Part VI · General
Article 174 Sessions of the State Legislature, prorogation and dissolution.
This article covers sessions of the State Legislature. The Governor summons the House or each House from time to time. Six months shall not pass between the last sitting of one session and the first sitting of the next. This keeps every State Legislature meeting regularly. The Governor may prorogue the House or either House.
- (1) The Governor shall from time to time summon the House or each House of the Legislature of the State to meet at such time and place as he thinks fit, but six months shall not intervene between its last sitting in one session and the date appointed for its first sitting in the next session.
- (2) The Governor may from time to time— (a) prorogue the House or either House; (b) dissolve the Legislative Assembly.
What it means
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This article covers sessions of the State Legislature. The Governor summons the House or each House from time to time. Six months shall not pass between the last sitting of one session and the first sitting of the next. This keeps every State Legislature meeting regularly. The Governor may prorogue the House or either House. The Governor may also dissolve the Legislative Assembly.