Statutory resolution
Topic: Parliamentary Procedure, Committees and Privileges · NCERT: Beyond NCERT
Meaning
A statutory resolution is a resolution moved under a provision of the Constitution or an Act of Parliament. The law itself provides for it and decides what the resolution can do. Like all resolutions, it is put to vote. It is one way Parliament keeps a check on special powers of the executive, such as Emergencies and ordinances (temporary laws made by the President when Parliament is not sitting).
Example
Art. 123(2)(a) allows Parliament to pass a resolution disapproving an ordinance. If both Houses pass it, the ordinance stops working. A resolution approving a proclamation of Emergency is another statutory resolution.
Don't confuse with
- Private member's resolution: it is moved by an MP who is not a minister. It expresses an opinion of the House but is not based on any specific constitutional or legal provision.
- Statutory body or statutory rules: "statutory" here only means the resolution comes from a law. It is still a resolution of the House, not a body or a set of rules.
Related concepts
- Substantive motion
- Closure motion
- Closure by compartments
- Kangaroo closure
- Motion of thanks
- Adjournment motion
- Suspension of business motion
- Censure motion
- No-confidence motion
- Confidence motion