{"id":90523,"date":"2025-06-01T10:30:19","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T10:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/?p=90523"},"modified":"2025-06-01T10:30:19","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T10:30:19","slug":"which-of-the-following-statements-regarding-promulgation-of-ordinanc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/which-of-the-following-statements-regarding-promulgation-of-ordinanc\/","title":{"rendered":"Which of the following statement(s) regarding promulgation of ordinanc"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Which of the following statement(s) regarding promulgation of ordinance is\/are correct ?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1. President can promulgate ordinances which are of temporary duration<\/li>\n<li>2. An ordinance promulgated by the President has to be ratified by Parliament within six weeks of its re-assembly<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Select the correct answer using the code given below :<\/p>\n<p>[amp_mcq option1=&#8221;1 only&#8221; option2=&#8221;2 only&#8221; option3=&#8221;Both 1 and 2&#8243; option4=&#8221;Neither 1 nor 2&#8243; correct=&#8221;option3&#8243;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"psc-box-pyq-exam-year-detail\">\n<div class=\"pyq-exam\">\n<div class=\"psc-heading\">This question was previously asked in<\/div>\n<div class=\"psc-title line-ellipsis\">UPSC CAPF &#8211; 2020<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pyq-exam-psc-buttons\"><a href=\"\/pyq\/pyq-upsc-capf-2020.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"psc-pdf-button\" rel=\"noopener\">Download PDF<\/a><a href=\"\/pyq-upsc-capf-2020\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"psc-attempt-button\" rel=\"noopener\">Attempt Online<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section id=\"pyq-correct-answer\">\nThe correct option is C.<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"pyq-key-points\">\nStatement 1 is correct: Article 123 of the Constitution empowers the President to promulgate ordinances when both Houses of Parliament are not in session, or when either of the two Houses is not in session, and circumstances exist which render it necessary for him to take immediate action. These ordinances have the same force and effect as an Act of Parliament but are temporary laws.<br \/>\nStatement 2 is correct: An ordinance promulgated by the President must be laid before both Houses of Parliament when they re-assemble. It ceases to operate at the expiration of six weeks from the re-assembly of Parliament, or if before the expiration of that period resolutions disapproving it are passed by both Houses. The period of six weeks is calculated from the date on which the Houses of Parliament re-assemble, or from the date on which the later of the Houses meets if they re-assemble on different dates.<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"pyq-additional-information\">\nThe maximum life of an ordinance can be six months and six weeks (assuming Parliament does not reassemble for six months and then takes the maximum allowed time of six weeks to approve or disapprove it). Ordinances can be withdrawn by the President at any time.<br \/>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Which of the following statement(s) regarding promulgation of ordinance is\/are correct ? 1. President can promulgate ordinances which are of temporary duration 2. An ordinance promulgated by the President has to be ratified by Parliament within six weeks of its re-assembly Select the correct answer using the code given below : [amp_mcq option1=&#8221;1 only&#8221; option2=&#8221;2 &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Which of the following statement(s) regarding promulgation of ordinanc\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/which-of-the-following-statements-regarding-promulgation-of-ordinanc\/#more-90523\">Detailed Solution<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Which of the following statement(s) regarding promulgation of ordinanc<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1085],"tags":[1288,1099,1175],"class_list":["post-90523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-upsc-capf","tag-1288","tag-indian-polity-and-governance","tag-the-president","no-featured-image-padding"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.2 (Yoast SEO v23.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Which of the following statement(s) regarding promulgation of ordinanc<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The correct option is C. Statement 1 is correct: Article 123 of the Constitution empowers the President to promulgate ordinances when both Houses of Parliament are not in session, or when either of the two Houses is not in session, and circumstances exist which render it necessary for him to take immediate action. These ordinances have the same force and effect as an Act of Parliament but are temporary laws. Statement 2 is correct: An ordinance promulgated by the President must be laid before both Houses of Parliament when they re-assemble. It ceases to operate at the expiration of six weeks from the re-assembly of Parliament, or if before the expiration of that period resolutions disapproving it are passed by both Houses. The period of six weeks is calculated from the date on which the Houses of Parliament re-assemble, or from the date on which the later of the Houses meets if they re-assemble on different dates.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/which-of-the-following-statements-regarding-promulgation-of-ordinanc\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Which of the following statement(s) regarding promulgation of ordinanc\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The correct option is C. Statement 1 is correct: Article 123 of the Constitution empowers the President to promulgate ordinances when both Houses of Parliament are not in session, or when either of the two Houses is not in session, and circumstances exist which render it necessary for him to take immediate action. These ordinances have the same force and effect as an Act of Parliament but are temporary laws. Statement 2 is correct: An ordinance promulgated by the President must be laid before both Houses of Parliament when they re-assemble. It ceases to operate at the expiration of six weeks from the re-assembly of Parliament, or if before the expiration of that period resolutions disapproving it are passed by both Houses. The period of six weeks is calculated from the date on which the Houses of Parliament re-assemble, or from the date on which the later of the Houses meets if they re-assemble on different dates.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/which-of-the-following-statements-regarding-promulgation-of-ordinanc\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"MCQ and Quiz for Exams\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-06-01T10:30:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"rawan239\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"rawan239\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Which of the following statement(s) regarding promulgation of ordinanc","description":"The correct option is C. Statement 1 is correct: Article 123 of the Constitution empowers the President to promulgate ordinances when both Houses of Parliament are not in session, or when either of the two Houses is not in session, and circumstances exist which render it necessary for him to take immediate action. These ordinances have the same force and effect as an Act of Parliament but are temporary laws. Statement 2 is correct: An ordinance promulgated by the President must be laid before both Houses of Parliament when they re-assemble. It ceases to operate at the expiration of six weeks from the re-assembly of Parliament, or if before the expiration of that period resolutions disapproving it are passed by both Houses. The period of six weeks is calculated from the date on which the Houses of Parliament re-assemble, or from the date on which the later of the Houses meets if they re-assemble on different dates.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/which-of-the-following-statements-regarding-promulgation-of-ordinanc\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Which of the following statement(s) regarding promulgation of ordinanc","og_description":"The correct option is C. Statement 1 is correct: Article 123 of the Constitution empowers the President to promulgate ordinances when both Houses of Parliament are not in session, or when either of the two Houses is not in session, and circumstances exist which render it necessary for him to take immediate action. These ordinances have the same force and effect as an Act of Parliament but are temporary laws. Statement 2 is correct: An ordinance promulgated by the President must be laid before both Houses of Parliament when they re-assemble. It ceases to operate at the expiration of six weeks from the re-assembly of Parliament, or if before the expiration of that period resolutions disapproving it are passed by both Houses. The period of six weeks is calculated from the date on which the Houses of Parliament re-assemble, or from the date on which the later of the Houses meets if they re-assemble on different dates.","og_url":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/which-of-the-following-statements-regarding-promulgation-of-ordinanc\/","og_site_name":"MCQ and Quiz for Exams","article_published_time":"2025-06-01T10:30:19+00:00","author":"rawan239","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"rawan239","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/which-of-the-following-statements-regarding-promulgation-of-ordinanc\/","url":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/which-of-the-following-statements-regarding-promulgation-of-ordinanc\/","name":"Which of the following statement(s) regarding promulgation of ordinanc","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/#website"},"datePublished":"2025-06-01T10:30:19+00:00","dateModified":"2025-06-01T10:30:19+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/#\/schema\/person\/5807dafeb27d2ec82344d6cbd6c3d209"},"description":"The correct option is C. Statement 1 is correct: Article 123 of the Constitution empowers the President to promulgate ordinances when both Houses of Parliament are not in session, or when either of the two Houses is not in session, and circumstances exist which render it necessary for him to take immediate action. These ordinances have the same force and effect as an Act of Parliament but are temporary laws. Statement 2 is correct: An ordinance promulgated by the President must be laid before both Houses of Parliament when they re-assemble. It ceases to operate at the expiration of six weeks from the re-assembly of Parliament, or if before the expiration of that period resolutions disapproving it are passed by both Houses. The period of six weeks is calculated from the date on which the Houses of Parliament re-assemble, or from the date on which the later of the Houses meets if they re-assemble on different dates.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/which-of-the-following-statements-regarding-promulgation-of-ordinanc\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/which-of-the-following-statements-regarding-promulgation-of-ordinanc\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/which-of-the-following-statements-regarding-promulgation-of-ordinanc\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"UPSC CAPF","item":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/category\/upsc-capf\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Which of the following statement(s) regarding promulgation of ordinanc"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/#website","url":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/","name":"MCQ and Quiz for Exams","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/#\/schema\/person\/5807dafeb27d2ec82344d6cbd6c3d209","name":"rawan239","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/761a7274f9cce048fa5b921221e7934820d74514df93ef195a9d22af0c1c9001?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/761a7274f9cce048fa5b921221e7934820d74514df93ef195a9d22af0c1c9001?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"rawan239"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com"],"url":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/author\/rawan239\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90523"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90523\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}