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[30th April, 1954] An Act to extend certain laws to the areas which, prior to the commencement of the Constitution, were administered as excluded or partially excluded areas and which, on such commencement, were absorbed in certain States.
1. Short title.
2. Definitions.
3. Extension of Laws.
BE it enacted by Parliament as follows:-
1. Short title.- This Act may be called the Absorbed Areas (Laws) Act, 1954.
Object & Reasons
Objects and Reasons Agreements between the Governments of India and Pakisthan dated 10th September, 1958, 23rd October, 1959, and 11th January, 1960, settled certain boundary disputes between the Governments of India and Pakisthan relating to the borders of the State of Assam, Punjab and West Bengal and the Union Territory of Tripura.
Accordingly to these agreements, certain territories are to be transferred to Pakisthan after demarcation. In the light of the Advisory Opinion of the Supreme Court in Special Reference No. 1 of 1959, it is proposed to amend the First Schedule to the Constitution under a law relatable to Article 368 thereof to give effect to the transfer of these territories.
2. Definitions.- In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-
(a) "absorbing State" in relation to an absorbed area means a State specified in the heading of the Schedule in which that absorbed area is specified;
(b) "absorbed area" means an area specified in column 2 of the Schedule.
3. Extension of Laws.- The Acts specified in column I of each of the Schedules and all rules, notifications, orders, schemes, forms and bye-law made there-under, as in force in the absorbing State specified in the heading of that Schedule, are hereby extended to, and shall be in force in the absorbed areas specified in column 2 of that Schedule.
THE SCHEDULES
(See sections 2 and 3)
SCHEDULE I
BIHAR
| Name of the Act | The absorbed areas |
| (1) | (2) |
| The Requisitioned Land (Apportionment of Compensation) Act, 1949 (51 of 1949). | 1. Hazaribagh and Manbhum Districts. |
| 2. Sadar Sub-Division of the Palamau District. | |
| 3. Dhalbhum Sub-Division of the Singhbhum District. | |
| 4. Godda and Deoghar Sub-Divisions of the Santal Parganas District. |
SCHEDULE II
BOMBAY
| Name of the Act | The absorbed areas |
| (1) | (2) |
| 1. The Indian Extradition Act, 1903 (XV of 1903). | 1. Shahda, Nandurbar and Taloda Taluka of the West Khandesh District. |
| 2. The Whipping Act, 1909 (IV of 1909). | 2. The Dohad Taluka and the Jhalod Mahal of the Panch Mahal District. |
| 3. The Police (Incitement to Disaffection) Act, 1922 (XXII of 1922). | |
| 4. The Cotton Transport Act, 1923 (III of 1923). | |
| 5. The Port Haj Committees Act, 1932 (XX of 1932). | |
| 6. The Seaward Artillery Practice Act, 1949 (VIII of1949). |
SCHEDULE III
ORISSA
| Name of the Act | The absorbed area |
| 1 | 2 |
| 1. The Metal Tokens Act, 1889 (1 of 1889) | Angul. |
| 2. The white Phosphorus Matches Prohibition Act, 1913 (V of 1913). | |
| 3. The Indian Emigration Act, 1922 (VII of 1922). | |
| [4. The Coal Grading Board Act, 1925 (XXXI of 1925).] | |
| 5. The Coal mines Provident Fund and Bonus Schemes Act, 1948 (XLVI of 1948). |
SCHEDULE IV
UTTAR PRADESH
| Name of the Act | The absorbed area |
| 1 | 2 |
| 1. The Indian Power Alcohol Act, 1948 (22 of 1948) | Jaunsar Bawar Parganas in the Dehra Dun District and the areas of South of Kaimpur range in the Miezapur District. |
| 2. The Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948 (34 of 1948). |
SCHEDULE V
WEST BENGAL
| Name of the Act | The absorbed area |
| 1 | 2 |
| 1. The Requisitioned Land (Apportionment of Compensation) Act, 1949 (51 of 1949). | Darjeeling District. |
| 2. The West Bengal Raw Jute Futures Act, 1948 (West Bengal Act No. 25 of 1948). |