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Constitution of India

Section 168

Constitution of Legislatures in States

Statutory Content

(1) For every State there shall be a Legislature which shall consist of the Governor, and —   (a) in the States of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Uttar Pradesh, two Houses;   (b) in other States, one House.   (2) Where there are two Houses of the Legislature of a State, one shall be known as the Legislative Council and the other as the Legislative Assembly, and where there is only one House, it shall be known as the Legislative Assembly.