रजिस्ट्री स ० डी० 221
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भारत का राजपत्र
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भाग II लण्ड ।
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PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
मई बिल्ली, सोमवार , अगस्त 27 , 1973/भाव्र 5, 1895
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No. 36]
NEW DELHI , MONDAY, AUGUST 27 , 1973 / BHADRA 5 , 1895
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MINISTRY OF LAW , JUSTICE AND COMPANY AFFAIRS
(Legislative Department )
New Delhi , the 27th August , 1973 / Bhadra 5 , 1895 ( Saka )
The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the 26th August, 1973 , and is hereby published for general informa- tion: -
THE LACCADIVE, MINICOY AND AMINDIVI ISLANDS ( ALTERATION OF NAME ) ACT, 1973
NO . 34 OF 1973
[26th August , 1973 ] An Act to alter the name of the Union territory of the Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Islands .
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Twenty- fourth Year of the Re- public of India as follows:
1. (1 ) This Act may be called the Laccadive , Minicoy and Amindivi Short Islands ( Alteration of Name) Act , 1973. title and
com- (2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government mence- may, by notification in the Official Gazette , appoint . ment.
2. In this Act , unless the context otherwise requires ,-
Defini- (a) " appointed day" means the date appointed under sub- section tions.
(2) of section 1 for the coming into force of this Act;
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(b) " law" includes any enactment, Ordinance , regulation, order , bye- law , rule , scheme , notification or other instrument having the force of law in the whole or any part of the Union territory of the Laccadive , Minicoy and Amindivi Islands.
3. As from the appointed day , the Union territory of the Laccadive , Minicoy and Amindivi Islands shall be known as the Union territory of Lakshadweep .
4. In article 240 of the Constitution , in clause ( 1 ) , for entry (b ) , the following entry shall be substituted , namely: ---
" (b ) Lakshadweep ;" .
Altera- tionof name ofthe Union terri- tory ofthe Lacca- dive, Minicoy and Amindivi Islands . Amend- ment of article 240 of the Constitu- tion.
5. In the First Schedule to the Constitution , under the heading " II . THE UNION TERRITORIES " , in entry 3 , for the words " The Laccadive , Minicoy and Amindivi Islands ." , the word " Lakshadweep . "" shall be substituted .
Amend- ment of First Sche- duleto the Consti- tution.
Power to adapt laws.
6. (1) For the purpose of giving effect to the alteration of the name .. of the Union territory of the Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Islands by section 3 , the Central Government may , before the expiration of one year from the appointed day, by order , make such adaptations and modi- fications of any law made before the appointed day , whether by way of repeal or amendment as may be necessary or expedient , and thereupon every such law shall have effect subject to the adaptations and modifica- tions so made.
(2) Nothing in sub - section (1) shall be deemed to prevent Parlia- ment or other competent authority from repealing or amending any law adapted or modified by the Central Government under the said sub- section.
Power to con- strue laws.
7. Notwithstanding that no provision or insufficient provision has been made under section 6 for the adaptation of a law made before the appointed day, any court , tribunal or authority required or empowered to enforce such law may construe the law in such manner, without affect-- ing the substance , as may be necessary or proper in regard to the matter before the court , tribunal or authority.
Legal proceed- ings.
8. Where immediately before the appointed day any legal proceed- ings are pending to which the Administrator of the Union territory of the Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Islands is a party, or the Union of India represented by the said Administrator is a party , then , for the SEC . 1] THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY
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purposes of those proceedings, any reference to the Administrator of the Union territory of the Laccadive , Minicoy and Amindivi Islands shall be construed as a reference to the Administrator of the Union territory of Lakshadweep .
K. K. SUNDARAM, Secy. to the Govt . of India .
CORRIGENDUM
In the Carriage by Air Act , 1972 ( 69 of 1972 ) as published in the Gazette of India , Extraordinary Part II, Section 1, dated the 20th December , 1972 , at page 928, for line 2, read " are stated in the air waybill to have been , checked by him in the" .
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