THE ASSAM (ALTERATION OF BOUNDARIES) ACT, 1951
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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
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SECTIONS
1.  Short title.
2.  Alteration of the boundaries of Assam.
3.  Amendment of the First Schedule to the Constitution.

THE SCHEDULE. 
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THE ASSAM (ALTERATION OF BOUNDARIES) ACT, 1951 

ACT NO. 47 OF 1951

[1st September, 1951.] 

An  Act  to  alter  the  boundaries  of  the  State  of  Assam  consequent  on  the  cession  of  a  strip  of 
territory comprised in that State to the Government of Bhutan. 

BE it enacted by Parliament as follows:—

1. Short title.—This Act may be called the Assam (Alteration of Boundaries) Act, 1951.

2.  Alteration  of  the  boundaries  of  Assam.—On  and  from  the  commencement  of  this  Act,  the 
territory  of  the  State  of  Assam  shall  cease  to  comprise  the  strip  of  territory  specified  in  the  Schedule, 
which  shall  be  ceded  to  the  Government  of  Bhutan,  and  the  boundaries  of  the  state  of  Assam  shall  be 
deemed to have been altered accordingly.

3. Amendment of the First Schedule to the Constitution.—In the first paragraph of Part A of the 
First  Schedule  to  the  Constitution,  under  the  heading  “TERRITORIES  OF  STATES”,  after  the  words 
“Assam Tribal Areas”, the following words shall be inserted, namely:—

“but  shall  not  include  the  territories  specified  in  the  Schedule  to  the  Assam  (Alteration  of 
Boundaries) Act, 1951”.
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THE SCHEDULE

(See section 2) 

The strip of territory measuring 32.81 square miles lying to the south of Bhutan within 26o 45' and 27o 
North  Latitude  and  91o  15'  and  91o  45'  East  Longitude,  demarcated  on  the  west,  north  and  east  by 
boundary pillar Nos. 90, 91, 92, 93 and 94 erected in 1930-31, and on the south by boundary pillar Nos. 
90, 91, 92, 93 and 94 erected in 1950.