1. Short title and commencement.—(1) This Act may be called the Himachal Pradesh and
Bilaspur (New State) Act, 1954.
(2) It shall come into force on such date1
as the Central Government may, by notification in the
Official Gazette, appoint in this behalf.
2. Definitions.—In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
(a) “article” means an article of the Constitution;
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(c) “existing States” mean the States specified as Bilaspur and Himachal Pradesh in Part C of
the First Schedule to the Constitution immediately before the commencement of this Act, and
“existing State” means either of the existing States;
(d) “law” includes any enactment, ordinance, regulation, order, rule, scheme, notification,
bye-law or other instrument having the force of law in the whole or in any part of either of the
existing States;
(e) “Order” means an order published in the Official Gazette;
(f) “Parliamentary constituency” has the same meaning as in the Representation of the People
Act, 1950 (43 of 1950);
(g) “sitting member” in relation to either House of Parliament or in relation to the Legislature
of the existing State of Himachal Pradesh, means a person who immediately before the
commencement of this Act is a member of that House or that Legislature, as the case may be.