An Act further to amend the Government of Union Territories Act, 1963
and the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi Act, 1991.
Be it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-seventh Year of the Republic
of India as follows:-
CHAPTER I
Preliminary
1. Short title and commencement.-(1) This Act may be called the
Government of Union Territories and the Government of National
Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Act, 2006.
(2) Section 2 shall be deemed to have come into force on the 31st day
of March, 2005.
CHAPTER II
AMENDMENT OF THE GOVERNMENT OF UNION TERRITORIES ACT, 1963
2. Insertion of new section 43F.-After section 43E of the Government
of Union Territories Act, 1963 (20 of 1963) the following section
shall be inserted, namely:-
“43F. Special provision as to readjustment of territorial
constituencies on the basis of 2001 census.-Notwithstanding the
publication of orders under sub-section (1) of section 10 of the
Delimitation Act, 2002 (33 of 2002) or anything contained in subsection
(2) or sub-section (4) of the said section, any readjustment
in the division of Union territory into territorial constituencies by
the Delimitation Commission under the said Act, on the basis of 2001
census shall take effect from such date as the Central Government
may, by order, published in the Official Gazette, specify and until
such readjustment takes effect, any election to the Legislative
Assembly may be held on the basis of the territorial constituencies
existing before such readjustment.”.
CHAPTER III
AMENDMENT OF THE GOVERNMENT OF NATIONAL CAPITAL TERRITORY OF DELHI
3. Amendment of section 3.-In section 3 of the Government of National
Capital Territory of Delhi Act, 1991 (1 of 1992), in sub-section (3),
after the proviso, the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:-
“Provided further that any readjustment in the division of the
Capital into territorial constituencies by the Delimitation
Commission under the Delimitation Act, 2002 (33 of 2002) on the basis
of 2001 census shall take effect from such date as the Central
Government may, by order, published in the Official Gazette, specify
and until such readjustment takes effect, any election to the
Legislative Assembly may be held on the basis of the territorial
constituencies existing before such readjustment.”.
T. K. VISWANATHAN,
Secy. to the Govt. of India.
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CORRIGENDUM
In the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2005 (No. 2 of 2006) as
published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 1,
dated the 12th January 2006 (issue No. 2), at page 2, for the
marginal heading of section 195A, read “Threatening any person to
give false evidence.”.
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