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 16: Allocation of members.
    (1) Every sitting member of the Legislative Assembly of Madras representing a constituency which on the appointed day by virtue of the provisions of section 12 stands transferred, whether with or without alteration of boundaries, to the State of Andhra or to the State of Mysore shall, as from the appointed day, cease to be a member of the Legislative Assembly of Madras and shall be deemed to have been elected to the Legislative Assembly of Andhra or, as the case may be, of Mysore by that constituency as so transferred.
     (2) The sitting member of the Legislative Assembly of Madras nominated to that Assembly under article 333 to represent the Anglo-Indian community shall, notwithstanding the diminution in the area of that State continue to represent the said community in that Assembly under that Article.
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