Union Territories Act, 1963

E66494

Act of Parliament of India Indian statute

The Union Territories Act, 1963 is an Indian law that provided the constitutional and administrative framework for governing certain Union Territories, including creating key offices such as that of the Lieutenant Governor.

Statements (29)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Act of Parliament of India ⓘ Indian statute ⓘ
administeredBy	Ministry of Home Affairs, India ⓘ surface form: Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India
appliesTo	certain Union territories without full statehood ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
createsInstitutionalRole	Administrator as representative of the President in a Union territory ⓘ Lieutenant Governor as head of Union territory administration ⓘ
definesOffice	Administrator of a Union territory ⓘ Lieutenant Governor of a Union territory ⓘ
enactedUnder	Constitution of India ⓘ
governingBodyCreated	Union territory administration headed by Lieutenant Governor or Administrator ⓘ
governs	Union territories of India ⓘ
jurisdiction	Union of India ⓘ
legalDomain	administrative law ⓘ constitutional law ⓘ
legislature	Parliament of India ⓘ
providesFrameworkFor	administration of certain Union territories ⓘ constitutional status of certain Union territories ⓘ
purpose	to clarify powers and responsibilities of Union territory authorities ⓘ to provide a statutory scheme for administration of Union territories ⓘ
relatedTo	Article 239 of the Constitution of India ⓘ administration of Union territories by the President of India ⓘ
shortTitle	Union Territories Act, 1963 self-link ⓘ
subjectMatter	appointment of Lieutenant Governors and Administrators ⓘ distribution of executive powers in Union territories ⓘ powers and functions of Administrators ⓘ powers and functions of Lieutenant Governors ⓘ relationship between Union Government and Union territories ⓘ
typeOfRegulation	framework for governance of Union territories ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands → officeCreatedUnder → Union Territories Act, 1963 ⓘ

Union Territories Act, 1963 → shortTitle → Union Territories Act, 1963 self-link ⓘ