Section 27
Existing authorities and officers to continue to function in the new State.
The Himachal Pradesh and Bilaspur (New State) Act, 1954
About this Act
An Act to provide for the formation of the new State of Himachal Pradesh by uniting the existing States of Himachal Pradesh and Bilaspur, and for matters connected therewith.
Save
asotherwise provided in this Act, all authorities and all officers, judicial, executive and ministerial,
who immediately before the commencement of this Act were exercising lawful functions in any area
forming part of the new State, shall, until further provision is made by a competent authority, continue
to exercise their respective functions as far as may be, in the same manner and to the same extent as
they were doing before such commencement.