The West Godavari District (Assimilation of Laws on Federal Subjects) Act, 1949
# THE WEST GODAVARI DISTRICT (ASSIMILATION OF LAWS ON                
 FEDERAL SUBJECTS) ACT, 1949
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 ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
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SECTIONS

1. Short title and commencement.
2. Interpretation.
3. Assimilation of laws.
4. Provision for removal of difficulties.

THE SCHEDULE.


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# THE WEST GODAVARI DISTRICT (ASSIMILATION OF LAWS ON                
 FEDERAL SUBJECTS) ACT, 1949

 ACT NO. 20 OF 1949

[14th April, 1949.]

# An Act to assimilate certain laws in force in different parts of the West Godavari District of the
 Province of Madras.

WHEREAS by virtue of the Madras Partially Excluded Area (Cesser) Order, 1948, made under

section 91 of the Government of India Act, 1935, the area comprised in the villages specified in Article 2
of the said Order ceased, as from the 1st day of July, 1948, to be part of a partially excluded area in the
West Godavari District of the Province of Madras;

AND WHEREAS it is expedient that the laws in force in the said area with respect to the matters

enumerated in List I in the Seventh Schedule to the Government of India Act, 1935 (25 and 26 Geo. 5,
c. 2), should be assimilated to the laws in force with respect to the said matters in the rest of the said
district;

It is hereby enacted as follows:—

**1. Short title and commencement.—(1) This Act may be called the West Godavari District**

(Assimilation of Laws on Federal Subjects) Act, 1949.

(2) It shall come into force on such date[1] as the Central Government may, by notification in the

Official Gazette, appoint.

**2. Interpretation.—In this Act—**

(a) “appointed day” means the date appointed under sub-section (2) of section 1 for the coming

into force of this Act;

(b) “Eluru Taluk” means the taluk of that name in the West Godavari district of the State of

Madras;

(c) “law” means any Act, Ordinance, Regulation, rule, order or bye-law, relating to any of the

matters enumerated in List I in the Seventh Schedule to the Government of India Act, 1935 (25 and
26 Geo. 5, c. 2); and

(d) “Scheduled area” means the area comprised in the villages which are specified in the

Schedule to this Act

**3. Assimilation of laws.—(1) All laws which immediately before the appointed day extend to, or are**

in force in, the Eluru Taluk, but not in the scheduled area, shall, as from that day, extend to, or as the case
may be, come into force in, the scheduled area.

(2) All laws which immediately before the appointed day are in force in the scheduled area, but not in

the Eluru Taluk, shall on that day cease to be in force in the scheduled area, except as respects things done
or omitted to be done before that day.

**4. Provision for removal of difficulties.—If any difficulty arises in relation to the transition from the**

laws mentioned in sub-section (2) of section 3 to the laws mentioned in sub-section (1) thereof, the
Central Government may, by order notified in the Official Gazette, make such provision as it considers
necessary for the removal of such difficulty.

1. 1st July, 1949, see Gazette of India, 1949, Extraordinary.

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A. Villages in Polavaram Firka—

1. Gangole.
2. Dondapudi.
3. Sagipadu.
4. Karakapadu.
5. Mangiparthi Devipeta.
6. Kannapuram.
7. Mahadevapuram.
8. Dippakayalapadu.
9. Venkatayipalem.

10. Cherukumilli.
11. Ballipadu.
12 Pattisam.
13. Gutala.
14. Tadipudi. (Gutala part).
15. Tadipudi (Pattisam part).
16. Ragolapalli (Gutala part).
17. Ragolapalli (Pattisam part).
18. Pochavaram.
19. Tupakulagudem.
20. Bayyavaram.
21. Venkatapuram.
22. Suggonda.

B. Villages in Zangareddigudem Firka—

1. Saripalli (Zamindari).
2. Zangareddigudem (Zamindari).
3. Vedantapuram (Inam).
4. Ramanujapuram (Inam).
5. Parimpudi
6. Bayyangudem (Zamindari).
7. Akkampeta.
8. Sreenivasapuram (Inam).
9. Pullepudi (Inam).
10. Pattenapalem.

C. Villages in Jeelugumilli Firka—

1. Mysenagudem.

2. Peddipalli.

3. Taduvayi.

4. Matanagudem.

5. Ayyavari (Polavaram) (Inam).


THE SCHEDULE

[See section 2(d)]

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