PART XII CHAPTER III PROPERTY,CONTRACTS,RIGHTS,LIABILITIES,OBLIGATIONS AND SUITS 299. Contracts.- (1) All contracts made in the exercise of the
executive power of the Union or of a State shall be expressed to be
made by the President, or by the Governor_247*** of the State, as the
case may be, and all such contracts and all assurances of property
made in the exercise of that power shall be executed on behalf of the
President or the Governor _247*** by such persons and in such manner
as he may direct or authorise. (2) Neither the President nor the Governor _248*** shall be personally
liable in respect of any contract or assurance made or executed for
the purposes of this Constitution, or for the purposes of any
enactment relating to the Government of India heretofore in force, nor
shall any person making or executing any such contract or assurance on
behalf of any of them be personally liable in respect thereof.
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