## CONSTITUTION 239

### CONSTITUTION 239 — Administration of Union territories
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> 2[239. Administration of Union territories.-(1) Save as otherwise
provided by Parliament by law, every Union territory shall be administered by
the President acting, to such extent as he thinks fit, through an administrator to
be appointed by him with such designation as he may specify.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in Part VI, the President may
appoint the Governor of a State as the administrator of an adjoining Union
territory, and where a Governor is so appointed, he shall exercise his functions
as such administrator independently of his Council of Ministers.]
3*[239A. Creation of local Legislatures or Council of Ministers or
both for certain Union territories.-(1) Parliament may by law create 4[for the
Union territory of 5[Puducherry]]-
(a) a body, whether elected or partly nominated and partly elected, to
function as a Legislature for the Union territory, or
(b) a Council of Ministers,
or both with such constitution, powers and functions, in each case, as may be
specified in the law.
(2) Any such law as is referred to in clause (1) shall not be deemed to be
an amendment of this Constitution for the purposes of article 368
notwithstanding that it contains any provision which amends or has the effect of
amending this Constitution.]

1. Subs. by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, s. 17, for the heading "THE
STATES IN PART C OF THE FIRST SCHEDULE" (w.e.f. 1-11-1956).
2. Subs. by s. 17, ibid., for art. 239 (w.e.f. 1-11-1956).
3. Ins. by the Constitution (Fourteenth Amendment) Act, 1962, s. 4 (w.e.f. 28-12-1962).
4. Subs. by the Goa, Daman and Diu Reorganisation Act, 1987 (18 of 1987) s. 63, for "for
any of the Union territories of Goa, Daman and Diu and Pondicherry" (w.e.f. 305-1987).
5. Subs. by the Pondicherry (Alteration of Name) Act, 2006 (44 of 2006), s. 4, for
"Pondicherry" (w.e.f. 1-10-2006).
* Article 239A has been made applicable to Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir by
the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 (34 of 2019) S.13 (w.e.f.
31-10-2019).
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