Act 30 of 2000

The Bihar Reorganisation Act, 2000

An Act to provide for the reorganisation of the existing State of Bihar and for matters connected therewith.

  • Ministry of Home Affairs
  • Department of States
  • Enacted 2000-08-25
  • 92 sections
SectionTitle
1 Short title. Read
2 Definitions. Read
3 Formation of Jharkhand State. Read
4 State of Bihar and territorial divisions thereof. Read
5 Amendment of the First Schedule to the Constitution. Read
6 Saving powers of State Governments. Read
7 Amendment of the Fourth Schedule to the Constitution. Read
8 Allocation of sitting members. Read
9 Representation in the House of the People. Read
10 Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies. Read
11 Provision as to sitting members. Read
12 Provisions as to Legislative Assemblies. Read
13 Allocation of sitting members. Read
14 Duration of Legislative Assemblies. Read
15 Speaker and Deputy Speaker. Read
16 Rules of procedure. Read
17 Legislative Council of Bihar. Read
18 Council constituencies. Read
19 Provision as to sitting members. Read
20 Chairman and Deputy Chairman. Read
21 Delimitation of constituencies. Read
22 Power of the Election Commission to maintain Delimitation Orders up-to-date. Read
23 Amendment of the Scheduled Castes Order. Read
24 Amendment of the Scheduled Tribes Order. Read
25 High Court for Jharkhand. Read
26 Judges of High Court. Read
27 Jurisdiction of High Court. Read
28 Special provision relating to Bar Council and Advocates. Read
29 Practice and procedure in common High Court. Read
30 Custody of seal of High Court. Read
31 Form of writs and other processes. Read
32 Powers of Judges. Read
33 Procedure as to appeals to Supreme Court. Read
34 Transfer to proceedings from High Court at Patna to High Court of Jharkhand. Read
35 Right to appear or to act in proceedings transferred to High Court of Jharkhand. Read
36 Interpretation. Read
37 Saving. Read
38 Authorisation of expenditure of Jharkhand State. Read
39 Reports relating to accounts of Bihar State. Read
40 Distribution of revenue. Read
41 Application of Part. Read
42 Land and goods. Read
43 Treasury and bank balances. Read
44 Arrears of taxes. Read
45 Right to recover loans and advances. Read
46 Investments and credits in certain funds. Read
47 Assets and liabilities of State undertakings. Read
48 Public Debt. Read
49 Floating Debt. Read
50 Refund of taxes collected in excess. Read
51 Deposits, etc. Read
52 Provident fund. Read
53 Pensions. Read
54 Contracts. Read
55 Liability in respect of actionable wrong. Read
56 Liability as guarantor. Read
57 Items in suspense. Read
58 Residuary provision. Read
59 Apportionment of assets or liabilities by agreement. Read
60 Power of Central Government to order allocation or adjustment in certain cases. Read
61 Certain expenditure to be charged on Consolidated Fund. Read
62 Provisions as to Bihar State Electricity Board, State Warehousing Corporation and State Road Transport Corporation. Read
63 Continuance of arrangements in regard to generation and supply of electric power and supply of water. Read
64 Provisions as to Bihar State Financial Corporation. Read
65 Provisions as to certain companies. Read
66 General provision as to statutory corporations. Read
67 Temporary provisions as to continuance of certain existing road transport permits. Read
68 Special provisions relating to retrenchment compensation in certain cases. Read
69 Special provision as to income-tax. Read
70 Continuance of facilities in certain State institutions. Read
71 Provisions relating to All-India Services. Read
72 Provisions relating to services in Bihar and Jharkhand. Read
73 Other provisions relating to services. Read
74 Provisions as to continuance of officers in same post. Read
75 Advisory Committees. Read
76 Power of Central Government to give directions. Read
77 Provisions as to State Public Service Commission. Read
78 Water Resources Development and its Management. Read
79 Constitution and functions of Management Board. Read
80 Staff of the Management Board. Read
81 Jurisdiction of the Board. Read
82 Power to make regulations. Read
83 Amendment of Act 37 of 1956. Read
84 Territorial extent of laws. Read
85 Power to adapt laws. Read
86 Power to construe laws. Read
87 Power to name authorities, etc., for exercising statutory functions. Read
88 Legal proceedings. Read
89 Transfer of pending proceedings. Read
90 Right of pleaders to practise in certain cases. Read
91 Effect of provisions of the Act inconsistent with other laws. Read
92 Power to remove difficulties. Read
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