(1) Unless dissolved earlier pursuant to this
Constitution, the term of the State Assembly shall be five years.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in clause (1), the term of the
State Assembly may be extended by a State Act for a period not exceeding one
year in cases where a proclamation or order of a state of emergency is in effect.
(3) The term of the State Assembly extended under clause (2) shall ipso
facto be terminated after the expiry of six months from the date of voidance of the
proclamation or order of the state of emergency in the concerned State.