Consider the following statements 1 The creation of local Legislatures or Council of Ministers or bo...........

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Consider the following statements.

1) The creation of local Legislatures or Council of Ministers or both for Union territories requires a constitutional amendment.

2) An MLA holding an Office of Profit is not to be disqualified as a member of legislature of the Union territory.

3) The UT legislatures are free to enact their own clauses for disqualification of members of the legislature.

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Explanation:

A239-A provides for the creation of local Legislatures or Council of Ministers or both for certain Union territories.-

Parliament may by law create for the Union territory of Pondicherry -

a body, whether elected or partly nominated and partly elected, to function as a Legislature for the Union territory, or
A Council of Ministers, or both with such constitution, powers and functions, in each case, as may be specified in the law.

Any such law as is referred to in clause (1) shall not be deemed to be an amendment of this Constitution for the purposes of Article 368 notwithstanding that it contains any provision which amends or has the effect of amending this Constitution.

Statement 2 and 3: Constitutional Disqualifications for Membership of the Legislative Assembly of a Union Territory of Pondicherry are contained in section 14 of the Government of Union Territories Act, 1963. In the first place, you must not hold any office of profit under the Government of India or the Government of any Union Territory other than an office declared by law made by Parliament or by the Legislative Assembly of the Union Territory of Pondicherry not to disqualify its holder. The Pondicherry Legislative Assembly has passed the Pondicherry members of the Legislative Assembly (Prevention of Disqualification) Act, 1994.