106 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
138 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY, FEB. 26,1948
Name and territory of the Union.
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new States.
Formation of new States and alteration of areas, boundaries or names of existing States.
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PART I
The Union and its Territory and Jurisdiction
*1. (1) India shall be a Union of States.
(2) The States shall mean the States for the time being specified in Parts I, II and III of the First Schedule.
(3) The territory of India shall comprise—
(a) the territories of the States;
(b) the territories for the time being specified in Part IV of the First Schedule; and
(c) such other territories as may be acquired.
Parliament may, from time to time, by law admit into the Union, or establish, new States on such terms and conditions as it thinks fit.
Parliament may by law—
(a) form a new State by separation of territory from a State or by uniting two or more States or parts of States;
(b) increase the area of any State;
(c) diminish the area of any State;
(d) alter the boundaries of any State;
(e) alter the name of any State:
Provided that no Bill for the purpose shall be introduced in either House of Parliament except by the Government of India and unless—
(a) either—
(i) a representation in that behalf has been made to the President by a majority of the representatives of the territory in the Legislature of the State from which the territory is to be separated or excluded; or
*The Committee considers that, following the language of the Preamble to the British North America Act, 1867, it would not be inappropriate to describe India as a Union although its Constitution may be federal in structure.
- Parliament may by law—
(a) form a new State by separation of territory from a State or by uniting two or more States or parts of States;