REGISTERED No. D. 221 The Gazette of India EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 1 PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No 68] NEW DELHI, MONDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1956 MINISTRY OF LAW New Delhi, the 10th December, 1956 The following Acts of Parliament received the assent of the President on the 9th December, 1956, and are hereby published for general information: — THE STATES REORGANISATION (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1956 No. 67 OF 1956 [9th December, 1956] An Act to amend the States Reorganisation Act, 1956. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows: —
1. (1) This Act may be called the States Reorganisation (Amendment) Act, 1956.
(2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st day of November, 1956. Short Title and commencement. 37 of 1956. 2. In section 35 of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act)—
(a) in sub-section (1),—
(i) for the figures "48" the figures "50" shall be substituted; and
(ii) in clause (a), for the figures "16, 4 and 4", the figures "16, 6 and 4" shall be substituted; and Amendment of section
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(b) in sub-section (3), the words and brackets "and such two of the six sitting members representing the Madras (Graduates) Constituency" shall be omitted. Amendment of the Second Schedule.
3. In the Second Schedule to the principal Act, in clause (a), for the figure "4" the figure "6" shall be substituted. THE UNION TERRITORIES (LAWS) AMENDMENT ACT, 1956 No. 68 OF 1956 [9th December, 1956] An Act further to amend the Union Territories (Laws) Act, 1950, for the purpose of extending certain Acts to the Union territory of Manipur. BE it enacted by Parliament in the ' Seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows:— Short title and commencement
1. (7) This Act may be called the Union Territories (Laws) Amendment Act, 1956.
(2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. Amendment of section 3.
2. In the Union Territories (Laws) Act, 1950 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), in section 3,—
(a) in sub-section (2), for the words, brackets and figure "The Acts and Ordinances referred to in sub-section (1), other than those specified in the Schedule to this Act", the words, brackets, figures and letter "Subject to the provisions contained in sub-section (2A), the Acts and Ordinances referred to in subsection (1)" shall be substituted; and
(b) after sub-section (2), the following sub-section shall be Inserted, namely: — " (2A) The Acts specified in Part A of the Schedule to this Act shall not extend to the State of Manipur, and the Acts specified in Part B thereof shall extend to, and be in force in, that State only as from the date of commence- 10 of 3«c| 1] THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY 1133 ment of the Union Territories (Laws) Amendment Act, 1956, and shall, with effect from that date, be amended in the manner and to the extent specified in the said Part.";
(c) after sub-section (3), the following Explanation shall be inserted, namely: — "Explanation.—For the purposes of this section and section 4, any reference to the State of Manipur or Tripura in relation to any period after the 31st October, 1956, shall be construed as a reference to the Union territory of Manipur or Tripura as the case may be.".
3. In section 4 of the principal Act, for the words "before the commencement of this Act is in force in any of the States of Manipur, Tripura and Vmdhya Pradesh and corresponds to an Act or Ordinance extended to that State by this Act", the words "before the coming into force of any Act or Ordinance extended by this Act to any of the States of Manipur, Tripura and Vindhya Pradesh is in force in that State and corresponds to the Act or Ordinance as so extended" shall be substituted and in the second proviso, for the words "as now extended", the words "as extended" shall be substituted. Amendment af section 4.
4.'in the principal Act, for the Schedule, the following Schedule shall be substituted, namely: — Substitution of new Schedule for the existing Schedule. "THE SCHEDULE [See section 3(2A)] Part A Acts not extended to Manipur by this Act. Year 1 18(56 187a 1874 1879 Number 2 XXI XV III XVIII Short title 3 The Converts' Marriage Dissolution Act, 1866. The Indian Christian Marriage Act, 1873 The Married Women's Property ACT, 1874. The Legal Practitioners Act, 1879. 1134 T H E GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRA'ORDINARV [PAHT II—SEC. 1] PartB Acts extended to Manipur by this Act as from the commencement of the Union Territories (Laws) Amendment Act, 1956. Year i 1873 1882 1887 1898 1908 1925 Number 1 X IV VII V V XXXIX Short title 3 The Indian Oaths Act,
1873. The Transfer of Propeny Act, 1882. The Suits Valuation Act, 1887. The Code of Criminal Procedure31&98. The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908. The Indian Succession Act, 1925. Amendments (if any) 4 In auction I, for the second paragraph, the following paragraph shall be substituted, namely :— "It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Ka.hmir".
(1) in section 1, in bub-section (a), the words "and the Union Territory of Manipur" shall be omitted, and
(2) in section 93A, in bub-section (1), the words "or in the Union territory of Manipur" shall be omitted. In section 1, in sub-section (3), the word "and" at the end of clau e (c), and clause (<t) shall be omitted.". K. V. K. SUNDARAM, Secy, to the Govt of India. PRINTED IN INUIA BY THE GENERAL MANAGER, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA PRESS, Ni,W DELHI AND PUBLISHED BY THE MANAGER OF PUBLICATIONS, DELHIj 1956