Territorial interpretation of a market law amendment excluded Bellary district, defeating the demand under the amended provision.

Bellary district was held to fall outside the expression "Madras Area" in the 1958 Mysore amendment to the commercial crops market law, because Bellary had entered Mysore under the Central Act of 1953, while "Madras Area" referred only to territory transferred from Madras under the States Reorganisation Act, 1956. The adapted definition in the Mysore General Clauses Act, together with the statement of objects and reasons, the structure of the amendment, and the 1966 repeal and savings provision, confirmed that Bellary was treated separately from the Madras Area. The amended provision therefore did not extend to Bellary district, and the demand based on that amendment could not be sustained.

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Issues: Whether the Mysore amendment of 1958 to the commercial crops market law applied to the Bellary district, and whether the demand could be sustained under that amended provision.

Analysis: The territorial history showed that Bellary district became part of Mysore under the Central Act of 1953, while the expression "Madras Area" in the Mysore amendment of 1958 could only refer to the territory brought into Mysore from Madras under the States Reorganisation Act of 1956. The adapted definition in the Mysore General Clauses Act confirmed that distinction. The statement of objects and reasons for the 1958 amendment, the scheme of the amendment itself, and the later repeal and savings provision in the 1966 Mysore Act all indicated that Bellary district and the "Madras Area" were treated separately. The amended provision, therefore, did not extend to Bellary district, where only the unamended section remained operative.

Conclusion: The 1958 amendment did not apply to Bellary district, and the demand could not be sustained under that amended provision.

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