Andhra Pradesh and Madras (Alteration of Boundaries) Act, 1959
No: 56 Dated: Dec, 24 1959
THE ANDHRA PRADESH AND MADRAS (ALTERATION OF BOUNDARIES) ACT, 1959
ACT NO. 56 OF 1959
An Act to provide for the alteration of boundaries of the States of Andhra Pradesh and Madras and for matters connected therewith.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Tenth Year of the Republic of India as follows:—
PART I
PRELIMINARY
1. Short title and commencement.—(1) This Act may be called the Andhra Pradesh and Madras (Alteration of Boundaries) Act, 1959.
(2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
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 coming into force of this Act;
(b) “assembly constituency”, “council constituency” and “parliamentary constituency” have the same meanings as in the Representation of the People Act, 1950 (43 of 1950);
(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 in any part of Andhra Pradesh or Madras;
(d) “notified order” means an order published in the Official Gazette;
(e) “sitting member”, in relation to either House of Parliament or of the Legislature of a State, means a person who, immediately before the appointed day, is a member of that House;
(f) “transferred territories” means—
(i) in relation to the State of Andhra Pradesh, the territories specified in the Second Schedule and transferred from that State to Madras; and
(ii) in relation to the State of Madras, the territories specified in the First Schedule and transferred from that State to Andhra Pradesh;
(g) “treasury” includes a sub-treasury;
(h) any reference to a district, taluk, firka, village or other territorial division of a State shall be construed as a reference to the area comprised within that territorial division on the 1st day of July, 1957.
PART II
TRANSFER OF TERRITORIES
3. Transfer of territories.—As from the appointed day, there shall be added—
(a) to the State of Andhra Pradesh, the territories specified in the First Schedule which shall thereupon cease to form part of the State of Madras; and
(b) to the State of Madras, the territories specified in the Second Schedule which shall thereupon cease to form part of the State of Andhra Pradesh.
4. Changes of territorial divisions in Andhra Pradesh.—(1) The territories specified in Part I of the First Schedule shall be included in, and form part of, Chittoor district; and the said territories, together with the territories comprised in the villages of Puttur taluk specified in the Third Schedule and the territories which immediately before the appointed day were comprised in Kanakammachatram and Tiruttani firkas of Tiruttani taluk but are not transferred by virtue of section 3 of the State of Madras, shall form a taluk to be known as Sathyavedu taluk in Chittoor district.
(2) The territories which immediately before the appointed day were comprised in Palliputtu and Erumbi firkas of Tiruttani taluk but are not transferred by virtue of section 3 to the State of Madras shall be included in, and form part of, Puttur taluk.
(3) The territories which immediately before the appointed day were comprised in Melpadi firka of Chittoor taluk but are not transferred by virtue of section 3 to the State of Madras shall be included in, and form part of, Chittoor firka of Chittoor taluk.
(4) The territories specified in Part II of the First Schedule shall be included in, and form part of, Kuppam West firka of Palmaner taluk in Chittoor district