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Provided further that whenever the said Legislature is dissolved, or its functioning remains suspended on account of any action taken under any such law as is referred to in clause (1) of article 239A, the administrator shall not promulgate any Ordinance during the period of such dissolution or suspension.

(2) An Ordinance promulgated under this article in pursuance of instructions from the President shall be deemed to be an Act of the Legislature of the Union territory which has been duly enacted after complying with the provisions in that behalf contained in any such law as is referred to in clause (3) of article 239A, but every such Ordinance—

(a) shall be laid before the Legislature of the Union territory and shall cease to operate at the expiration of six weeks from the reassembly of the Legislature or if, before the expiration of that period, a resolution disapproving it is passed by the Legislature, upon the passing of the resolution; and

(b) may be withdrawn at any time by the administrator after obtaining instructions from the President in that behalf.

(3) If and so far as an Ordinance under this article makes any provision which would not be valid if enacted in an Act of the Legislature of the Union territory made after complying with the provisions in that behalf contained in any such law as is referred to in clause (1) of article 239A, it shall be void.".

4. Amendment of article 240.In article 240 of the Constitution,—

(a) in clause (1),—

(i) after entry (e), the following entries shall be inserted, namely:—

• "(f) Mizoram;
• (g) Arunachal Pradesh:";

(ii) in the proviso for the words "Union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu or Pondicherry", the words "Union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu, Pondicherry or Mizoram" shall be substituted;

(iii) after the proviso as so amended, the following further proviso shall be inserted, namely:—

"Provided further that whenever the body functioning as a Legislature for the Union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu, Pondicherry or Mizoram is dissolved, or the functioning of that body as such Legislature remains suspended on account of any action taken under any such law as is referred to in clause (1) on article 239A, the President may, during the period of such dissolution or suspension, make regulations for the peace, progress and good government of that Union territory."

(b) in clause (2) for the words "any existing law", the words "any other law" shall be substituted.