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 4: Amendment of the First Schedule to the Constitution.
    In the First Schedule to the Constitution, in Part C—
         (a) under the heading "Names of States"—
             (i) entry "3. Bilaspur" shall be omitted; and
             (ii) entries 4 to 10 shall be renumbered as entries 3 to 9 respectively;
         (b) under the heading "Territories of States", after the first paragraph the following paragraph shall be inserted, namely:—
             "The territory of the State of Himachal Pradesh shall comprise the territories which immediately before the commencement of the Himachal Pradesh and Bilaspur (New State) Act, 1954 were comprised in the States of Bilaspur and Himachal Pradesh."
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