Right of Governor to address and send messages to the House or Houses
included in editionWhat does this mean?
The Governor can address the State House or Houses and send messages concerning Bills or other matters. The legislature must consider matters the message requires it to consider.
State Governors, ministers, legislatures, High Courts and the subordinate judiciary.
Why is this provision here?
State representation needs membership standards, regular sittings and structured communication between the constitutional institutions.
This Article number belongs to the original constitutional framework, but its present wording may include later amendments or substitutions. A provision-specific original Assembly debate has not been verified here. The explanation of function above is editorial inference from the text, not an attributed single motive of the framers. The original draft-making archive is a research resource, not proof of a particular historical reason.
The explanation of purpose is an editorial reading of the provision. A drafting motive is attributed only where a linked historical source supports it.
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Source-page notes · may concern neighbouring Articles
1. Subs. by the Constitution (First Amendment) Act, 1951, s. 8, for art.174 (w.e.f. 18-6-1951). 2. Subs. by s. 9, ibid., for "every session" (w.e.f. 18-6-1951). 3. The words "and for the precedence of such discussion over other business of the House" omitted by s. 9, ibid. (w.e.f. 18-6-1951).
Extracted from the Legislative Department’s May 2026 edition. Page footnotes may refer to neighbouring provisions; check their markers in the PDF. Inclusion in this edition does not by itself establish commencement or judicial effect.