1.( 1) This Act may be called the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation
•(Amendment) Act, 2026.
(2)It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 2nd day of June, 2024.
•Short title and
commencement.
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•Amendment of
•Act 6 of 2014.
2.In the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014, in section 5,––
(a)in sub-section (2), for the words “and there shall be a new capital”,
•the words “and Amaravati shall be the new capital” shall be substituted;
(b)the Explanation shall be numbered as Explanation 1 thereof and after
•Explanation 1 as so numbered, the following Explanation shall be inserted,
•namely:––
•‘Explanation 2.––For the purposes of sub -section ( 2), the
•expression “Amaravati” includes the capital city areas notified under the
•provisions of the Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development
•Authority Act, 2014.’.
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•Andhra Pradesh
•Act 11 of 2014.
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•STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS
•The Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014 (hereinafter referred to as the
•said Act) was enacted to provide for the reorganisation of the erstwhile State of
•Andhra
•Pradesh and for matters connected therewith. The provisions of section 5
•of the said Act provide that on and from the appointed day, Hyderabad shall be the
•common capital for the States of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh for such period not
•exceeding
•ten years, after which Hyderabad shall be the capital of the State of
•Telangana and there shall be a new capital for the successor State of Andhra
•Pra
desh.
