The Andhra Pradesh and Mysore (Transfer of Territory) Act

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Transfer of territory from Mysore to Andhra Pradesh

Amendment of First Schedule to the Constitution

Extent of parliamentary and assembly Constituencies

Provision as to sitting members of Parliament and Legislative Assemblies

Extent of Council Constituencies

Sitting Members of Legislative Councils

Extension of jurisdiction of Andhra Pradesh High Court

Appropriation of moneys for expenditure in transferred territory under existing Appropriation Acts

Assets and liabilities

State Financial Corporations and State Electricity Boards

Extension of laws

Power to construe laws

Legal proceedings

Transfer of pending proceedings

Effect of provisions inconsistent with other laws

Power to remove difficulties

Power to make rules

All sections

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—

(a) "appointed day" means the 1st day of October, 1968;

(b) "assembly constituency", "council constituency" and "parliamentary constituency" have
the same meanings as in the Representation of the People Act, 1950 (43 of 1950);

(c) "sitting member", in relation to either House of Parliament or of the Legislature of a State,
means a person who, immediately before the appointed day, is a member of that House;

(d) "transferred territory" means the territory specified in the Schedule and transferred from
the State of Mysore to the State of Andhra Pradesh by section 3.


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