The Himachal Pradesh and Bilaspur (New State) Act, 1954

(1) This Act may be called the Himachal Pradesh andBilaspur (New State) Act, 1954. (2) It shall come into force on such date1 as the Central Government may, by notification in theOfficial Gazette, appoint in this behalf.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, (a) "article" means an article of the Constitution; 1* * * * * * (c) "existing States" mean the States specified as Bilaspur and Himachal Pradesh in Part C ofthe First Schedule to the Constitution immediately before the commencement of this Act, and"existing State" means either of the existing States; (d) "law" includes any enactment, ordinance, regulation, order, rule, scheme, notification,bye-law or other instrument having the force of law in the whole or in any part of either of theexisting States; (e) "Order" means an order published in the Official Gazette; (f) "Parliamentary constituency" has the same meaning as in the Representation of the PeopleAct, 1950 (43 of 1950); (g) sitting member in relation to either House of Parliament or in relation to the Legislatureof the existing State of Himachal Pradesh, means a person who immediately before thecommencement of this Act is a member of that House or that Legislature, as the case may be.

As from the commencement of this Actthere shall be formed by uniting the existing States a new Part C State to be known as the State ofHimachal Pradesh (hereafter in this Act referred to as the "new State").

In the First Schedule to theConstitution, in Part C (a) under the heading "Names of States" (i) entry "3. Bilaspur" shall be omitted; and (ii) entries 4 to 10 shall be renumbered as entries 3 to 9 respectively; (b) under the heading "Territories of States", after the first paragraph the following paragraphshall be inserted, namely: "The territory of the State of Himachal Pradesh shall comprise the territories whichimmediately before the commencement of the Himachal Pradesh and Bilaspur (New State)Act, 1954 were comprised in the States of Bilaspur and Himachal Pradesh."

(1) There shall be allotted one seat to the new Statein the Council of States. (2) The sitting member of the Council of States representing the group of States comprising theexisting States shall on and from the commencement of this Act represent the new State in theCouncil but the term of such sitting member shall remain unaltered, that is to say, shall expire on the2nd of April, 1958.