It shall be lawful for the "State — (TAMIL NBDU) ACT No. I OF 1868'

1. It shall be lawful for the "State * * * * * * * * * * Government] 5 a[* It shall be lawful for the State Government] 5 * * * * * * * * * *I, fromtime toofdidjot time, to alter the limits of existing distriots or or d' *?[**************] te, to atete ts oestg dstots o *?[**************]. These words were eubstitutd for the word " Madras " by the il ddif Od1969dd b Tail Nadu Adeptation of Lawe hil ddif L Order , 1 1969, y as ame~ded by p the Tamil Nadu Adaptation of Lawa (Seoond Amendment) Order, 1969, whioh me into fom on the 14th Januery 1969. Short tiif%, " The Medm District Limits Aot, 1865" wee given hid di(l f , , g by the Repding and Amending Act, 1901 (Central Act XI of 1901). Tl ) Tl e whole of the Aot, except so much as espowered t.he State aov~nunento alter the limite of exieting diatriots, woe repeeled b hil diil C(l III f ) g p by the Tamil Nadu Civil Courts Aot, 1878 (Central Act III of 1873). This Act was extended to the Kenyekumari district ecd the hb lk f hTilli diibi3 f Shenoottab taluk of the Tirunelv.li y district by section 3 of, end the First Schedule to, the Tamil Naau (Transferred Territory) if (il df )hih (y) Exteneion of Laws Aot, I960 (Temil Nedu Act 23 of 1960). which oame into force on the let April 1961, repding the correepond~ng l ihi lew in that territory.

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