The Orissa (Alteration of Name) Act, 2011

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS USED

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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS USED G.S.R. . . . . . for General Statutory Rules.

THE ORISSA (ALTERATION OF NAME) ACT, 2011

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THE ORISSA (ALTERATION OF NAME) ACT, 2011 _________ ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS __________ SECTIONS 1. Alteration of name of State of Orissa. Amendment of First Schedule to the Constitution. Amendment of Fourth Schedule to the Constitution.

THE ORISSA (ALTERATION OF NAME) ACT, 2011

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Section 1 — Short title and commencement

Section 2 — Definitions

Section 3 — Alteration of name of State of Orissa

Section 4 — Amendment of article 164

Section 5 — Amendment of article 273

Section 6 — Amendment of First Schedule to the Constitution

Section 7 — Amendment of Fourth Schedule to the Constitution

Section 8 — Power to adapt laws

Section 9 — Power to construe laws

Section 10 — Legal proceedings

THE ORISSA (ALTERATION OF NAME) ACT, 2011 ACT NO. 15 OF 2011 [23rd September, 2011.] An Act to alter the name of the State of Orissa. Short title and commencement.—(1) This Act may be called the Orissa (Alteration of Name) Act, 2011. Alteration of name of State of Orissa.—As from the appointed day, the State of Orissa shall be known as the State of Odisha. THE STATES”, in entry 10, under the column “Name”, for the word “Orissa”, the word “Odisha” shall be substituted. Power to adapt laws.—(1) For the purpose of giving effect to the alteration of the name of the State of Orissa by section 3, the appropriate Government may, before the expiration of one year from the appointed day, by order, make such adaptations and modifications 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 modifications so made. (2) Nothing in sub-section (1) shall be deemed to prevent a competent Legislature or other competent authority from repealing or amending any law adapted or modified by the appropriate Government under the said sub-section.

STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS

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STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS The Government of Orissa forwarded to the Central Government in December 2008, the resolution passed by the Legislative Assembly of Orissa on 28th August, 2008 that, inter alia, the name of the State specified as "Orissa" in the First Schedule of the Constitution be changed as "Odisha" and translation of the word "Odisha" in Hindi language should be revised as “ओडिशा” accordingly and authorised the Government of Orissa to place the matter before Government of India for change of name of the State and change of language of the State and change of their Hindi translations. As required by the proviso to article 3 of the Constitution, the President referred the Bill to the Legislature of the State of Orissa for expressing its views thereon. The Legislative Assembly of Orissa considered the Orissa (Alteration of Name) Bill, 2009 and adopted a unanimous Resolution agreeing with the Bill. The Orissa (Alteration of Name) Bill, 2010 provides for such alteration of name of the State of Orissa and contains necessary amendments to the provisions of the Constitution and also consequential provisions. NEW DELHI; The 14th February, 2010.