Act Number: 32

Act Name: The Himachal Pradesh and Bilaspur (New State) Act, 1954

Year: 1954

Enactment Date: 1954-05-28

Long Title: An Act to provide for the formation of the new State of Himachal Pradesh by uniting the existing States of Himachal Pradesh and Bilaspur, and for matters connected therewith.

Ministry: Ministry of Home Affairs

Department: Department of States

Section 2: Definitions.
    In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
         (a) "article" means an article of the Constitution;
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         (c) "existing States" mean the States specified as Bilaspur and Himachal Pradesh in Part C of the First Schedule to the Constitution immediately before the commencement of this Act, and "existing State" means either of the existing States;
         (d) "law" includes any enactment, ordinance, regulation, order, rule, scheme, notification, bye-law or other instrument having the force of law in the whole or in any part of either of the existing States;
         (e) "Order" means an order published in the Official Gazette;
         (f) "Parliamentary constituency" has the same meaning as in the Representation of the People Act, 1950 (43 of 1950);
         (g) sitting member in relation to either House of Parliament or in relation to the Legislature of the existing State of Himachal Pradesh, means a person who immediately before the commencement of this Act is a member of that House or that Legislature, as the case may be.
Notes:
1. Clause (b) omitted by the A.O. (No. 3), 1956.
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