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.