Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh (Transfer of Territories) Act, 1959
No: 47 Dated: Sep, 18 1959
THE RAJASTHAN AND MADHYA PRADESH (TRANSFER OF TERRITORIES) ACT, 1959
ACT NO. 47 OF 1959
An Act to provide for the transfer of certain territories from the State of Rajasthan to the State of Madhya Pradesh and for matters connected therewith.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Tenth Year of the Republic of India as follows:—
1. Short title.—This Act may be called the Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh (Transfer of Territories) Act, 1959.
2. Definitions.—In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
(a) “appointed day” means the 1st day of October, 1959;
(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) “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;
(d) “transferred territories” means the territories specified in the First Schedule and transferred from the State of Rajasthan to the State of Madhya Pradesh by section 3.
4. Amendment of the First Schedule to the Constitution.—As from the appointed day, in the First Schedule to the Constitution, under the heading “I. THE STATES”,—
(a) in the entry against “6. Madhya Pradesh”, after the words and figures “States Reorganisation Act, 1956”, the words, brackets and figures “and the First Schedule to the Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh (Transfer of Territories) Act, 1959” shall be inserted.
(b) in the entry against “11. Rajasthan”, after the words and figures “States Reorganisation Act, 1956”, the words, brackets and figures “but excluding the territories specified in the First Schedule to the Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh (Transfer of Territories) Act, 1959” shall be inserted.
5. Amendments of Delimitation Orders.—The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1956, and the Constitution of Council Constituencies (Madhya Pradesh) Order, 1957, shall have effect subject to the modifications specified in the Second Schedule.
6. Provision as to sitting members.—(1) The sitting members of the House of the People representing Mandsaur constituency in the State of Madhya Pradesh and Kotah constituency in the State of Rajasthan 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.
(2) The sitting members of the Legislative Assemblies of Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan representing Growth constituency and Begun constituency respectively shall, notwithstanding the alteration in the extent of those constituencies by virtue of the provisions of this Act, continue to be members of the said Assemblies.