Q. Consider the following statements:
1. Parliament can make extraterritorial legislation.
2. Acts of parliament cannot be modified by executive in case of any Union Territories.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Exp) Option (a) is the correct answer.
Statement 1 is correct– The Parliament can make laws for the whole or any part of the territory of India. The territory of India includes the states, union territories, and any other area for the time being included in the territory of India. The Parliament alone can make ‘extraterritorial legislation’. Thus, the laws of the Parliament are also applicable to the Indian citizens and their property in any part of the world.
Statement 2 is incorrect- The Constitution places certain restrictions on the plenary territorial jurisdiction of the Parliament. The President can make regulations for the peace, progress and good government of certain Union Territories. A regulation so made has the same force and effect as an act of Parliament. It may also repeal or amend any act of Parliament in relation to these union territories.
