Preamble1 - BIHAR AND WEST BENGAL (TRANSFER OF TERRITORIES) ACT, 1956
Part 1 Section1 - Short title
Section2 - Definitions
Part 2 Section3 - Transfer of territories from Bihar to West Bengal
Section4 - Amendment of First Schedule to the Constitution
Part 3 Section5 - Amendment of Fourth Schedule to the Constitution
Section6 - Bye-election to fill vacancies in the Council of States
Section7 - Term of office of members of the Council of States
Section8 - Provision as to existing House of the People
Section9 - Allocation of certain sitting members of the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Section10 - Duration of Legislative Assemblies of Bihar and West Bengal
Section11 - Bihar Legislative Council
Section12 - West Bengal Legislative Council
Section13 - Allocation of seats in the House of the People and assignment of seats to State Legislative Assemblies
Section14 - Modification of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Orders
Section15 - Determination of population of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
Section16 - Delimitation of constituencies
Part 4 Section17 - Extension of jurisdiction of, and transfer of proceedings to, Calcutta High Court
Section18 - Right to appear in any proceedings transferred to Calcutta High Court
Section19 - Interpretation
Part 5 Section20 - Appropriation of moneys for expenditure in transferred Appropriation Acts
Section21 - Distribution of revenues
Part 6 Section22 - Land and goods
Section23 - Treasury and bank balances
Section24 - Arrears of taxes
Section25 - Right to recover loans and advances
Section26 - Credits in certain funds
Section27 - Assets and liabilities of State undertakings
Section28 - Public debt
Section29 - Refund of taxes collected in excess
Section30 - Deposits
Section31 - Provident Funds
Section32 - Pensions
Section33 - Contracts
Section34 - Liability in respect of actionable wrong
Section35 - Liability as guarantor of co-operative societies
Section36 - Items in suspense
Section37 - Power of the Central Government to order allocation or adjustment in certain cases
Section38 - Certain expenditure to be charged on the Consolidated Fund
Part 7 Section39 - State Financial Corporations
Section40 - Temporary provisions as to the continuance of certain existing road transport permits
Section41 - Provisions relating to services
Section42 - Provisions as to the continuance of officers in the same posts
Part 8 Section43 - Territorial extent of laws
Section44 - Power to adapt laws
Section45 - Power to construe laws
Section46 - Power to name authorities, etc. for exercising statutory functions
Section47 - Legal proceedings
Section48 - Transfer of pending proceedings
Section49 - Right of pleaders to practise in certain Courts
Section50 - Effect of provisions inconsistent with other laws
Section51 - Power to remove difficulties
Section52 - Power to make rules
Schedule1 - THE SCHEDULE