Section 1 Short title and commencement.
(1) This Act may be called the Orissa (Alteration of Name)Act, 2011.
(2) It shall come into force on such date1as the Central Government may, by notification in theOfficial Gazette, appoint.
Section 2 Definitions.
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,
(a) "appointed day" means the date appointed under sub-section (2) of section 1 for the cominginto force of this Act;
(b) "appropriate Government" means, as respects a law relating to a matter enumerated in List Iin the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution, the Central Government, and as respects any other law,the State Government;
(c) "law" includes any enactment, Ordinance, regulation, order, bye-law, rule, scheme,notification or other instrument having the force of law in the whole or any part of the State of Orissa.
Section 3 Alteration of name of State of Orissa.
As from the appointed day, the State of Orissa shall beknown as the State of Odisha.
Section 4 Amendment of article 164.
In article 164 of the Constitution, in clause (1), in the proviso, forthe word "Orissa", the word "Odisha" shall be substituted.
Section 5 Amendment of article 273.
In article 273, in clause (1), for the word "Orissa", the word"Odisha" shall be substituted.
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