Bihar Reorganisation Act, 2000
An Act to provide for the reorganisation of the existing State of Bihar and for matters connected therewith.
Chapter I: Preliminary
Chapter II: Reorganisation of the State of Bihar
Chapter III: Representation in the Legislatures
The Council of States
The House of the People
- 9 Representation in the House of the People
- 10 Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies
- 11 Provision as to sitting members
The Legislative Assembly
- 12 Provisions as to Legislative Assemblies
- 13 Allocation of sitting members
- 14 Duration of Legislative Assemblies
- 15 Speaker and Deputy Speaker
- 16 Rules of procedure
The Legislative Council of Bihar
- 17 Legislative Council of Bihar
- 18 Council constituencies
- 19 Provision as to sitting members
- 20 Chairman and Deputy Chairman
Delimitation of constituencies
- 21 Delimitation of constituencies
- 22 Power of the Election Commission to maintain Delimitation Orders up-to-date
Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
Chapter IV: High Court
- 25 High Court for Jharkhand
- 26 Judges of High Court
- 27 Jurisdiction of High Court
- 28 Special provision relating to Bar Council and Advocates
- 29 Practice and procedure in common High Court
- 30 Custody of seal of High Court
- 31 Form of writs and other processes
- 32 Powers of Judges
- 33 Procedure as to appeals to Supreme Court
- 34 Transfer to proceedings from High Court at Patna to High Court of Jharkhand
- 35 Right to appear or to act in proceedings transferred to High Court of Jharkhand
- 36 Interpretation
- 37 Saving
Chapter V: Authorisation of Expenditure and Distribution of Revenues
Chapter VI: Apportionment of Assets and Liabilities
- 41 Application of Part
- 42 Land and goods
- 43 Treasury and bank balances
- 44 Arrears of taxes
- 45 Right to recover loans and advances
- 46 Investments and credits in certain funds
- 47 Assets and liabilities of State undertakings 1 judgment
- 48 Public Debt
- 49 Floating Debt
- 50 Refund of taxes collected in excess
- 51 Deposits, etc
- 52 Provident fund
- 53 Pensions
- 54 Contracts
- 55 Liability in respect of actionable wrong
- 56 Liability as guarantor 2 judgments
- 57 Items in suspense
- 58 Residuary provision
- 59 Apportionment of assets or liabilities by agreement
- 60 Power of Central Government to order allocation or adjustment in certain cases
- 61 Certain expenditure to be charged on Consolidated Fund
Chapter VII: Provisions As to Certain Corporations
- 62 Provisions as to Bihar State Electricity Board, State Warehousing Corporation and State Road Transport Corporation
- 63 Continuance of arrangements in regard to generation and supply of electric power and supply of water
- 64 Provisions as to Bihar State Financial Corporation
- 65 Provisions as to certain companies 1 judgment
- 66 General provision as to statutory corporations
- 67 Temporary provisions as to continuance of certain existing road transport permits
- 68 Special provisions relating to retrenchment compensation in certain cases
- 69 Special provision as to income-tax
- 70 Continuance of facilities in certain State institutions
Chapter VIII: Provisions As to Services
- 71 Provisions relating to All-India Services
- 72 Provisions relating to services in Bihar and Jharkhand 2 judgments
- 73 Other provisions relating to services
- 74 Provisions as to continuance of officers in same post 1 judgment
- 75 Advisory Committees
- 76 Power of Central Government to give directions
- 77 Provisions as to State Public Service Commission
Chapter IX: Mangement and Developmet of Water Resources
Chapter X: Legal and Miscellaneous Provisions
- 83 Amendment of Act 37 of 1956
- 84 Territorial extent of laws 2 judgments
- 85 Power to adapt laws 3 judgments
- 86 Power to construe laws
- 87 Power to name authorities, etc., for exercising statutory functions
- 88 Legal proceedings
- 89 Transfer of pending proceedings 2 judgments
- 90 Right of pleaders to practise in certain cases
- 91 Effect of provisions of the Act inconsistent with other laws
- 92 Power to remove difficulties
Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in), the consolidated text published by the Legislative Department, Government of India. Text as updated on India Code on 14 October 2026. Words in square brackets [ ] were inserted or substituted by later amending Acts, and *** marks words omitted by an amendment. The amendment footnotes are not reproduced here. Official text on India Code.