16.Consider the following statements
1. Law made under article 249 is valid only for one year and cannot be extended.
2. The laws made under article 250 cease to exist immediately after the emergency is withdrawn.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
None
Laws made under article 249 can be extended and renewed any no of times, but not exceeding one year at a time.
Article 250
Power of Parliament to legislate with respect to any matter in the State List if a Proclamation of Emergency is in operation
1.Notwithstanding anything in this Chapter, Parliament shall, while a Proclamation of Emergency is in operation, have, power to make laws for the whole or any part of the territory of India with respect to any of the matters enumerated in the State List
2.A law made by Parliament which Parliament would not but for the issue of a Proclamation of Emergency have been competent to make shall, to the extent of the incompetency, cease to have effect on the expiration of a period of six months after the Proclamation has ceased to operate, except as respects things done or omitted to be done before the expiration of the said period
Laws made under article 250 cease to exist 6 months after the emergency has ceased to operate