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 REGISTERED No. D-28

The Gazette of India

EXTRAORDINARY

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

NEW DELHI, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1949

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF LAW

New Delhi, the 26th November, 1949

The following Act of the Constituent Assembly has been authenticated by the President of the Constituent Assembly by his signature on the 25th November, 1949, and is hereby published for general information:—

An Act further to amend the Government of India Act, 1935.

it is expedient further to amend the Government of India Act, 1935, for the purpose hereinafter appearing;

It is hereby enacted us follows: —

Short title and commencement. 1. (1) This Act may be called the Government of India (Fourth Amendment) Act, 1949.

(2) It shall come into force on the twenty-sixth day of November, 1949.

Interpretation 2. The Interpretation Act, 1889, applies for the interpretation of this Act as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.

Amendment of section 290 of the Government of India Act, 1935. 3. In sub-section (1) of section 290 of the Government of India Act, 1935, after clause (d), the following clause shall be inserted, namely: —

"(e) alter the name of any Province; "

K. V. K. SUNDARAM, Secretary. [ 2345 ]