UPSC Prelims 2025 · GS Paper 1 · Q51

Polity

Medium · Ordinance making power

With reference to Ordinances promulgated by the President of India under Article 123, consider the following statements:

1. An Ordinance can amend or repeal an existing Act of Parliament.

2. An Ordinance can abridge or take away a Fundamental Right.

3. An Ordinance can have retrospective effect.

Which of the statements given above are correct?