Formation of Union territory of Daman and Diu

On and from the appointed day, there shall be formed a new Union territory to be known as the Union territory of Daman and Diu comprising the territories which, immediately before that day, were comprised in the Daman and Diu districts of the existing Union territory. As person shall be disqualified for being nominated as, and for being, a member of the Pradesh Council if he has incurred or incurs any of the disqualifications specified in section 11 of the Goa, Daman and Diu Village Panchayats Regulation, 1962: Provided that a person shall not be disqualified under this section merely on the ground of his holding the office by virtue of which he becomes, or has been nominated as, such member.