📜 Official Text

(1) When the State Legislature isn't in session and the Governor is satisfied immediate action is necessary, the Governor may promulgate Ordinances - but not without the President's instructions if the same provisions would have needed the President's prior sanction to introduce, or would have needed reservation for the President's consideration, or would have been invalid without the President's assent. (2) An Ordinance has the force of a state Act, but must be laid before the Legislature and ceases to operate six weeks after reassembly (or earlier if disapproved), and may be withdrawn anytime by the Governor. (3) An Ordinance is void to the extent it makes a provision that would be invalid if enacted as an ordinary state Act.