Section 1. 1st July, 1954, see Gazette of India, 1954, Extraordinary, Part II, s. 3

1. 1st July, 1954, see Gazette of India, 1954, Extraordinary, Part II, s. 3. 2. Clause (b) omitted by the A.O. (No. 3), 1956. (ii) entries 4 to 10 shall be renumbered as entries 3 to 9 respectively; (b) under the heading "Territories of States", after the first paragraph the following paragraph shall be inserted, namely:— "The territory of the State of Himachal Pradesh shall comprise the territories which immediately before the commencement of the Himachal Pradesh and Bilaspur (New State) Act, 1954 were comprised in the States of Bilaspur and Himachal Pradesh." THE FIRST SCHEDULE— MODIFICATION IN THE DELIMITATION OF PARLIAMENTAY CONSTITUENCIES (PART C STATES) ORDER, 1951. - THE SECOND SCHEDULE—AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION (SCHEDULED CASTES) (PART C STATES ORDER,1951. THE HIMACHAL PRADESH AND BILASPUR (NEW STATE) ACT, 1954 ACT NO. 32 OF 1954 [28 th May , 1954.] PART I PRELIMINARY 1. Short title and commencement .—(1) This Act may be called the Himachal Pradesh and Bilaspur (New State) Act, 1954. (2) It shall come into force on such date[1] as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint in this behalf. the First Schedule to the Constitution immediately before the commencement of this Act, and "existing State" means either of the existing States; (d) "law" includes any enactment, ordinance, regulation, order, rule, scheme, notification, bye-law or other instrument having the force of law in the whole or in any part of either of the existing States; (e) "Order" means an order published in the Official Gazette; (f) "Parliamentary constituency" has the same meaning as in the Representation of the People Act, 1950 (43 of 1950); (g) "sitting member" in relation to either House of Parliament or in relation to the Legislature of the existing State of Himachal Pradesh, means a person who immediately before the commencement of this Act is a member of that House or that Legislature, as the case may be.