← President: executive, legislative, ordinance and pardoning powersOrdinance conditions and constitutional controlsFind a topicSearchAn ordinance requires recess conditions and necessity for immediate actionA valid ordinance can amend ordinary legislation within legislative competenceOrdinances remain subject to fundamental-rights limitsOrdinances must be laid before the legislatureReassembly starts the ordinance’s six-week cessation periodThe President may withdraw an ordinance before its ordinary expiryRe-promulgation cannot replace the legislature’s lawmaking roleOrdinance necessity is subject to limited judicial reviewExpiry does not automatically preserve all ordinance-created rightsAn ordinance may give a provision retrospective operation
