Section 11:
Formation of a new Punjab State.
As from the appointed day, there shall be formed a new
1*** State to be known as the State of Punjab comprising the following territories, namely:―
(a) the territories of the existing State of Punjab; and
(b) the territories of the existing State of Patiala and East Punjab States Union; and thereupon the
said territories shall cease to form part of the said existing States of Punjab and Patiala and East
Punjab States Union, respectively.
Notes:
1. The word and letter "Part A" omitted by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 1) Order, 1956.