Part VI · General
Article 175 Right of Governor to address and send messages to the House or Houses.
This article gives the Governor a right of direct communication with the legislature. The Governor may address the Legislative Assembly, or either House, or both Houses together. For that purpose the Governor may require the attendance of members. The Governor may also send messages to the House or Houses, for example on a pending Bill.
- (1) The Governor may address the Legislative Assembly or, in the case of a State having a Legislative Council, either House of the Legislature of the State, or both Houses assembled together, and may for that purpose require the attendance of members.
- (2) The Governor may send messages to the House or Houses of the Legislature of the State, whether with respect to a Bill then pending in the Legislature or otherwise, and a House to which any message is so sent shall with all convenient despatch consider any matter required by the message to be taken into consideration.
What it means
Plain words summary of the article above. Not legal advice.
This article gives the Governor a right of direct communication with the legislature. The Governor may address the Legislative Assembly, or either House, or both Houses together. For that purpose the Governor may require the attendance of members. The Governor may also send messages to the House or Houses, for example on a pending Bill. A House must consider such a message with all convenient despatch.