The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
NEW DELHI, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1949
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF LAW
New Delhi, the 26th November, 1949
The following Act of the Constituent Assembly has been authenticated by the President of the Constituent Assembly by his signature on the 25th November, 1949, and is hereby published for general information:—
Constituent Assembly Act No. VI of 1949.
An Act further to amend the Government of India Act, 1935.
Whereas it is expedient further to amend the Government of India Act, 1935,[1] for the purpose hereinafter appearing;
It is hereby enacted us follows: —
Short title and commencement.
1. (1) This Act may be called the Government of India (Fourth Amendment) Act, 1949.
(2) It shall come into force on the twenty-sixth day of November, 1949.
Interpretation
2. The Interpretation Act, 1889, applies for the interpretation of this Act as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
Amendment of section 290 of the Government of India Act, 1935.
3. In sub-section (1) of section 290 of the Government of India Act, 1935, after clause (d), the following clause shall be inserted, namely: —
"(e) alter the name of any Province; "
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- ↑ 26 Geo. 5, c. 2.
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