Act Number: 30

Act Name: The Andhra State Act, 1953

Year: 1953

Enactment Date: 1953-09-14

Long Title: An Act to provide for the formation of the State of Andhra, the increasing of the area of the State of Mysore and the diminishing of the area of the State of Madras, and for matters connected therewith.

Ministry: Ministry of Home Affairs

Department: Department of States

Section 5: Amendment of the First Schedule to the Constitution.
    In the First Schedule to the Constitution.—
         (a) in Part A, Entries 1 to 9 shall be renumbered as Entries 2 to 10 respectively, and before Entry 2 as so renumbered, the entry "1. Andhra" shall be inserted;
         (b) in Part A, in the description of the territories of States—
             (i) before the paragraph relating to the territory of the State of Assam, the following paragraph shall be inserted namely:—
             "The territory of the State of Andhra shall comprise the territories specified in sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Andhra State Act, 1953"; and
             (ii) at the end of the last paragraph, the following shall be added, namely:—
             "but in the case of the State of Madras shall not include the territories specified in sub-section (1) of section 3 and sub-section (1) of section 4 of the Andhra State Act, 1953"; and
         (c) in Part B, at the end of the paragraph containing the description of the Territories of States, the following shall be added, namely:—
         "and in the case of the State of Mysore shall also comprise the territory specified in subsection (1) of section 4 of the Andhra State Act, 1953."
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