THE CHANDERNAGORE (MERGER) ACT, 1954 [Act, No. 36 of 1954] [29th September, 1954] PREAMBLE An Act to provide for the merger of Chandernagore into the State of West Bengal and for matters connected therewith. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Fifth year of the Republic of India as follows:-
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this section(1) This Act may be called the Chandernagore (Merger) Act, 1954. (2) It shall come into force on the 2nd day of October, 1954.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionIn this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) "appointed day" means the 2nd day of October.1954. (b) "Assembly constituency", "Council constituency" and "Parliamentary constituency" have the same meanings as in the Representation of the People Act, 1950 (XLIII of 1950); (c) "Chandernagore" means the whole of the territory which immediately before the 9th day of June, 1952 was comprised in the free Town of Chandernagore; (d) "law" means so much of any enactment, Ordinance, Regulation, order, rule, scheme, notification, bye-law or any other instruments having the force of law as relates to matters enumerated in List I and List III in the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution; (e) "sitting member", in relation to the House of the people or either House of the Legislature of the state of West Bengal means a person who immediately before the appointed day is a member of the House; (f) "State Government" means the Government of West Bengal; (g) "Union purposes" means the purposes of government relatable to any of the matters mentioned in the Union List in the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this section(1) As from the appointed day Chandernagore shall form part of the state of West Bengal and the boundaries of that State shall be so altered as to comprise within them the territory of Chandernagore. (2) Without prejudice to the power of the State government to alert hereafter the extent, limits and names of districts and sub-divisions, Chandernagore shall form part of the district of Hooghly in the state of West Bengal and the state government shall be order in the Official Gazette, provide for the ad ministration of Chandernagore by constituting it into a new sub-division of the said district whether with the addition of such areas of that district as may be specified in the order or without such addition.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionIn the First Schedule to the Constitution, Part A, in the description of the territories of States, in the last paragraph, after the words, "as if they formed part of that Province", the following shall be inserted, namely:- "and in the case of the state of West Bengal shall also comprise the territory of Chandernagore as defined in clause (c) of section 2 of the Chandernagore (Merger) Act, 1954,"
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this section.....namely:- Pandu, Dhaniakhali, Chinsura (excluding Ward No.1 of Bansbaria Municipality), Polba, Haripal, Tarakeswar, Arambagh, Khanakul and Pursura police stations of Hooghly District and Chandernagore,"; (b) the sitting member of he House of the People representing the Hooghly Parliamentary constituency shall be deemed to have been elected by that constituency as modified by this Act. (2) As soon as may be after the appointed day, the electoral roll of the Hooghly parliamentary constituency shall be prepared in accordance with the provisions of the Representation of the People Act, 1950 (XLIII of 1950), and the rules made thereunder and the roll so prepared shall come into force immediately upon its final publication.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this section.....and the said constituency shall be represented in that Assembly by one member to be chosen by direct election; (b) the President shall, as soon as may be after the appointed day and after consulting the election Commission, amend by order the delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies (West Bengal) Order, 1951 so as to include therein the Chandernagore assembly constituency and the particulars relating thereto as required by section 9 of the Representation of the people Act, 1950 (XLIII of 1950); (c) the total number of seats to be filled by direct election in the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal shall be increased from 238 to 239; (d) in the Second Schedule to the Representation of the people Act, 1950 (XLIII of 1950), in the part relating to Part A, States, for the entry in column 2 against 'West Bengal,' the entry '239' shall be substituted.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionThe electoral roll of the Chandernagore Assembly constituency shall be prepared and published in accordance with the provisions of the Representation of the people Act, 1950, (XLIII of 1950), and the rules made thereunder and come into force immediately upon its final publication.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionAs soon as may be after the delimitation of the Chandernagore Assembly constituency under the provisions of clause (b) of section 6, there shall be held an elation to fill the seat allotted to the Chandernagore assembly constituency in the Legislative Assembly of west Bengal; and for that purpose the election Commission shall by notification in the Official Gazette, call upon the Chandernagore Assembly constituency to elect a person for the purpose of filling that seat before such date as may be specified in the notification and the provisions of the Representation of the people Act, (XLIII of 1951), and the rules and orders made there under shall apply, as far as may be, in relation to such election.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionIf in consequence of the addition of areas to Chandernagore for the purpose of constituting the Chandernagore Assembly constituency, the extent of any existing Assembly constituency is altered, then- (a) the electoral roll of the existing Assembly constituency as so altered shall, until it is prepared afresh in accordance with the provisions of the Representation of the People Act, 1950 (XLIII of 1950), and the rules made thereunder, be deemed to consist of so much of the electoral roll as relates to the areas comprised within that constituency as so altered; (b) every sitting member of the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal representing the existing Assembly constituency shall be deemed to have been elected to that Assembly by that constituency as so altered.
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