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 23: Power of Delimitation Commission to revise its orders.
    For the purpose of determination of the number of seats to be allotted to the new State in the House of the People in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (1), and distribution of those seats as well as the seats allotted to the Legislative Assembly of the new State to territorial constituencies and delimitation thereof in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (2) of section 8 of the Delimitation Commission Act, 1952 (81 of 1952), it shall be lawful for the Delimitation Commission, notwithstanding anything contained in that Act, to Amend, vary or rescind any of its final orders published under section 9 of that Act in so far as any such order relates to any or both of the existing States.
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