Andhra Pradesh (Transferred Territories) Extension of Laws Act, 1961
The Andhra Pradesh (Transferred Territories) Extension of Laws Act, 1961
This Act extends certain laws from the Andhra area to transferred territories and repeals Madras Acts in those areas. It applies to territories specified in the First Schedule of the Andhra Pradesh and Madras (Alteration of Boundaries) Act, 1959. The Act extends the Andhra Pradesh Panchayat Samithis and Zilla Parishads Act, 1959, the Andhra Pradesh (Andhra Area) District Boards Act, 1920, and the Andhra Pradesh (Andhra Area) Village Panchayats Act, 1950 to these territories while repealing Madras Acts for local governance. This ensures legal continuity and consistent administrative frameworks across transitioning regions from Madras to Andhra Pradesh jurisdiction.
- 1. Short title, extent and commencement
- 2. Definitions – In this Act,-
- 3. Extension of Andhra Pradesh Act XXXV of 1959 and Acts XIV of 1920 and X of 1950 to the transferred territories – The following Acts, namely:-
- 4. Repeals and saving – The following Acts, namely:-
- 5. Power to remove difficulties - If any difficulty arises in giving effect in the transferred territories to the provisions of any Act extended by section 3 to those territories, the State Government may, by order notified in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette, make such provisions or give such directions as appear to them to be necessary for the removal of the difficulty.
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