The Pondicherry (Alteration of Name) Act, 2006

THE PONDICHERRY (ALTERATION OF NAME) ACT, 2006

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THE PONDICHERRY (ALTERATION OF NAME) ACT, 2006 ________ ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS _______ SECTIONS 1. Alteration of name of the Union territory of Pondicherry. Amendment of Part VIII of the Constitution. Amendment of First Schedule to the Constitution. Amendment of Fourth Schedule to the Constitution. Amendment of section 2 of Act 20 of 1963.

THE PONDICHERRY (ALTERATION OF NAME) ACT, 2006

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Section 1 — Short title and commencement

Section 2 — Definitions

Section 3 — Alteration of name of the Union territory of Pondicherry

Section 4 — Amendment of Part VIII of the Constitution

Section 5 — Amendment of First Schedule to the Constitution

Section 6 — Amendment of Fourth Schedule to the Constitution

Section 7 — Amendment of section 2 of Act 20 of 1963

Section 8 — Power to adapt laws

Section 9 — Power to construe laws

THE PONDICHERRY (ALTERATION OF NAME) ACT, 2006 ACT NO. 44 OF 2006 [13th September, 2006.] An Act to alter the name of the Union territory of Pondicherry. Short title and commencement.—(1) This Act may be called the Pondicherry (Alteration of Name) Act, 2006. Alteration of name of the Union territory of Pondicherry.—As from the appointed day, the Union territory of Pondicherry shall be known as the Union territory of Puducherry. THE UNION TERRITORIES”, in entry 6, under the column “Name”, for the word “Pondicherry”, the word “Puducherry” shall be substituted. Power to adapt laws.—(1) For the purpose of giving effect to the alteration of the name of the Union territory of Pondicherry 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 Parliament or Legislative Assembly of the Union territory of Puducherry or other competent authority from repealing or amending any law adapted or modified by the appropriate Government under the said sub-section.

affecting the substance, as may be necessary or proper in regard to the matter before the court, tribunal or

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Section 10 — Legal proceedings

affecting the substance, as may be necessary or proper in regard to the matter before the court, tribunal or authority. Legal proceedings.—Where immediately before the appointed day any legal proceedings are pending to which the administrator of the Union territory of Pondicherry is a party, or the Union of India represented by the said administrator is a party, then, for the purposes of those proceedings, any reference to the administrator of the Union territory of Pondicherry shall be construed as a reference to the administrator of the Union territory of Puducherry. _____ 3