Section 86: Amendment of Act 37 of 1956

In section 15 of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956—

(i) in clause (d), for the words "Bombay and Mysore", the words "Gujarat and Maharashtra" shall be substituted; and

(ii) in clause (e), for the words "Madras and Kerala", the words "Madras, Mysore and Kerala" shall be substituted.

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