<P> Ordinances are temporary laws that are promulgated by the President of India on the recommendation of the Union Cabinet . They can only be issued when Parliament is not in session . They enable the Indian government to take immediate legislative action . Ordinances cease to operate either if Parliament does not approve of them within six weeks of reassembly, or if disapproving resolutions are passed by both Houses . It is also mandatory for a session of Parliament to be held within six months of passing an ordinance . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Year </Th> <Th> Number </Th> <Th> Title of Ordinance </Th> <Th> Ref . </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2003 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Customs (Tariff) Amendment Ordinance, 2003 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2003 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Taxation Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 2003 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2003 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> National Tax Tribunal Ordinance, 2003 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2003 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Prevention of Terrorism (Amendment) Ordinance, 2003 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2003 </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> Representation of the People (Amendment) Ordinance, 2003 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2003 </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> Delimitation (Amendment) Ordinance, 2003 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2003 </Td> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> Indian Telegraph (Amendment) Ordinance, 2003 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2003 </Td> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> Indian Medicine Central Council (Amendment) Ordinance, 2003 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Prevention of Terrorism (Repeal) Ordinance, 2004 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Ordinance, 2004 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Banking Regulation (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Provisions Ordinance, 2004 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Securities Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 2004 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> Enforcement of Security Interest and Recovery of Debts Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 2004 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions Ordinance, 2004 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> Patents (Amendment) Ordinance, 2004 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority Ordinance, 2004 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2005 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Central Excise Laws (Amendment and Validation) Ordinance, 2005 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2005 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Citizenship (Amendment) Ordinance, 2005 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2005 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Manipur University Ordinance, 2005 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2005 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Taxation Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 2005 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2006 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions (Amendment) Ordinance, 2006 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2006 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> National Council for Teacher Education (Amendment and Validation) Ordinance, 2006 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2006 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Indian Telegraph (Amendment) Ordinance, 2006 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2007 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Banking Regulation (Amendment) Ordinance, 2007 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2007 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (Amendment) Ordinance, 2007 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2007 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> National Tax Tribunal (Amendment) Ordinance, 2007 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2007 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sports Broadcasting Signals (Mandatory Sharing with Prasar Bharati) Ordinance, 2007 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2007 </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> State Bank of India (Amendment) Ordinance, 2007 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2007 </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> National Capital Territory of Delhi Law (Special Provisions) Ordinance, 2007 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2007 </Td> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> National Capital Territory of Delhi Law (Special Provisions) Second Ordinance, 2007 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2007 </Td> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> Payment of Bonus (Amendment) Ordinance, 2007 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2008 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Delimitation (Amendment) Ordinance, 2008 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2008 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Railways (Amendment) Ordinance, 2008 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2008 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Forward contracts (Regulation) Amendment Ordinance, 2008 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2008 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sugar Development Fund (Amendment) Ordinance, 2008 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2008 </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> Prasar Bharti (Broadcasting Corporation of India) Amendment Ordinance, 2008 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2008 </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> Food Safety and Standards (Amendment) Ordinance, 2008 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2008 </Td> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> Employee's State Insurance (Amendment) Ordinance, 2008 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2008 </Td> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (Amendment) Ordinance, 2008 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2009 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> High Court and Supreme Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Amendment Ordinance, 2009 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2009 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Cental Industrial Security Force (Amendment) Ordinance, 2009 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2009 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Central Universities Ordinance 2009 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2009 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Meghalaya Appropriation (Vote on Account) Ordinance, 2009 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2009 </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> Meghalaya Appropriation Ordinance, 2008 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2009 </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> Competition (Amendment) Ordinance, 2009 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2009 </Td> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> Jharkhand Contingency Fund (Amendment) Ordinance, 2009 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2009 </Td> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> Central Universities (Amendment) Ordinance, 2009 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2009 </Td> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td> Essential Commodities (Amendment And Validation) Ordinance, 2009 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains (Amendment & Validation) Ordinance, 2010 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Ordinance, 2010 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Securities and Insurance Laws (Amendment and Validation) Ordinance, 2010 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Enemy Property (Amendment and Validation) Ordinance, 2010 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2011 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Ordinance, 2011 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2011 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, Kancheepuram Ordinance, 2011 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2011 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Amendment Ordinance, 2011 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2012 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> All - India Institute of Medical Sciences (Amendment) Ordinance, 2012 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2013 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Securities and Exchange Board of India (Amendment) Ordinance, 2013 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2013 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Readjustment of Representation of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Ordinance, 2013 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2013 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Criminal Law (Amendment) Ordinance, 2013 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2013 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Ordinance, 2013 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2013 </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> Securities and Exchange Board of India (Amendment) Second Ordinance, 2013 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2013 </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> Readjustment of Representation of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies (Second) Ordinance, 2013 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2013 </Td> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> National Food Security Ordinance, 2013 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2013 </Td> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> Securities Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 2013 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2013 </Td> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td> Securities Laws (Amendment) Second Ordinance, 2013 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2013 </Td> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> Readjustment of Representation of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies (Third) Ordinance, 2013 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2013 </Td> <Td> 11 </Td> <Td> Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Second Ordinance, 2013 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2014 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Scheduled Castes And The Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Ordinance, 2014 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2014 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Securities Laws (Amendment) Odinance, 2014 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2014 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Amendment) Ordinance, 2014 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2014 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation (Amendment) Ordinance, 2014 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2014 </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Ordinance, 2014 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2014 </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> Textile Undertakings (Nationalisation) Laws (Amendment and Validation) Ordinance, 2014 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2014 </Td> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Second Ordinance, 2014 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2014 </Td> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> Insruance Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 2014 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2014 </Td> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td> Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency In Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Amendment) Ordinance, 2014 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2015 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Citizenship (Amendment) Ordinance, 2015 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2015 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Ordinance, 2015 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2015 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Mines And Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Ordinance, 2015 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2015 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Amendment) Ordinance, 2015 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2015 </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Amendment) Second Ordinance, 2015 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2015 </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> Negotiable Instruments (Amendment) Ordinance, 2015 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2015 </Td> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> Negotiable Instruments (Amendment) Second Ordinance, 2015 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2015 </Td> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> Commercial Courts, Commercial Division and Commercial Appellate Division of High Courts Ordinance, 2015 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2015 </Td> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td> Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Ordinance, 2015 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2016 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Enemy Property (Amendment and Validation) Ordinance, 2016 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2016 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Uttarakhand Appropriation (Vote on Account) Ordinance, 2016 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2016 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Enemy Property (Amendment and Validation) Second Ordinance, 2016 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2016 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Ordinance, 2016 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2016 </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> Dentists (Amendment) Ordinance, 2016 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2016 </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> Enemy Property (Amendment and Validation) Third Ordinance, 2016 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2016 </Td> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> Enemy Property (Amendment and Validation) Fourth Ordinance, 2016 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2016 </Td> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> Enemy Property (Amendment and Validation) Fifth Ordinance, 2016 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2016 </Td> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td> Payment of Wages (Amendment) Ordinance, 2016 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2016 </Td> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> Specified Bank Notes (Cessation of Liabilities) Ordinance, 2016 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2017 </Td> <Td> 11 </Td> <Td> Goods and Services Tax (Compensation to States) Ordinance, 2017 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> </Table>

When can an ordinance be issued by the president