(1) At the commencement of¹[the first session after each general election to the House of the People and at the commencement of the first session of each year] the President shall address both Houses of Parliament assembled together and inform Parliament of the causes of its summons.

( 2 ) Provision shall be made by rules regulating the procedure of either House for the allotment of time for discussion of the matters referred to in such address²[***].

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1. Substituted by the Constitution (First Amendment) Act, 1951, section 7, for "every session".

2. Certain words omitted by the Constitution (First Amendment) Act, 1951 section 7.