LawgistThe Bihar and West Bengal (Transfer of Territories) Act
9Allocation of certain sitting members of the Bihar Legislative Assembly
The sitting members of the Legislative Assembly of Bihar representing the Thakurganj, Karandighi, Para-cum-Chas and Barabazar-cum-Chandil constituencies shall, notwithstanding the reduction in the extent of those constituencies by the transfer of portions thereof to West Bengal, continue to be members of the Legislative Assembly of Bihar; and the sitting members of that Assembly representing any other constituency lying wholly or partly in the transferred territories shall, as from the appointed day, be deemed to have been elected to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal and cease to be members of the Legislative Assembly of Bihar.
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All sections
- 1 Short title
- 2 Definitions
- 3 Transfer of territories from Bihar to West Bengal
- 4 Amendment of First Schedule to the Constitution
- 5 Amendment of Fourth Schedule to the Constitution
- 6 Bye-elections to fill vacancies in the Council of States
- 7 Term of office of members of the Council of States
- 8 Provision as to existing House of the People
- 9 Allocation of certain sitting members of the Bihar Legislative Assembly
- 10 Duration of Legislative Assemblies of Bihar and West Bengal
- 11 Bihar Legislative Council
- 12 West Bengal Legislative Council
- 13 Allocation of seats in the House of the People and assignment of seats to State Legislative Assemblies
- 14 Modification of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Orders
- 15 Determination of population of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
- 16 Delimitation of constituencies
- 17 Extension of jurisdiction of, and transfer of proceedings to, Calcutta High Court
- 18 Right to appear in any proceedings transferred to Calcutta High Court
- 19 Interpretation
- 20 Appropriation of moneys for expenditure in transferred Appropriation Acts
- 21 Distribution of revenues
- 22 Land and goods
- 23 Treasury and bank balances
- 24 Arrears of taxes
- 25 Right to recover loans and advances
- 26 Credits in certain funds
- 27 Assets and liabilities of State undertakings
- 28 Public debt
- 29 Refund of taxes collected in excess
- 30 Deposits
- 31 Provident Funds
- 32 Pensions
- 33 Contracts
- 34 Liability in respect of actionable wrong
- 35 Liability as guarantor of co-operative societies
- 36 Items in suspense
- 37 Power of the Central Government to order allocation or adjustment in certain cases
- 38 Certain expenditure to be charged on the Consolidated Fund
- 39 State Financial Corporations
- 40 Temporary provisions as to the continuance of certain existing road transport permits
- 41 Provisions relating to services
- 42 Provisions as to the continuance of officers in the same posts
- 43 Territorial extent of laws
- 44 Power to adapt laws
- 45 Power to construe laws
- 46 Power to name authorities, etc. for exercising statutory functions
- 47 Legal proceedings
- 48 Transfer of pending proceedings
- 49 Right of pleaders to practise in certain Courts
- 50 Effect of provisions inconsistent with other laws
- 51 Power to remove difficulties
- 52 Power to make rules
