Question

What is Ordinance?

Hint:

Keywords: Art. 123/213, “not in session,” immediate action, 6 weeks after reassembly.

Answer 1

An ordinance has the same force as an Act but must be laid before the legislature and will cease to operate six weeks after reassembly unless passed into law. It cannot contravene the Constitution and is limited to the law-making competence of Parliament/State legislature; judicial review applies to test necessity and constitutionality (≈58 words).