Bare ActsThe GOVERNMENT OF UNION TERRITORIES ACT, 1963

Section 20

Restrictions or laws passed by Legislative Assembly with respect to certain matters

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Restrictions or laws passed by Legislative Assembly with respect to certain matters.―2[1] The provisions of article 286, article 287 and article 288 shall apply in relation to any law passed by the Legislative Assembly of 1[the Union territory] with respect to any of the matters referred to in those articles as they apply in relation to any law passed by the Legislature of a State with respect to those matters. 3[(2) The provisions of article 304 shall, with the necessary modifications, apply in relation to any law passed by the Legislative Assembly of 1[the Union territory] with respect to any of the matters referred to in that article as they apply in relation to any law passed by the Legislature of a State with respect to those matters.] 4[21. Inconsistency between laws made by Parliament and laws made by Legislative Assembly.―If any provision of a law made by the Legislative Assembly of 1[the Union territory] with respect to any matter enumerated in the State List in the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution is repugnant to any provision of a law made by Parliament with respect to that matter, whether passed before or after the law made by the Legislative Assembly of the Union territory, or, if any provision of a law made by the Legislative Assembly of 1[the Union territory] with respect to any matter enumerated in the Concurrent List in the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution is repugnant to any provision of any earlier law, other than a law made by the Legislative Assembly of the Union territory, with respect to that matter, then, in either case, the law made by Parliament, or, as the case may be, such earlier law shall prevail and the law made by the Legislative Assembly of the Union territory shall, to the extent of the repugnancy, be void:

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