Andhra State Act, 1953
No: 30 Dated: Sep, 14 1953
THE ANDHRA STATE ACT, 1953
ACT NO. 30 OF 1953
An Act to provide for the formation of the State of Andhra, the increasing of the area of the State of Mysore and the diminishing of the area of the State of Madras, and for matters connected therewith.
BE it enacted by Parliament as follows:—
PART I
PRELIMINARY
1. Short title and commencement.—(1) This Act may be called the Andhra State Act, 1953.
(2) This Part and sections 43, 54, 58, 61, 62, 63, 64, 66 and 69 shall come into force at once, and all other provisions of this Act shall come into force on the 1st day of October, 1953.
2. Definitions.—In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
(a) “appointed day” means the 1st day of October, 1953;
(b) “article” means an article of the Constitution.
(c) “Assembly constituency”, “Council constituency” and “Parliamentary constituency” have the same meaning as in the Representation of the People Act, 1950; (43 of 1950);
(d) “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 the State of Madras or Mysore as constituted immediately before the appointed day;
(e) “Order” means an Order published in the Official Gazette;
(f) “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;
(g) “transferred territory” means the territory added to the State of Mysore by sub-section (1) of section 4.
PART II
FORMATION OF ANDHRA STATE AND TRANSFER OF TERRITORY FROM MADRAS TO MYSORE
3. Formation of Andhra State.—(1) As from the appointed day, there shall be formed a Part A State to be known as the State of Andhra comprising the territories which immediately before that day were comprised in Srikakulam, Visakhapatnam, East Godavari, West Godavari, Krishna, Guntur, Nellore, Kurnool, Anantapur, Cuddapah and Chittoor districts and Alur, Adoni and Rayadrugtaluks of Bellary district in the State of Madras and the said territories shall thereupon cease to form part of the State of Madras.
(2) Without prejudice to the power of the State Government to alter hereafter the extent, boundaries and names of districts, the said taluks of Alur and Adoni shall be included in, and become part of, Kurnool district, and the said taluk of Rayadrug shall be included in, and become part of, Anantapur district.
4. Transfer of territory from Madras to Mysore.—(1) As from the appointed day, there shall be added to the State of Mysore the territory which immediately before that day was comprised in the taluks of Bellary district other than Alur, Adoni and Rayadrug in the State of Madras, and the said territory shall thereupon cease to form part of the State of Madras.
(2) Without prejudice to the power of the State Government to alter hereafter the extent, boundaries and names of districts, the transferred territory shall form a separate district to be known as Bellary district