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Monday, 16 June 2014

IMPORTANT TIME LIMITS IN INDIAN CONSTITUTION

** Maximum interval between two sessions of
Parliament/State Assembly : Six months
** Maximum life of Presidential Ordinance : Six
months + Six weeks
** Maximum period within which an election is
to be held to fill a vacancy created by the death, resignation or removal, or otherwise of a
President : Six months
** Maximum duration for which President’s rule
can be imposed in a state : Six months
extendable upto a maximum of three years
** Time after which money bill passed by Lok Sabha is deemed to have been passed by Rajya
Sabha when no action is taken by it : 14 days
** Maximum duration for which a President/
Vice- President/Governor may hold his office
from the date on which he enters his office : 5
years ** Maximum duration for which a Lok Sabha/
State Legislature may function from the date
appointed for its first meeting : 5 years
** Maximum period for which the term of a Lok
Sabha/State Legislature may be extended while
a Proclamation of Emergency is in operation : 1 year at a time
** Where the term of a Lok Sabha/State
Legislature has been extended while a
Proclamation of Emergency is in operation, the
maximum period for which he Lok Sabha/State
Legislature may continue to function after the Proclamation of Emergency has ceased to
operate : Six months
** Maximum duration for which a Union
Minister/ State Minister may hold his office
without being a member of either of the houses
of the Parliament/ State Legislature : Six months ** Maximum duration for which a member of
either House of Parliament may be absent
without permission, before his seat is declared
is vacant : 60 days
** Maximum period within which a person
who is arrested and detained in custody shall be produced before the nearest magistrate : 24
hours
** Maximum duration for which a Panchayat/
Municipality shall function from the date
appointed for its first meeting : 5 years
** Maximum duration for which a member of a Public Service Commission may hold his office
subject to his not attaining the age of sixty-five
years : 6 years
** Maximum duration for which a member of a
State Commission may hold his office subject to
his not attaining the age of sixty-two years : 6 years

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