Andhra Pradesh and Mysore (Transfer of Territory) Act, 1968

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1 · Short title. — This Act may be called the Andhra Pradesh and Mysore (Transfer of Territory) Act, 1968.

2 · Definitions. — In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—

3 · Transfer of territory from Mysore to Andhra Pradesh.—(1) As from the appointed day, there shall be added to the State of Andhra Pradesh the territory specified in the Schedule which shall thereupon cease to form part of the State of Mysore.

4 · Amendment of First Schedule to the Constitution. —A —As from the appointed day, in the First Schedule to the Constitution, under the heading " I. THE STATES " , —

5 · Extent of parliamentary and assembly Constituencies.—As from the appointed day, the transferred territory shall cease to be part of Madhugiri parliamentary constituency and Bagepalli assembly constituency in the State of Mysore as delimited in Order No. 11 of the Delimitation Commission made under section 10 of the Delimitation Commission Act, 1962 (61 of 1962), and shall form part of Hindupur parliamentary constituency and Hindupur assembly constituency in the State of Andhra Pradesh as delimited in Order No. 3 of the Delimitation Commission made under the said section.

6 · Provision as to sitting members of Parliament and Legislative Assemblies.—(1) The sitting members of the House of the People representing Hindupur parliamentary constituency in the State of Andhra Pradesh and Madhugiri parliamentary constituency in the State of Mysore shall, notwithstanding the alteration in the extent of those constituencies by virtue of the provisions of this Act, continue to be members of the House of the People.

7 · Extent of Council Constituencies. — (1) Any reference in the Delimitation of Council Constituencies (Andhra Pradesh) Order, 1957, to Anantapur district shall be construed as including the territory transferred to that district from the State of Mysore.

8 · Sitting Members of Legislative Councils.—Every sitting member of the Legislative Council of Andhra Pradesh or of Mysore representing a council constituency the extent of which is altered by virtue of section 7 shall, as from the appointed day, be deemed to have been elected to the said Council by that constituency as so altered.

9 · Extension of jurisdiction of Andhra Pradesh High Court.—(1) As from the appointed day,—

10 · Appropriation of moneys for expenditure in transferred territory under existing Appropriation Acts.—As from the appointed day, any Act passed by the Legislature of Andhra Pradesh before that day for the appropriation of any money out of the Consolidated Fund of the State to meet any expenditure in respect of any part of the financial year 1968-69 shall have effect also in relation to the transferred territory, and it shall be lawful for the State Government to spend any amount for that territory out of the amount authorised by such Act to be expended for any services in that State.

11 · Assets and liabilities. — (1) All land and all stores, articles and other goods in the transferred territory belonging to the State of Mysore shall, as from the appointed day, pass to the State of Andhra Pradesh.

12 · State Financial Corporations and State Electricity Boards.—As from the appointed day,—

13 · Extension of laws. —A —All laws which, immediately before the appointed day, extend to, or are in force in, the Hindupur taluk of Anantapur district in the State of Andhra Pradesh but do not extend to, or are not in force in, the transferred territory, shall, as from that day, extend to, or as the case may be, come into force in, the transferred territory; and all laws which, immediately before the appointed day, are in force in the transferred territory but not in the Hindupur taluk of Anantapur district in the State of Andhra Pradesh shall, on that day, cease to be in force in the transferred territory, except as respects things done or omitted to be done before that day.

14 · Power to construe laws. —A —Any court, tribunal or authority required or empowered to enforce any law extended to the transferred territory by section 13 may, for the purpose of facilitating its application in relation to the transferred territory, construe the law in such manner, without affecting the substance, as may be necessary or proper in regard to the matter before the court, tribunal or authority.

15 · Legal proceedings.—Where, immediately before the appointed day, the State of Mysore is a party to any legal proceedings with respect to any property, rights or liabilities transferred to the State of Andhra Pradesh under this Act, the State of Andhra Pradesh shall be deemed to be substituted for the State of Mysore as a party to those proceedings, or added as a party thereto, as the case may be, and the proceedings may continue accordingly.

16 · Transfer of pending proceedings.—(1) Every proceeding pending immediately before the appointed day before any court (other than a High Court), tribunal, authority or officer in any area which on that day falls within the State of Mysore shall, if it is a proceeding relating exclusively to any part of the transferred territory, stand transferred to the corresponding court, tribunal, authority or officer in the State of Andhra Pradesh.

17 · Effect of provisions inconsistent with other laws.—The provisions of this Act shall have effect notwithstanding anything inconsistent therewith contained in any other law.

18 · Power to remove difficulties. — If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this Act (including any difficulty in relation to the transition under section 13 from one law to another law), the President may by order do anything not inconsistent with any such provision which appears to him to be necessary for the purpose of removing the difficulty.

19 · Power to make rules. — (1) The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules to give effect to the provisions of this Act.

1 · Subs. by Act 4 of 1986, s . 2 and the Schedule, for certain words (w.e.f. 15-5-1986).

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