emergency has been made, the Head of the Unit should exercise such powers in the Unit as may be conferred upon him by the Head of the State.
Council of Ministers
88. Council of Ministers to aid and advise the Head of a Unit.- (1) There should be a Council of Ministers, with the Chief Minister at the head, to aid and advise the Head of the Unit in the exercise of his functions except in those cases where he is empowered to act in his discretion.
(2) The question whether any, and if so what, advice was tendered by Ministers to the Head of the Unit should not be enquired into in any courted law.
89. Other provisions as to Ministers.- (1) The Chief Minister should be appointed by the Head of the Unit and the other Ministers including Deputy Ministers and Parliamentary Secretaries should be appointed by the Head of the Unit on the advice of the Chief Minister.
(2) A Minister including a Chief Minister and a Deputy Minister who for any period of six consecutive months is not a member of the Legislature of the Unit Should at the expiration of that period cease to be a Minister.
(3) Deputy Ministers and Parliamentary Secretaries should not be members of the Council of Ministers.
(4) The Ministers including the Deputy Ministers and Parliamentary Secretaries should hold office during the pleasure of the Head of the Unit.
90. Salary and allowances of Ministers, etc:— The salaries and allowances of Ministers, Deputy Ministers and Parliamentary Secretaries should be such as the Legislature of the Unit may from time to time by Act determine, and until the Legislature of the Unit so determines, should be the same as were payable immediately before the commencement of the Constitution; provided that these should not be varied to the disadvantage of an incumbent during his term of office.
91. Oath of Ministers, Oath of allegiance.- The Ministers for the Unit should be required to take oaths of allegiance, office and secrecy: Provided that in the case of a Muslim Minister the oath of office should include an affirmation to the effect that both in this personal and public life, he will endeavor to fulfill the obligations and duties enjoined by the Holy Quran and the Sunnah.
92. Joint responsibility of Ministers to the Unit Legislature:— The Ministers in the Units should be collectively responsible to the Legislatures of the Units.
93. Protection in respect of the act of choosing Ministers:— The action of the Head of the Unit in appointing or dismissing a Minister should not be called in question in any court of law.
