Article 239 - Administration of Union territories - Constitution of India

PART VIII. 1 [THE UNION TERRITORIES ] Article. 239. 2 Administration of Union territories.- (1) Save as otherwise provided by Parliament by law, every Union territory shall be administered by the President acting, to such extent as he thinks fit, through an administrator to be appointed by him with such designation as he may specify. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in Part VI, the President may appoint the Governor of a State as the administrator of an adjoining Union territory, and where a Governor is so appointed, he shall exercise his functions as such administrator independently of his Council of Ministers. ************************** Notes : 1. Subs. by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, s. 17, for the heading "THE STATES IN PART C OF THE FIRST SCHEDULE". 2. Substituted by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956 Section 17,for arts. 239 and 240 (w.e.f 1-11-1956)