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Section 11: Bihar Legislative Council.

The Bihar and West Bengal (Transfer of Territories) Act, 1956Central Act · Act 40 of 1956

(1) Any reference in the Delimitation of Council Constituencies (Bihar) Order, 1951, to the State of Bihar, Bhagalpur division or Chota Nagpur division shall be construed as excluding the transferred territories from that State or division, as the case may be.

(2) Every sitting member of the Legislative Council of Bihar representing a council constituency the extent of which is altered by virtue of sub-section (1) shall, as from the appointed day, be deemed to have been elected to the said Council by that constituency as so altered.

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ActThe Bihar and West Bengal (Transfer of Territories) Act, 1956
Section11
Marginal noteBihar Legislative Council.
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn force as published by the source

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