State of Himachal Pradesh Act, 1970
No: 53 Dated: Dec, 25 1970
THE STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH ACT, 1970
ACT NO. 53 OF 1970
An Act to provide for the establishment of the State of Himachal Pradesh and for matters connected therewith.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Twenty-first Year of the Republic of India as follows:—
PART I
PRELIMINARY
1. Short title.—This Act may be called the State of Himachal Pradesh Act, 1970.
2. Definitions.—In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
(a) “Administrator” means the administrator appointed by the President under article 239 of the Constitution;
(b) “appointed day” means the day which the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint;
(c) “article” means an article of the Constitution;
(d) “Election Commission” means the Election Commission appointed by the President under article 324;
(e) “existing Union territory of Himachal Pradesh” means the Union territory of Himachal Pradesh as existing immediately before the appointed day;
(f) “law” includes any enactment, ordinance, regulation, order, bye-law, rule, scheme, notification or other instrument having, immediately before the appointed day, the force of law in the whole or any part of the existing Union territory of Himachal Pradesh;
(g) “sitting member”, in relation to either House of Parliament or of the Legislative Assembly of the existing Union territory of Himachal Pradesh, means a person who, immediately before the appointed day, is a member of that House or that Assembly;
(h) “treasury” includes a sub-treasury.
PART II
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH
3. Establishment of State of Himachal Pradesh.—On and from the appointed day, there shall be established a new State, to be known as the State of Himachal Pradesh, comprising the territories which immediately before that day were comprised in the existing Union territory of Himachal Pradesh.