Section 43
Territorial extent of laws.
The Bihar and West Bengal (Transfer of Territories) Act, 1956
About this Act
An Act to provide for the transfer of certain territories from Bihar to West Bengal and for matters connected therewith.
The provisions of section 3 shall not be deemed to have effected any
change in the territories to which any law in force immediately before the appointed day extends or
applies, and territorial references in any such law to Bihar or West Bengal shall, until otherwise provided
by a competent legislature or other competent authority, be construed as meaning the territories within
that State immediately before the appointed day.