Section 1:
Short title and commencement.
(1) This Act may be called the Himachal Pradesh and
Bilaspur (New State) Act, 1954.
(2) It shall come into force on such date1
as the Central Government may, by notification in the
Official Gazette, appoint in this behalf.
Notes:
1. 1st July, 1954, see Gazette of India, 1954, Extraordinary, Part II, s. 3.