3. Transfer of territories from Bihar to West Bengal.—(1) As from the appointed day, there shall
be added to the State of West Bengal the territories which on the 1st day of March, 1956, were
comprised in—
(a) that portion of Kishanganj sub-division of Purnea district which lies to the east of the
boundary line demarcated in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (2) by an authority
appointed in this behalf by the Central Government and that portion of Gopalpur thana of the said
district which lies to the east or north, as the case may be, of the said boundary line; and
(b) Purulia sub-division of Manbhum district, excluding Chas thana, Chandil than a and Patamda
police station of Barabhum thana;
and the said territories shall thereupon cease to form part of the State of Bihar.
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(2) The boundary line referred to in sub-section (1) shall be so demarcated as to be generally two
hundred yards to the west of the highway in Purnea district connecting Dalkola, Kishanganj and Chopra
with Siliguri in Darjeeling district and two hundered yards to the south or south-west of the highway in
Purnea district connecting Dalkola and Karandighi with Raiganj in West Dinajpur district:
Provided that the boundary line shall be so demarcated as not to cut across any village or town:
Provided further that from the point where the first-mentioned highway meets the southern boundary
of Kishanganj municipality to the point where it leaves the northern boundary of that municipality, the
boundary line shall be the same as the boundary of that municipality on the east.
(3) The territory specified in clause (a) of sub-section (1) shall be included in, and form part of,
Darjeeling district, and the territory specified in clause (b) of that sub-section shall form a separate district
to be known as Purulia district within Burdwan division of the State of West Bengal.
(4) Nothing in sub-section (3) shall be deemed to affect the power of the State Government to alter
after the appointed day the name, extent and boundaries of any district or division in the State of West
Bengal.
4. Amendment of First Schedule to the Constitution.—As from the appointed day, in the First
Schedule to the Constitution, in Part A, in the description of the territories of States,—
(a) after the paragraph relating to the territory of the State of Assam, the following paragraphs
shall be inserted, namely:—
“The territory of the State of Bihar shall comprise the territories which immediately before
the commencement of this Constitution were either comprised in the Province of Bihar or were
being administered as if they formed part of that Province, but shall not include the territories
specified in sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Bihar and West Bengal (Transfer of Territories)
Act, 1956.
The territory of the State of West Bengal shall comprise the territories which immediately
before the commencement of this Constitution were either comprised in the Province of West
Bengal or were being administered as if they formed part of that Province and the territory of
Chandernagore as defined in clause (c) of section 2 of the Chandernagore (Merger) Act, 1954,
and also the territories specified in sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Bihar and West Bengal
(Transfer of Territories) Act, 1956.”;
(b) in the 1st paragraph, the words, brackets, letter and figures “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,” shall be omitted.