Governor’s address to State Legislature
- January 6, 2022
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
- Category: DPN Topics
Governor’s address to State Legislature
Subject – Polity
Context – ‘TN committed to target of $1 trillion economy’. Action plan will be formulated to achieve the goal, says Governor in Assembly address
Concept –
Article 175: Right of Governor to address and send messages to the House or Houses.
(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, or 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 dispatch consider any matter required by the message to be taken into consideration.
Article 176: Special address by the Governor.
(1) At the commencement of 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.