PART VIII
[१][THE UNION TERRITORIES]
Administration of Union territories.
[२][239. (1) Save as otherwise provided by Parliament by law, every Union territory shall be administered by the President acting , to such extent as he thinks fit, through an administrator to be appointed by him with such designation as he may specify.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in Part VI, the President may appoint the Governor of a State as the administrator of an adjoining Union territory, and where a Governor is so appointed he shall exercise his functions as such administrator independently of his Council of Ministers.
Power of President to make regulations for certain Union territories.
240. (1) The President may make regulations for the peace progress and good government of the Union territory of—
- (a) the Andaman and Nicobar Islands;
- (b) the Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Islands.
(2) Any regulation so made may repeal or amend any Act made by Parliament or any existing law which is for the time being applicable to the Union territory and, when promulgated by the President, shall have the same force and effect as an act of Parliament which applies to that territory.]
High Courts for Union territories
241. (1) Parliament may by law constitute a High Court for a [३][Union territory] or declare any court in any [४][such territory] to be a High Court for all or any of the purposes of this Constitution.
(2) The provisions of Chapter V of Part VI shall apply in relation to every High Court referred to in clause (1) as they apply in relation to a High Court referred to in article 214 subject to such modifications or exceptions as Parliament may by law provide.
[५][(3) Subject to the provisions of this Constitution and to the provisions of any law of the appropriate Legislature made by virtue of powers conferred on the Legislature by or under this Constitution, every High Court exercising jurisdiction immediately before the commencement of the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, in relation to any Union territory shall continue to exercise such jurisdiction in relation to that territory after such commencement.
- ↑ Subs. by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, s. 17, for the original heading "THE STATES IN PART C OF THE FIRST SCHEDULE".
- ↑ Subs., ibid., for the original arts. 239 and 240.
- ↑ Subs. by s. 29 and Sch., ibid., for "State specified in Part C of the First Schedule".
- ↑ Subs., ibid., for "such State".
- ↑ Subs. ibid. for the original clauses (3) and (4).
