Section Section 15
of Act 37 of 1956.
section 15 of Act 37 of 1956.
95 . Territorial extent of laws_
96. Power to adapt laws_ 97 . Power to construe laws_ 98. Power to name authorities, etc. for exercising statutory functions. 99. Legal proceedings 100. Transfer of pending proceedings. 101. Right of pleaders to practise in certain cases_ 102. Effect of provisions of the Act inconsistent with other laws_
SECTIONS
103. Power to remove difficulties.
THE FIRST SCHEDULE. THE SECOND SCHEDULE: THE THIRD SCHEDULE. THE FOURTH SCHEDULE. THE FIFTH SCHEDULE.
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THE JAMMU AND KASHMIR REORGANISATION ACT, 2019
ACT No. 34 OF 2019
[9th August, 2019.] An Act to provide for the reorganisation of the existing State of Jammu and Kashmir and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Seventieth Year of the Republic of India as follows: PART [
PRELIMINARY
1. Short title:
This Act may be called the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019. 2. Definitions: In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,
appointed day' means the dayl which the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint; "article" means an article of the Constitution; ~assembly constituency" and "parliamentary constituency" have the same meanings as in the Representation of the People Act; 1950 (43 of 1950); 'lection Commission" means the Election Commission appointed by the President under article 324; ~existing State of Jammu and Kashmir" means the State of Jammu and Kashmir as existing immediately before the appointed day; comprising the territory which immediately before the commencement of the Constitution of India in the Indian State of Jammu and Kashmir; ~law" includes any enactment, ordinance, regulation, order; bye-law, rule, scheme, notification O other instrument having, immediately before the appointed day, the force of law in the whole or in any part of the existing State of Jammu and Kashmir; ~Legislative Assembly' means Legislative Assembly of Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir; ~Lieutenant Governor means the Administrator of the Union territory appointed by the President under article 239; "notified order" means an order published in the Official Gazette; "population ratio" in relation to the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, and Union territory of Ladakh means the ratio as per 2011 Census; Scheduled Castes" in relation to the Union territory means such castes, races O tribes Or parts of groups within such castes, races or tribes as are deemed under article 341 to be Scheduled Castes in relation to that Union territory; "Scheduled Tribes in relation to the Union territory means such tribes O tribal communities or parts of o groups within such tribes or tribal communities as are deemed under article 342 to be Scheduled Tribes in relation to that Union territory;
1. 3st October; 2019 clause (a) of