Act Number: 40

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

Year: 1956

Enactment Date: 1956-09-01

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

Ministry: Ministry of Home Affairs

Department: Department of States

Section 13: Allocation of seats in the House of the People and assignment of seats to State Legislative Assemblies.
    The number of seats in the House of the People allotted to Bihar and to West Bengal and the number of seats assigned to the Legislative Assembly of each of those States by order of the delimitation Commission under the Delimitation Commission Act, 1952 (1 of 1952), shall be modified as follows:—
     Number of seats in the House of the People
     Number of seats in the Legislative Assembly
     Bihar . . . . . . . . 53 318
     West Bengal . . . . . . 36 252
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