THE DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI AND DAMAN AND DIU (MERGER OF UNION 
TERRITORIES) ACT, 2019 
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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS 
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PART I 

PRELIMINARY 

1.  Short title and commencement. 
2.  Definitions. 

PART II 
MERGER OF UNION TERRITORIES 

3.  Formation of Union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. 
4.  Amendment of article 240 of Constitution. 
5.  Amendment of First Schedule to Constitution. 

PART III 
REPRESENTATION IN THE HOUSE OF THE PEOPLE 

6.  Allocation of seats in House of People. 
7.  Provisions as to sitting members. 

PART IV 

HIGH COURT 

8.  Extension of jurisdiction of High Court of Bombay. 

PART V 
ASSETS AND LIABILITIES 

9.  Land and goods. 
10.  Cash balances. 
11.  Arrears of tax. 
12.  Right to recover loans and advances. 
13.  Assets and liabilities of Union territory undertakings. 
14.  Refund of taxes collected in excess. 

PART VI 
PROVISIONS AS TO SERVICES 

15.  Provisions relating to All India Services. 
16.  Provisions relating to other services. 

PART VII 
LEGAL AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 

17.  Extension of laws. 
18.  Power to construe laws. 
19.  Power to adapt laws. 
20.  Legal proceedings. 
21.  Transfer of pending proceeding. 
22.  Effect of provisions inconsistent with other laws. 
23.  Power to remove difficulties. 

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THE DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI AND DAMAN AND DIU (MERGER OF UNION 
TERRITORIES) ACT, 2019 

ACT NO. 44 OF 2019 

[09th December, 2019.] 

An Act to  provide for merger of Union territories  of Dadra and Nagar  Haveli and Daman and 

Diu and for matters connected therewith. 

BE it enacted by Parliament in the Seventieth Year of the Republic of India as follows:— 

PART I 

PRELIMINARY 

1.  Short  title  and  commencement.—(1)  This  Act  may  be  called  the  Dadra  and  Nagar  Haveli  and 

Daman and Diu (Merger of Union territories) Act, 2019. 

(2)  It  shall  come  into  force  on  such  date1  as  the  Central  Government  may,  by  notification  in  the 

Official Gazette, appoint. 

 2. Definitions.—In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, — 

(a) “appointed day2” means the day on which the Central Government may, by notification in the 

Official Gazette, appoint; 

(b)  “existing  Union  territories”  means  the  Union  territories  of  Dadra  and  Nagar  Haveli  and 

Daman and Diu as existing immediately before the appointed day; 

(c)  “law”  includes  any  enactment,  Ordinance,  regulation,  order,  bye-law,  rule,  scheme, 
notification or other instrument having a force of law in the whole or in any part of the existing Union 
territories immediately before the appointed day. 

PART II 

MERGER OF UNION TERRITORIES 

3. Formation of Union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu.—On and from 
the  appointed  day,  there  shall  be  formed  a  new  Union  territory  to  be  known  as  the  Union  territory  of 
Dadra  and  Nagar  Haveli  and  Daman  and  Diu  comprising  the territory  of  the  existing  Union  territories, 
namely:— 

Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, 

and thereupon the said territories shall have ceased to form part of the existing Union territories. 

 4. Amendment of article 240 of Constitution.—In article 240 of the Constitution, in clause (1),— 

(i) for entry (c), the following entry shall be substituted, namely:— 

“(c) Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu;”; 

(ii) entry (d) shall be omitted. 

1.  26th  January,  2020,  vide  notification  No.  S.O.  4542(E),  dated  19th  December,  2019,  see  Gazette  of  India,  Extraordinary,            

Part II, sec. 3(ii). 

2.  26th  January,  2020,  vide  notification  No.  S.O.  4543(E),  dated  19th  December,  2019,  see  Gazette  of  India,  Extraordinary,            

Part II, sec. 3(ii). 

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5. Amendment of First Schedule to Constitution.—On and from the appointed day, in the First 

Schedule to the Constitution, under the heading “II. THE UNION TERRITORIES”, for entries 4 and 5 
and the corresponding entries relating thereto, the following shall be substituted, namely:— 

Name 

Extent 

“4. Dadra and Nagar 
Haveli and Daman 
and Diu 

The  territory  which  immediately  before  the  eleventh  day  of 
August, 1961 was comprised in Free Dadra and Nagar Haveli 
and  the  territories  specified  in  section  4  of  the  Goa,  Daman 
and Diu Reorganisation Act, 1987 (18 of 1987).”. 

PART III 

REPRESENTATION IN THE HOUSE OF THE PEOPLE 

6. Allocation of seats in House of People.—On and from the appointed day, there shall be allocated 
two  seats  to  the  Union  territory  of  Dadra  and  Nagar  Haveli  and  Daman  and  Diu  in  the  House  of  the 
People and the First Schedule to the Representation of the People Act, 1950 (43 of 1950) shall be deemed 
to be amended accordingly. 

7.  Provisions  as  to  sitting  members.—(1)  Every  sitting  members  of  the  House  of  the  People 
representing any Parliamentary constituency, which, on the appointed day, by virtue of the provisions of 
section 5, stands allotted, with or without alteration of boundaries, be deemed to have been elected to that 
House by that constituency. 

Explanation.—For the purposes of this sub-section “parliamentary constituency” shall have the same 

meaning as assigned to it in the Representation of the People Act, 1950 (43 of 1950). 

(2) The term of office of such members shall remain unaltered. 

PART IV 

HIGH COURT 

8.  Extension  of  jurisdiction  of  High  Court  of  Bombay.—On  and  from  the  appointed  day,  the 
jurisdiction  of  the  High  Court  of  Bombay  shall  continue  to  extend  to  the  Union  territory  of  Dadra  and 
Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. 

PART V 

ASSETS AND LIABILITIES 

9. Land and goods.—Subject to the other provisions of this Part, all land and all stores, articles and 
other  goods  held  immediately  before the  appointed  day,  by  the  existing  Union  territories, shall,  on and 
from that day, vest in the Union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. 

Explanation.—For the purposes of this section, the expression “land” includes immovable property of 
every  kind  and  any  rights in  or  over such  property  and  the expression  “goods”  does  not  include  coins, 
bank notes and currency notes. 

10. Cash balances.—The total of the cash balances in all treasuries, the Reserve Bank of India, the 
State Bank of India and any nationalised bank, of the existing Union territories immediately before the 
appointed day shall be merged in the Union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. 

11.  Arrears  of  tax.—(1)  The  right  to  recover  arrears  of  any  tax  or  duty  (including  arrears  of  land 
revenue)  on  any  property  situated  in  the  existing  Union  territories  shall  vest  in  the  Union  territory  of 
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. 

(2) The right to recover arrears of any tax or duty, other than a tax or duty specified in sub-section (1), 

shall belong to the Union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. 

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12. Right to recover loans and advances.—The right to recover any loans or advances made by the 
existing Union territories before the appointed day to any local body, society, agriculturist or other person 
shall belong to the Union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. 

13.  Assets  and  liabilities  of  Union  territory  undertakings.—The  assets  and  liabilities  relating  to 
any  commercial  undertaking  of  the  existing  Union  territories  shall  vest  in the Union  territory  of  Dadra 
and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. 

14. Refund of taxes collected in excess.—The liability of the Union territory to refund— 

(a) any tax or duty on property, including land revenue collected in excess shall go to the Union 

territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu; 

(b) any other tax or duty collected in excess shall go to the Union territory of Dadra and Nagar 

Haveli. 

PART VI 

PROVISIONS AS TO SERVICES 

15. Provisions relating to All India Services.—The members of each of the All India Services borne 
on the existing Union territories cadre immediately before the appointed day shall continue to be in the 
cadre  of  the  same  service  of  the  existing  Union  territory  in  which  they  stand  allocated  before  the 
appointed day. 

16. Provisions relating to other services.—(1) Every person employed in connection with the affairs 
of the existing Union territories and serving immediately before the appointed day in the existing Union 
territories shall, on and from that day, — 

(a)  continue  to  serve  in  connection  with  the  affairs  of  the  Union  territory  of  Dadra  and  Nagar 

Haveli and Daman and Diu; and 

(b)  be  deemed  to  be  provisionally  allotted  to  serve  in  connection  with  the  affairs  of  the  Union 

territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu: 

Provided that nothing in clause (b) shall apply to a person to whom the provisions of section 15 

apply or to a person on deputation from any State. 

(2) As soon as may be, after the appointed day, the Central Government shall by general or special 
order, determine whether every person referred to in clause (b) of sub-section (1) shall be finally allotted 
for service in the Union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu and the date with effect 
from which such allotment shall take effect or be deemed to have taken effect. 

(3) As soon as may be after the Central Government passes orders finally allotting an employee in 
terms of sub-section (2), the Union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu shall take 
steps  to  integrate  the  employee  into  the  services  under  its  control  in  accordance  with  such  special  or 
general  orders  or  instructions  as  may  be  issued  by  the  Central  Government  from  time  to  time  in  this 
behalf. 

(4)  The  Central  Government  may,  by  order  establish  one  or  more  Advisory  Committees  for  the 
purpose of assisting it in regard to ensuring of fair and equitable treatment to all persons affected by the 
provisions of this section and proper consideration of any representations made by such persons: 

Provided  that  notwithstanding  anything  to  the  contrary  contained  in  any  law  for  the  time  being  in 
force, no representation shall be against any order passed by the competent authority on matters arising 
out of the division and integration of services under this Act, on the expiry of three months from the date 
of publication or service of such order, whichever is earlier: 

Provided  further  that,  notwithstanding  anything  contained  in  the  preceding  proviso,  the  Central 
Government may suo motu or otherwise and for reasons to be recorded, reopen any matter and pass such 

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order thereon, as may appear to it to be appropriate if it is satisfied that it is necessary so to do, in order to 
prevent any miscarriage of justice to any affected employee. 

(5) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to affect, on or after the appointed day, the operation of 
the  provisions  of  Chapter  I  of  Part  XIV  of  the  Constitution  in  relation  to  the  determination  of  the 
conditions of service of persons serving in connection with the affairs of the Union territory of Dadra and 
Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu: 

Provided that the conditions of service applicable immediately before the appointed day to the case of 
any person referred to in sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) shall not be varied to his disadvantage except 
with the previous approval of the Central Government. 

(6)  All  services  prior  to  the  appointed  day  rendered  by  a  person  allotted  under  sub-section  (2)  in 
connection with the affairs of the existing Union territories shall, for the purposes of the rules regarding 
his conditions of service, be deemed to have been rendered in connection with the affairs of the Union 
territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. 

(7) The provisions of this section other than clause (a) of sub-section (1) shall not apply in relation to 

any person to whom the provisions of section 15 apply. 

PART VII 

LEGAL AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 

17. Extension of laws.—All laws which immediately before the appointed day extend to, or are in 
force in, existing Union territories shall, on and from the appointed day, continue to be in force in those 
areas in respect of which they were in force immediately before that day. 

18. Power to construe laws.—Any court, tribunal or authority required or empowered to enforce any 
law extended to the Union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu by section 17 may, 
for the purpose of facilitating its application in relation to the Union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli 
and  Daman  and  Diu,  construe  the  law  in  such  manner,  without  affecting  the  substance,  as  may  be 
necessary or proper in regard to the matter before the court, tribunal or authority. 

19. Power to adapt laws.—For the purpose of facilitating the application of any law in relation to the 
Union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, the Central Government may, before the 
expiration of two years from the appointed day, by order, make such adaptations and modifications of the 
law,  whether  by  way  of  repeal  or  amendment,  as  may  be  necessary  or  expedient,  and  thereupon  every 
such law shall have effect subject to the adaptations and modifications so made until altered, repealed or 
amended by a competent Legislature or other competent authority. 

20. Legal proceedings.—Where, immediately before the appointed day, the existing Union territories 
is  a  party  to  any  legal  proceedings  with  respect  to  any  property,  rights  or  liabilities  transferred  to  the 
Union  territory  of  Dadra  and  Nagar  Haveli  and  Daman  and  Diu  under  this  Act,  the  Union  territory  of 
Dadra  and  Nagar  Haveli  and  Daman  and  Diu  shall  be  deemed  to  be  substituted  for  the  existing  Union 
territories  as  a  party  to  those  proceedings,  or  added  as  a  party  thereto,  as  the  case  may  be,  and  the 
proceedings may continue accordingly. 

21.Transfer  of  pending  proceeding.—(1)  Every  proceeding  pending  immediately  before  the 
appointed day before any court (other than a High Court), tribunal, authority or officer in any area which 
on that day falls within the existing Union territories shall, stand transferred to the corresponding court, 
tribunal, authority or officer in the Union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. 

(2) In this section,— 

(a) “proceeding” includes any suit, case or appeal; and 

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(b) “corresponding court, tribunal, authority or officer”, in the Union territory of Dadra and Nagar 

Haveli and Daman and Diu, means— 

(i) the court, tribunal, authority or officer in which, or before whom, the proceeding would 

have laid if the proceeding had been instituted after the appointed day, or 

(ii) in case of doubt, such court, tribunal, authority or officer in that Union territory as may be 
determined  after  the  appointed  day  by  the  Administrator  of  the  Union  territory  of  Dadra  and 
Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, or before the appointed day by the existing Union territories, 
to be the corresponding court, tribunal, authority or officer. 

Explanation.—For  the  purposes  of  this  sub-section,  “Administrator”  means  the  administrator 

appointed by the President under article 239 of the Constitution. 

22. Effect of provisions inconsistent with other laws.—The provisions of this Act shall have effect 

notwithstanding anything inconsistent therewith contained in any other law for the time being in force. 

23. Power to remove difficulties.—(1) If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of 
this  Act,  the  President  may,  by  order  published  in  the  Official  Gazette,  make  such  provisions,  not 
inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, as appear to it to be necessary or expedient for removing the 
difficulty: 

Provided that no such order shall be made after the expiry of three years from the appointed day. 

(2) Every order made under this section shall be laid before each House of Parliament. 

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