Section 9

Allocation of certain sitting members of the Bihar Legislative Assembly.

The Bihar and West Bengal (Transfer of Territories) Act, 1956

  • Act 40 of 1956
  • Ministry of Home Affairs
  • Department of States
About this Act

An Act to provide for the transfer of certain territories from Bihar to West Bengal and for matters connected therewith.

All sections
    The sitting members of the Legislative Assembly of Bihar representing the Thakurganj, Karandighi, Para-cum-Chas and Barabazar-cum-Chandil constituencies shall, notwithstanding the reduction in the extent of those constituencies by the transfer of portions thereof to West Bengal, continue to be members of the Legislative Assembly of Bihar; and the sitting members of that Assembly representing any other constituency lying wholly or partly in the transferred territories shall, as from the appointed day, be deemed to have been elected to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal and cease to be members of the Legislative Assembly of Bihar.

Source: India Code (Legislative Department, Govt. of India). Check the official Gazette before relying on it in court. Not legal advice. Free legal aid: 15100 (NALSA) · Know your rights

Scroll to Top