The Chandigarh (Delegation of Powers) Act, 1987
## THE CHANDIGARH (DELEGATION OF POWERS) ACT, 1987
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 ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
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SECTIONS

1. Short title and extent.
2. Definition.
3. Delegation of powers, etc., vested in Administrator.
4. Validation.

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## THE CHANDIGARH (DELEGATION OF POWERS) ACT, 1987

 ACT NO. 2 OF 1988

[3rd, January, 1988.]

## An Act to provide for the delegation of powers vested in the Administrator of the Union territory
 of Chandigarh.

BE it enacted by Parliament in the Thirty-eighth Year of the Republic of India as follows:—

**1. Short title and extent.—(1) This Act may be called the Chandigarh (Delegation of Powers) Act,**

1987.

(2) It extends to the whole of the Union territory of Chandigarh.

**2. Definition.—In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, “Administrator” means the**

administrator of the Union territory of Chandigarh appointed by the President under article 239 of the
Constitution.

**3. Delegation of powers, etc., vested in Administrator.—(1) Any power, authority or jurisdiction or**

any duty which the Administrator may exercise or discharge under any law in force in the Union territory
of Chandigarh may be exercised or discharged also by such officer or other authority as may be specified
in this behalf by the Central Government or the Administrator by notification in the Official Gazette.

(2) The Administrator may transfer any appeal or application for revision or any other matter

pending before him for disposal to an officer or other authority competent under sub-section (1) to
dispose of the same.

(3) The Administrator may withdraw for disposal by himself any appeal or application for revision or

any other matter pending before an officer or other authority competent under sub-section (1) to dispose
of the same.

**4.Validation.—Notwithstanding any judgment, decree or order of any court or tribunal or other**

authority to the contrary, where any power, authority or jurisdiction or any duty which the Administrator
may exercise or discharge under any law in force in the Union territory of Chandigarh had been exercised
or discharged by any officer or other authority before the commencement of this Act, such power,
authority, jurisdiction or duty shall be deemed to have been validly and effectively exercised or
discharged by such officer or other authority as if the provisions of sub-section (1) of section 3 were in
force at all material times when such power, authority or jurisdiction was exercised or such duty was
discharged and that officer or other authority had been specified as an officer or other authority by the
Central Government or the Administrator in that behalf under the said sub-section, and accordingly, no
suit or other proceeding shall be instituted, maintained or continued in any court or tribunal or before
other authority on the ground that such officer or other authority was not competent to exercise such
power, authority or jurisdiction or to discharge such duty.

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