why are the ordinances considered temporary measures?
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Article 123 of India’s Constitution authorizes the president to put ordinances into effect by official proclamation if the existing circumstance provides him the necessity to take immediate action. Such ordinances are similar to parliamentary legislation, but ordinances can be put into effect by official proclamation only if either House of Parliament is not in session. Ordinances are temporary measures; in order to become permanent; they must be enacted into legislation within 6 weeks after Parliament comes back to session. Otherwise, they fail to exist.
An Ordinance issued by the President is regarded as a temporary measure though it has the same force as an Act of Legislature because once is ordinance is passed it ceases to be effective just six weeks after the session of the Parliament begins. It means that ordinances remain in force only for a period of 6 months.