25TH JULY 2014 MINISTRY OF LAW & JUSTICE LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF LAW & JUSTICE

LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT

RAJYA SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1881

TO BE ANSWERED ON FRIDAY, THE 25TH JULY, 2014.

STATUS OF BILLS PASSED BY MADHYA PRADESH ASSEMBLY

+1881. SHRI DIGVIJAYA SINGH:

Will the Minister of LAW AND JUSTICE be pleased to statethe number of Bills passed by Madhya Pradesh Assembly which are pending for Hon'ble President's assent and the reasons therefor?

ANSWER MINISTER OF LAW AND JUSTICE AND COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)

The Government of Madhya Pradesh has forwarded the Bills as passed by the State Legislature and reserved by the Governor of Madhya Pradesh, under article 200 read with article 254(2) of the Constitution of India for consideration of the President of India under article 201 of the Constitution of India. The lists of the Bills are as under:

Sl. Name of the Bills

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0.

Date of receivin

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1. The Madhya Pradesh AatankavadiEvamUchhedakGatividhiyan TathaSangathitApradh Niyantran Vidheyak, 2010.

25.05.2

2. The Madhya Pradesh Stamp Bill, 2009.

010

03.03.2  

010

08.10.2

3. The Madhya Pradesh KapasBij (Purti, VitranEvamVikraykaViniyamanTathaVikrayMulyakaNirdharan) Vidheyak, 2010.

010

23.09.2

4. The Code of Criminal Procedure (Madhya Pradesh Amendment) Bill, 2013.

013

2. It is further stated that the State Legislations are examined in consultation with the Central Ministries/Departments concerned from three angles, viz.,

(1) Repugnancy with Central laws

(ii) Deviation from National or Central Policy: and

(iii) Legal and Constitutional validity.

Whenever necessary, the State Governments are advised to modify/amend provisions of such legislations/Bills keeping the above in view. Sometimes, discussions are also held with the State Governments and Ministries/Departments of the Government of India with a view to arrive at the final decision. Hence no time frame can be fixed for finalizing the Bill.