Provides for Legislative Assemblies and Councils of Ministers for certain Union Territories and other connected matters.
Government of Union Territories Act, 1963
Act No. 20 of 1963
[10th May, 1963]
An Act to provide for Legislative Assemblies and Councils of Ministers for certain Union Territories and for certain other matters
Be it enacted by Parliament in the Fourteenth Year of the Republic of India as follows:—
Part I
PRELIMINARY
1. Short title and commencement.
1. Short title and commencement.—(1) This Act may be called the Government of Union Territories Act, 1963.
(2) It shall come into force on such date[i] as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint:
[ii][Provided that it shall come into force in the Union Territory of Mizoram on such date, being a date not earlier than the date of commencement of the Government of Union Territories (Amendment) Act, 1971 (83 of 1971), as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.]
[iii][Provided further that it shall come into force in the Union Territory of Arunachal Pradesh on such date, being a date not earlier than the date of commencement of the Government of Union Territories (Amendment) Act, 1975, as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint:]
[iv][Provided also that, subject to the preceding provisos,] different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act and for different Union Territories and any reference in any such provision to the commencement of this Act shall be construed as a reference to the coming into force of that provision.
2. Definitions and interpretation.
2. Definitions and interpretation.—(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
(a) “Administrator” means the administrator of [v][the Union Territory] appointed by the President under Article 239;
(b) “article” means an article of the Constitution;
(c) “assembly constituency” means a constituency provided under this Act for the purpose of election to the Legislative Assembly of [vi][the Union Territory];
(d) “Election Commission” means the Election Commission appointed by the President under Article 324;
(e) “Judicial Commissioner” includes an Additional Judicial Commissioner;
(f) “scheduled castes” in relation to [vii][the Union Territory] means such castes, races or tribes or parts of or groups within such castes, races or tribes as are deemed under Article 341 to be scheduled castes in relation to that Union Territory;
(g) “scheduled tribes” in relation to [viii][the Union Territory] mean such tribes or tribal communities or parts of or groups within such tribes or tribal communities as are deemed under Article 342 to be scheduled tribes in relation to that Union Territories of Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Tripura, Goa, Daman and Diu, and Pondicherry.
[ix][(h) “Union Territory” means the Union Territory of [x][Puducherry].]
(2) Any reference in this Act to laws made by Parliament shall be construed as including a reference to Ordinances promulgated by the President under Article 123 and a reference to Regulation made by the President under Article 240.
References
[i] 13-5-1963, vide notification No. G.S.R. 814, dated 13-5-1963, in respect of Part I, sections 3, 4 and 14 of Part II, Part III, sections 53, 56 and 57 of Part V and First and Second Schedules as applicable to the Union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3(i).
20-12-1963, vide notification. No. G.S.R 1922, dated 16-12-1963, in respect of remaining provisions of the Act applicable to the Union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3(i).
17-2-1972, vide notification No. G.S.R. 81(E), dated 16-2-1972, in respect of sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 14, 38, 43A and 56 of the Act shall come into force in the Union territory of Mizoram, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3(i).
3-5-1972, vide notification No. G.S.R. 269(E), dated 30-4-1972, in respect of all the provisions of the Act, other than those which have already come into force in the Union territory of Mizoram, shall, so far as they are applicable, come into force in that Union territory, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3(i).
13-5-1963, vide notification. No. G.S.R. 815, dated 13-5-1963, in respect of Part I, sections 53, 56 and 57 of Part V and the Second Schedule in the Union territory of Pondicherry, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3(i).
1-7-1963, vide notification No. G.S.R. 1025, dated 15-6-1963, for the remaining provisions came into force in the Union territory of Pondicherry, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3(i).
1-7-1963, vide notification No. S.O. 1660, dated 14-6-1963, in respect of all the provisions in the Union territories of Himachal Pradesh, Manipur and Tripura, and so much of the provisions as apply to the Union territory of Delhi, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3(ii).
1-7-1963, vide notification No. G.S.R. 1025, dated 15-6-1963, in respect of the provisions as apply to the Union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3(i).
[ii] Inserted by Act 83 of 1971, Section 2 (w.e.f. 6-2-1972).
[iii] Inserted by Act 29 of 1975, Section 2 (w.e.f. 15-8-1975).
[iv] Substituted by Act 29 of 1975, Section 2 (w.e.f. 15-8-1975).
[v] Substituted for “a Union Territory” by Act 18 of 1987, Section 65 (w.e.f. 30-5-1987).
[vi] Substituted for “a Union Territory” by Act 18 of 1987, Section 65 (w.e.f. 30-5-1987).
[vii] Substituted for “a Union Territory” by Act 18 of 1987, Section 65 (w.e.f. 30-5-1987).
[viii] Substituted for “a Union Territory” by Act 18 of 1987, Section 65 (w.e.f. 30-5-1987).
[ix] Substituted by Act 18 of 1987, Section 65 (w.e.f. 30-5-1987).
[x] Substituted for “Pondicherry” by Act 44 of 2006, Section 7 (w.e.f. 1-10-2006).
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