Article 187 of the Constitution of India

Verbatim text

of a State shall have a separate secretarial staff: Provided that nothing in this clause shall, in the case of the Legislature of a State having a Legislative Council,be construed as preventing the creation of posts commonto both Houses of such Legislature. (2) The Legislature of a State may by law regulate the recruitment, and the conditions of service of personsappointed, to the secretarial staff of the House or Housesof the Legislature of the State. (3) Until provision is made by the Legislature of the State under clause (2), the Governor may, afterconsultation with the Speaker of the Legislative Assemblyor the Chairman of the Legislative Council, as the casemay be, make rules regulating the recruitment, and theconditions of service of persons appointed, to thesecretarial staff of the Assembly or the Council, and anyrules so made shall have effect subject to the provisionsof any law made under the said clause. Conduct of Business

What this means

The index files this text under article 187 of the Constitution of India.
The index files it under the chapter heading “CHAPTER II.—T HE EXECUTIVE — The Governor”.
The passage runs to about 152 words.
Read plainly, it mentions assembly and association — it protects gathering together or joining a group, union or party (the words used: “Assemblyor”).

The row’s stored title is a body fragment, not a heading (“(1) The House or each House of the Legislature”), so it is not used as the provision’s title here.

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