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The power of the President of India to issue an ordinance is a -

Article 123 sits in Chapter III of Part V, headed "Legislative Powers of the President". An ordinance "shall have the same force and effect as an Act of Parliament", so the…

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Article 123 sits in Chapter III of Part V, headed "Legislative Powers of the President". An ordinance "shall have the same force and effect as an Act of Parliament", so the power to promulgate it is legislative, though it is exercised by the executive head when Parliament is not in session.

It is not a judicial or quasi-judicial power, and the Supreme Court has treated it as a legislative power that the courts can examine (A.K. Roy v. Union of India; Krishna Kumar Singh v. State of Bihar).

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