ordinance has the same force and effect as an Act of the Legislature of the state assented to by the Governor.An ordinance is required to be laid before the Legislative Assembly and ceases to operate at the expiration of six weeks from the re - assembly of the Legislature, or if before the expiration of that period it is either withdrawn by the Governor or a resolution disapproving it is passed by the Legislative Assembly. An ordinance relating to matters enumerated in the concurrent list and containing provisions repugnant to an Act of Parliament is deemed to be an Act of the state legislature if the same has been reserved for the consideration of the President and has been assented to by him .