## CONSTITUTION 176

### CONSTITUTION 176 — Special address by the Governor
- https://unisonlegal.in/statutes/constitution/176

> 176. Special address by the Governor.-(1) At the commencement of
2[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 Legislative Council,
both Houses assembled together and inform the Legislature of the causes of its
summons.
(2) Provision shall be made by the rules regulating the procedure of the
House or either House for the allotment of time for discussion of the matters
referred to in such address 3***.

1. Subs. by the Constitution (First Amendment) Act, 1951, s. 8, for art.174
(w.e.f. 18-6-1951).
2. Subs. by s. 9, ibid., for "every session" (w.e.f. 18-6-1951).
3. The words "and for the precedence of such discussion over other business of the
House" omitted by s. 9, ibid. (w.e.f. 18-6-1951).
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