Section 22: Sanction of the Administrator required for certain legislative proposals

No Bill or amendment shall be introduced into, or moved in, the Legislative Assembly of [the Union territory] without the previous sanction of the Administrator, if such Bill or Amendment makes provision with respect to any of the following matters, namely:―

(a) constitution and organisation of the court of the Judicial Commissioner;

(b) jurisdiction and powers of the court of the Judicial Commissioner with respect to any of the matters in the State List or the Concurrent List in the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution.

Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in), the consolidated text published by the Legislative Department, Government of India. Text as updated on India Code on 15 October 2026. Words in square brackets [ ] were inserted or substituted by later amending Acts, and *** marks words omitted by an amendment. The amendment footnotes are not reproduced here. Official text on India Code.

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