Amendment of section

In section 1 of the Indian Forest Act, 1927 (16 of 1927), in its application to the [State] of Himachal Pradesh (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), after sub-section (2), the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:— "(2-A) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (2), it also extends to such territories which, immediately before the 1st November, 1956, were comprised in the State of Patiala and East Punjab States Union, and have since merged with Himachal Pradesh under section 5 of the Punjab Re-organisation Act, 1966 (31 of 1966)."