THE UTTAR PRADESH LAWS (EXTENSION TO TERRITORIES TRANSFERRED FROM BIHAR) ACT, 1976

1. (1) This Act may be called the Uttar Pradesh Laws (Extension to Territories Transferred from Bihar) Act, 1976. (2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on October 15, 1976.

2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires — (a) "Bihar Laws" means so much of any Bihar Act, Ordinance or Regulation, as relates to any of the matters enumerated in Lists II and III in the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution and includes any statutory instrument ; 2[(aa) “Scheduled Village” means a village comprised in the transferred territories and specified in the Second Schedule ; ] (b) "State Law" means so much of any Uttar Pradesh Act, Ordinance or Regulation, as relates to any of the matters enumerated in Lists II and III in the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution and includes any statutory instrument ; (c) "transferred territories" means the territories transferred from the State of Bihar and added to Uttar Pradesh by the Bihar and Uttar Pradesh (Alteration of Boundaries) Act, 1968.

3. (1) The State Laws specified in the second column of 3[the first Schedule] shall, as from the date of commencement of this Act, extend to the transferred territories subject to the modifications specified in the third column thereof and all appointments, orders or statutory instruments made or issued thereunder shall, so far as they are not inconsistent with the said modifications, extend, mutatismutandis to the transferred territories and shall, in such modified form, continue in force until repealed or amended by the competent Legislature or other competent authority. (2) The Uttar Pradesh Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act, 1950 as extended by notification no. 10/Rajaswa-1/1-6—(1)-72, dated March 17, 1972, shall continue in force and be deemed always to have continued in force (with the modifications specified in that notification) in the transferred territories until repealed or amended by the Uttar Pradesh State Legislature. (3) All other State laws which immediately before the date of commencement of this Act, extend to, or are not in force in, the transferred territories shall, as from such date, extend to or, as the case may be, come into force in, the transferred territories and continue in force therein until repealed or amended by the competent Legislature or other competent authority. (4) All Bihar laws which immediately before the date of commencement of this Act, are in force in the whole or any part of the transferred territories shall, with effect from such date, stand repealed in respect of their operation in such territories and the provisions of section 6 and 24 of the Uttar Pradesh General Clauses Act, 1904 shall apply as if those laws were repealed and re-enacted by the corresponding laws extended to, or brought into force, into the transferred territories by virtue of sub-section (1) and (3).

1[3-A. (1) Where any person is in occupation of any land, situate in a Scheduled village, on October 15, 1976 as well as on the date of commencement of this section, and such land is a land to which the provisions of section 132 of the Uttar Pradesh Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act, 1950 - (a) apply such person shall, with effect from the date of such commencement become and be deemed to have become an asami holding land on behalf of the Gaon Sabha concerned ; (b) do not apply, such person shall, with effect from the date of such commencement, become and be deemed to have become bhumidhar with transferable rights in respect of such land. (2) The provisions of this section shall have effect, anything to the contrary contained in any law for the time being in force notwithstanding. ]

4. (1) All suits, appeals, applications or other proceedings under any Bihar law pending before any court or authority in respect of the transferred territories shall, with effect from the date of commencement of this Act, be deemed to be suits, appeals applications or other proceedings instituted or filed under the corresponding provisions of the State Laws referred to in sub-sections (1) to (3) of section 3 and shall be disposed of accordingly. (2) All suits, appeals, applications or other proceedings under any Bihar law to which the provisions of sub-section (1) do not apply shall abate with effect from the date of commencement of this Act.

5. For the purposes of facilitating the application of any State Law mentioned in sub-sections (1), (2) and (3) of section 3 to the transferred territories, any court or other authority may construe such law with such alterations, not affecting the substance, as may be necessary or proper to adapt it to the matter before the court or other authority.

6. .(1) If any difficulty arises in relation to the transition from the laws mentioned in sub-section (4) of section 3 to the laws mentioned in sub-sections (1), (2) and (3) thereof, the State Government may, by notification in the Gazette, make such provisions as it considers necessary for the removal of such difficulty : Provided that no such order shall be made after five years from the date of commencement of this Act. (2) Any order made under sub-section (1) may be given retrospective effect from any date not earlier than the date of addition of the transferred territories to the State of Uttar Pradesh. (3) No order under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) shall be called n question in any court on the ground that no difficulty as is referred to in sub-section (1) existed or was required to be removed.

7. Repeal and saving, U. P. Ordinance no. 29 of 1976 (1) The Uttar Pradesh Laws (Extension to Territories Transferred from Bihar) Ordinance, 1976 is hereby repealed. (2) Notwithstanding such repeal anything done or any action taken under the aforesaid Ordinance shall be deemed to have been done or taken under this Act as if this act were in force at all material times.