 the constitution (ninth amendment) bill, 1960(as introduced in lok sabha) 55 m of law- 1  (as introduced in lok sabira) a billjutther to amend the constitution of india to give effect to the ttansfe-r of ce-rtain temtories to paki8tan in putsuance of the agreements enteted into between the governments of india and pakistan be it enacted by parliament in the eleventh year of the republic of india as follows:-1 this act m'ay be called the constitution (ninth amendment) short title act, 1960 s 2 in this act,-de8nidons 10 (a) "appointed day" means such date as the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, appoint as the date for the transfer of territories to pakistan in pursuance of the indo-pakistan agreements, after causing the territories to be so transferred and referred to in the first schedule demarcated for the purpose, and different dates may be appointed for the transfer of such territories from different states and from the union territory of tripura; (b) "indo-pakistan agreements" mean the agreements dated is the 10th day of september, 1958, the 23rd day of october, 1959 and the 11th day of january, 1960, entered into between the governments of india and pakistan, the relevant extracts of which are set out in the second schedule;  (c) "transferred territory" means so much of the territories comprised in the indo-pakistan agreements and referred to in the first schedule as are demarcated for the purpose of being transferred to pakistan in pursuance of the said agreements 3 as from the appointed day, in the first schedule to the consti- 5 tution,-amendment of the first schedule to the constitution (a) in the paragraph relating to the territories of the state of assam, the words, brackets and figures "and the territories referred to in part i of the first schedule to the constitution (ninth amendment) act, 1960" shall be added at the end; 10 (b) in the paragraph relating to the territories of the state of punjab, the words, brackets and figures "but excluding the territories referred to in part ii of the first schedule to the constitution (nijlth amendment) act, 1960" shall be added at the end; 15 (c) in the paragraph relating to the territories of the state of west bengal, the words, brackets and figures "but excluding the territories referred to in part iii of the first schedule to the constitut'on (ninth amendment) act, 1960" shall be added at the end; 20 (d) in the paragraph relating to the extent of the union territory of tripura, the words, brackets and figures "but excluding the territories referred to in part iv of the first schedule to the constitution (ninth amendment) act, 1960" shall be added at the end 25  the first schedule [see sections 2 (a), 2 (c) and 3]part i the transferred territory in relation to item (7) of paragraph 2 of the agreement dated the 10th day of september, 1958, and 30 item (i) of paragraph 6 of the agreement dated the 23rd day of october, 1959;' part ii the transferred territory in relation to item (i) and item (iv) of paragraph 1 of the agreement dated the 11th day of january, 1960 35 part iii the transferred territory in relation to item (~, item (5) and item (10) of paragraph 2 of the agreement dated the 10th day of september, 1958, and paragraph 4 of the agreement dated the 23rd1it day of october, 1959 40 the transferred territory in relation to item (8) of paragraph 2 of the rgreement dared the 10th liay of september, 1958  the second schedule[see section 2 (b) ] 5 1 extracts from the note containing the agreement dated the 10th day of september, 1958  - - - - - 2 as a result of the discussions, the following agreements were 10 arrived at:-15 20 30 35  -  - - (3) berubari union no 12 this will be so divided as to give half the area to pakistan, the other half adjacent to india being retained by india the division of berubari union no 12 will be horizontal, starting from the north-east corner of debiganj thana the division should be made in such a manner that the cooch behar enclaves between pachagar thana of east pakistan and berubari union no 12 of jalpaiguri thana of west bengal will remain connected as at present with indian territory and will remain with india the cooch behar enclaves lower down between boda thana of east pakistan and berubari union no 12 will be exchanged along with the general exchange of enclaves and will go to pakistan  - - - - - (5) 24 parganas-khulna } b d d' t oun ary ispu es 24 parganas-j e8bote  it is agreed that the mean of the two respective claims of india and pakistan should be adopted, taking the river as a guide, as far as possible, in the ease of the latter dispute (ichhamati river) - - - - - (7) piyain and surma river regions to be demarcated in accordance with the relevant notifications, cadastral survey maps and, if necessary, record of rights whatever the result of this demarcation might be, the nationals of both the governments to have the facility of navigation on both these rivers (8) government of india agree to give in perpetual right to pakistan the land belonging to tripura state to the west of the - - - (sd) m j desai, commonwealth secretary, ministry of external affairs, 10 government of india railway line as well as the land appurtenant to the railway line at bhagalpur " - - - - - (10) exchange of old cooch behar enclaves in pakistan and pakistan enclaves in india without claim to compensation for 5 extra area going to pakistan, is agreed to - - (sd) m s a baig, foreign secretary, ministry of foreign affairs & commonwealth relations, government of pakistan new delhi, the septi!:mber 10, 1958  2 extracts from agreement entitled "agreed decisions and procedures to end disputes and incidents along the lnoo-east ispakistan border areas" dated the 23rd day 011' octobell, 1959 - - - - - 4 west bengal-east pakistan boundary over 1200 miles of this boundary have already been demarcated as regards the boundary between west bengal 20 and east pakistan in the areas of mahananda, burung and karatoa rivers, it was agreed that demarcation will be made in accordance with the latest cadastral survey maps supported by relevant notification']and record-of-rights - - - - - 6 assam-east pakistan boundary - - - - - (i) the dispute concerning bagge award iii has been settled by adopting the following rational boundary in the patharia forest reserve region: 30 from a po;nt marked x (h522558) along the radcliffe line ba on the old patharia reserve boundary as shown in the topographical map sheet no 83d/5, the boundary line shall run in close proximity and parallel to the cart road to its south to a point a (h531554); thence in a southerly 3s direction up the spur and along the ridge to a hill top marked b (h523529); thence in a south-easterly direction along the ridge down the spur across a stream to a hill top marked c (h532523); thence in a southerly direction to a point d (h530517); thence in a south-westerly direction to a 40 flat top e (h523507); thence in a southerly direction to a pouijt f (h524500); thence in a south -easterly direction in a straight line to the midstream point of the gandhai nala marked g (h540494); thence in south-westerly direction up the midstream of gandhai nala to a point h (h533482); thence in a south-westerly direction up a spur and along thexidge to a 5 point i (h517460) j thence in a southerly direction to a point on the ridge marked j (h518455); thence in a south-westerly direction along the ridge to a point height 364 then continues along the same direction along the same ridge to a point marked k (h500428); thence in a south and south-westerly 10 direction along the same ridge to a point marked l (h496420); thence in a south-easterly direction along the same ridge to a point marked m (h499417); thence in a south-westerly direction along the ridge to a point on the bridle path with a height 587; then up the spur to the hill top marked is n (h487393); then in a south-easterly and southerly direction along the ridge to the hill top with height 692; thence in a southerly direction down the spur to a point on buracherra marked 0 (h484344); thence in a south-westerly direction up the spur along the ridge to the trigonometrical survey 20 station with height 690; thence in a southerly direction along the ridge to a point height 490 (h473292); thence in a straight line due south to a point on the eastern boundary sf the patharia reserve forest marked y (h473263); along the radclifte line ba 2s the line described above has been plotted on two copies of topographical map sheets nos 83d!5, 83d/6 and 83d/2 the technical-experts responsible for the ground demarcation will have the authority to make minor adjustments in order to make the boundary alignment agree with the physical 30 features as described ' ! the losses and gains to either coudtry as a result of these adjustments with respect to the line marked on the map will be balanced by the technical experts - - - - - sd/- (m j desai) commonwealth secretartl, ministry of e~etnal affair •• new delhi 3s sd/- (j g kharas) acting foreign secretary, miniat", of foreign affairs and commonwealth relations, karachi 40 nzw delhi; 'ocrober 23, 1959  3 extracts from the agreement entitled "agreed decisions and procedures to end disputes and incidents along the indo-west pakistan border areas", dated the 11th day of· january, 1960"1 west pakistan-punjab bordet-of the total of 325 miles of the border in this sector, demarcation has been completed along 5 ~ut 252 miles about 73 miles of the border has not yet been qemarcated due to differences between the governments of india and pakistan regarding interpretation of the decision and award of the pulljab boundary commission presented by sir cyril radcliffe as chairman of the commission these differences have been settled 10 along the lines given below in a spirit of accommodation: (i) theh sarja mar;a, rakh hardit singh and pathanke (amritsar-lahore bordet) -the governments of india and pakistan agree that the boundary between west pakistan and india in this region should follow the boundary between the tehsils of 15 lahore and kasur as laid down under punjab government notification no 2183-:-e, dated 2nd june, 1939 these three villages will in consequence, fall within the territorial jurisdiction of the government of pakistan  - - - - 20 (tv) suleimanke (ferozepur-mcmtgomety border) -th'~ov­ernments of india and pakistan agree to adjust the dilltrict boundaries in this region as specified in the attached schedule and as shown in the map appended thereto as annexure l  -    - _ (sd) m j desai, commoowealth·secititci,y, ministry of external affairs, ~vern~tofi~i~  (set) j g kharas, joint secretary, ministry of foreign af!ai,, and commonwealth relations, government of pakistan 30 new delm; january 11,' 1960  statement of objects and reasonsagreements between the governments of india and pakistan dated 10th september, 1958, 23xd october, 1959, and 11th january, 1960, settled certain boundary disputes between the governments of india and pakistan relating to the borders of the states of assam, punjab and west bengal, and the union territory of tripura according to these agreements, certain territories are to be transferred to pakistan after demarcation in the light of the advisory opinion of the supreme court in special reference no 1 of 1959, it is proposed to amend the first schedule to the constitution under a law relatable to article 368 thereof to give effect to' the transfer of these territories new delhi; jaw aharlal nehru the mth december, 1960 16  financial memorandumthe bill may involve some expenditure from the consolidated fund of llidia on account of demarcation of boundaries between india and pakistan the demarcation, however, will be carried out by the existing officers of the government the amount of such expenditure is not likely to be substanti8ll and it is not possible to give any exact figure of the amount involved at this stage  - • - • first schedule [articles 1 and 4] •name - - i the states territories - - - - 2 assam - the territories which immediately before the ~mmencement of this constituti<m were comprised in the province of assam, the khasi states and the assam tribal areas, but excluding the territories specified in the schedule to the assam - i (alteration of boundaries) act, 1951 - - - - - - 11 punjab - - the territories specified in section 11 of the states reorganisation act, 1956 - - - - - 14 west bengal the territories which immediately before the fommencement of this constitution were either  ,comprised in the province of west bengal or ,were being administered! as if they fonned part pf that province and the territory of chander-~agore as defined in clause (c) of section 2 01 the chandernagore (merger) act, 1954 and also the territories specified in sub-section (1) of section 3 of the bihar and west bengal (transfer :of territories) act, 1956 ii the union territories n arne e:ctent - 4 tripura - - - - - - the territory which immediately before the commencement of this constitution was being administered as if it were a chief commissioner's province under the name of tripura - - - - -  a billfurther to amend the constitution of india to give effect to the transfer of certain territories to pakistan in pursuance of the agreements entered into between the governments of india and pakistan the president has, in pursuance of clause (3) of article 117 of the consdtution of india, recommended to lot sabha the consideration of the bill m n kaul, sscretary (slarijafljaharlal nehru, minister of external affairs) 