The Madhya Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000

This Act may be called the Madhya Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, (a) "appointed day" means the day1 which the Central Government may, by notification in theOfficial Gazette, appoint; (b) "article" means an article of the Constitution; (c) "assembly constituency", "council constituency" and "parliamentary constituency" have thesame meanings as in the Representation of the People Act, 1950 (43 of 1950); (d) "Election Commission" means the Election Commission appointed by the President underarticle 324; (e) "existing State of Madhya Pradesh" means the State of Madhya Pradesh as existingimmediately before the appointed day; (f) "law" includes any enactment, ordinance, regulation, order, bye-law, rule, scheme, notificationor other instrument having, immediately before the appointed day, the force of law in the whole or inany part of the existing State of Madhya Pradesh; (g) "notified order" means an order published in the Official Gazette; (h) "population ratio" in relation to the States of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh means theratio of 485.7 : 176.2; (i) "sitting member", in relation to either House of Parliament or of the Legislature of the existingState of Madhya Pradesh means a person who immediately before the appointed day, is a member ofthat House; (j) "successor State", in relation to the existing State of Madhya Pradesh, means the State ofMadhya Pradesh or Chhattisgarh; (k) "transferred territory" means the territory which on the appointed day is transferred from theexisting State of Madhya Pradesh to the State of Chhattisgarh; (l) "treasury" includes a sub-treasury; and (m) any reference to a district, tehsil or other territorial division of the existing State of MadhyaPradesh shall be construed as a reference to the area comprised within that territorial division on theappointed day.

On and from the appointed day, there shall be formed a newState to be known as the State of Chhattisgarh comprising the following territories of the existing State ofMadhya Pradesh, namely: Bastar, laspur, Dantewada, Dhamtari, Durg, Janjgir-Champa, Jashpur, Kanker,Kawardha, Korba, Koria, Mahasamund, Raigarh, Raipur, Rajnandgaon and Surguja districts, and thereupon the said territories shall cease to form part of the existing State of Madhya Pradesh.

On and from the appointed day,the State of Madhya Pradesh shall comprise the territories of the existing State of Madhya Pradesh otherthan those specified in section 3.

On and from the appointed day, in theFirst Schedule to the Constitution, under the heading “I. THE STATES”, (a) in the paragraph relating to the territories of the State of Madhya Pradesh, after the words,brackets and figures, "the Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh (Transfer of Territories) Act, 1959(47 of 1959)", the following shall be added, namely: "but excluding the territories specified in section 3 of the Madhya Pradesh ReorganisationAct, 2000."; (b) after entry 25, the following entry shall be inserted, namely: "26. Chhattisgarh: The territories specified in section 3 of the Madhya Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000.".