(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 1*** 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 1*** by such persons
and in such manner as he may direct or authorise.
(2) Neither the President nor the Governor 2*** 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.
Source: Constitution of India, Legislative Department, Government of India. Reproduced under Section 52(1)(q), Copyright Act 1957.