#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. 



#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.