The Bihar Reorganisation Act `2000
An Act to provide for the reorganisation of the existing State of Bihar and for matters connected therewith.
List of Chapters & Sections
PRELIMINARY
REORGANISATION OF THE STATE OF BIHAR
The Council of States
The House of the People
The Legislative Assembly
The Legislative Council of Bihar
Delimitation of constituencies
Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
HIGH COURT
- 25High Court for Jharkhand
- 26Judges of High Court
- 27Jurisdiction of High Court
- 28Special provision relating to Bar Council and Advocates
- 29Practice and procedure in common High Court
- 30Custody of seal of High Court
- 31Form of writs and other processes
- 32Powers of Judges
- 33Procedure as to appeals to Supreme Court
- 34Transfer to proceedings from High Court at Patna to High Court of Jharkhand
- 35Right to appear or to act in proceedings transferred to High Court of Jharkhand
- 36Interpretation
- 37Saving
AUTHORISATION OF EXPENDITURE AND DISTRIBUTION OF REVENUES
APPORTIONMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
- 41Application of Part
- 42Land and goods
- 43Treasury and bank balances
- 44Arrears of taxes
- 45Right to recover loans and advances
- 46Investments and credits in certain funds
- 47Assets and liabilities of State undertakings
- 48Public Debt
- 49Floating Debt
- 50Refund of taxes collected in excess
- 51Deposits, etc
- 52Provident fund
- 53Pensions
- 54Contracts
- 55Liability in respect of actionable wrong
- 56Liability as guarantor
- 57Items in suspense
- 58Residuary provision
- 59Apportionment of assets or liabilities by agreement
- 60Power of Central Government to order allocation or adjustment in certain cases
- 61Certain expenditure to be charged on Consolidated Fund
PROVISIONS AS TO CERTAIN CORPORATIONS
- 62Provisions as to Bihar State Electricity Board, State Warehousing Corporation and State Road Transport Corporation
- 63Continuance of arrangements in regard to generation and supply of electric power and supply of water
- 64Provisions as to Bihar State Financial Corporation
- 65Provisions as to certain companies
- 66General provision as to statutory corporations
- 67Temporary provisions as to continuance of certain existing road transport permits
- 68Special provisions relating to retrenchment compensation in certain cases
- 69Special provision as to income-tax
- 70Continuance of facilities in certain State institutions
PROVISIONS AS TO SERVICES
- 71Provisions relating to All-India Services
- 72Provisions relating to services in Bihar and Jharkhand
- 73Other provisions relating to services
- 74Provisions as to continuance of officers in same post
- 75Advisory Committees
- 76Power of Central Government to give directions
- 77Provisions as to State Public Service Commission
MANGEMENT AND DEVELOPMET OF WATER RESOURCES
LEGAL AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
- 83Amendment of Act 37 of 1956
- 84Territorial extent of laws
- 85Power to adapt laws
- 86Power to construe laws
- 87Power to name authorities, etc., for exercising statutory functions
- 88Legal proceedings
- 89Transfer of pending proceedings
- 90Right of pleaders to practise in certain cases
- 91Effect of provisions of the Act inconsistent with other laws
- 92Power to remove difficulties