Bihar and West Bengal (Transfer of Territories) Act, 1956
Bare Act · 1956
An Act to provide for the transfer of certain territories from Bihar to West Bengal and for matters connected therewith.
- Act number
- 40 of 1956
- Enacted
- 1 September 1956
- Contents
- 52 sections · 8 chapters
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Contents
Chapter I — Preliminary
Part II — Transfer Of Territories
- Section 3 – Transfer of territories from Bihar to West Bengal
- Section 4 – Amendment of First Schedule to the Constitution
Part III — Representation In The Legislatures
- Section 5 – Amendment of Fourth Schedule to the Constitution
- Section 6 – Bye-elections to fill vacancies in the Council of States (preview)
- Section 7 – Term of office of members of the Council of States (preview)
- Section 8 – Provision as to existing House of the People (preview)
- Section 9 – Allocation of certain sitting members of the Bihar Legislative Assembly (preview)
- Section 10 – Duration of Legislative Assemblies of Bihar and West Bengal (preview)
- Section 11 – Bihar Legislative Council (preview)
- Section 12 – West Bengal Legislative Council (preview)
- Section 13 – Allocation of seats in the House of the People and assignment of seats to State Legislative Assemblies (preview)
- Section 14 – Modification of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Orders (preview)
- Section 15 – Determination of population of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (preview)
- Section 16 – Delimitation of constituencies (preview)
Part IV — High Courts
- Section 17 – Extension of jurisdiction of, and transfer of proceedings to, Calcutta High Court (preview)
- Section 18 – Right to appear in any proceedings transferred to Calcutta High Court (preview)
- Section 19 – Interpretation (preview)
Part V — Authorisation Of Expenditure
- Section 20 – Appropriation of moneys for expenditure in transferred Appropriation Acts (preview)
- Section 21 – Distribution of revenues (preview)
Part VI — Apportionment Of Assets And Liabilities
- Section 22 – Land and goods (preview)
- Section 23 – Treasury and bank balances (preview)
- Section 24 – Arrears of taxes (preview)
- Section 25 – Right to recover loans and advances (preview)
- Section 26 – Credits in certain funds (preview)
- Section 27 – Assets and liabilities of State undertakings (preview)
- Section 28 – Public debt (preview)
- Section 29 – Refund of taxes collected in excess (preview)
- Section 30 – Deposits (preview)
- Section 31 – Provident Funds (preview)
- Section 32 – Pensions (preview)
- Section 33 – Contracts (preview)
- Section 34 – Liability in respect of actionable wrong (preview)
- Section 35 – Liability as guarantor of co-operative societies (preview)
- Section 36 – Items in suspense (preview)
- Section 37 – Power of the Central Government to order allocation or adjustment in certain cases (preview)
- Section 38 – Certain expenditure to be charged on the Consolidated Fund (preview)
Part VII — Administrative Provisions
- Section 39 – State Financial Corporations (preview)
- Section 40 – Temporary provisions as to the continuance of certain existing road transport permits (preview)
- Section 41 – Provisions relating to services (preview)
- Section 42 – Provisions as to the continuance of officers in the same posts (preview)
Part VIII — Legal And Miscellaneous Provisions
- Section 43 – Territorial extent of laws (preview)
- Section 44 – Power to adapt laws (preview)
- Section 45 – Power to construe laws (preview)
- Section 46 – Power to name authorities, etc. for exercising statutory functions (preview)
- Section 47 – Legal proceedings (preview)
- Section 48 – Transfer of pending proceedings (preview)
- Section 49 – Right of pleaders to practise in certain Courts (preview)
- Section 50 – Effect of provisions inconsistent with other laws (preview)
- Section 51 – Power to remove difficulties (preview)
- Section 52 – Power to make rules (preview)