THE KERALA ALTERATION OF NAME ACT 2026

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MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE (Legislative Department) New Delhi, the 14th August, 2026/Sravana 23, 1948 (Saka) The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the BillNo.155-F of 2026 14th August, 2026 and is hereby published for general information:— THTEH KEE KREARLAAL (AA L(ATLETREARTAITOINONO FONF ANMAEM)E B)I ALCL,T 2, 022062 6 (AS PASSED BY THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT) No. 18 of 2026 A [14th August, 2026.] BILL An Act to alter the name of the State of Kerala.

to alter the name of the State ofKerala.

BE it enacted by Parliament in the Seventy-seventh Year of the Republic of

India as follows:—

1. (1)ThisActmaybe called the Kerala (Alteration of Name)Act, 2026. Short title and commencement.

(2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by

notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.

2.In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,–– Definitions.

(a) “appointed day” means the date appointed under sub-section (2) of

section 1;

(b) “appropriate Government” means, as respects a law relating to a matter enumerated in List I in the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution, the Central Government, and as respects any other law, the State Government;2 THE GAZETTE OF IND2IA EXTRAORDINARY [Part II—

(c)“law” includes any enactment, Ordinance, regulation, order, bye-law,

rule, scheme, notification or other instrument having the force of law in the whole or any part of the State of Kerala.

3. On and from the appointed day, the State of Kerala shall be known as the Alteration of name of State of State of Keralam.

Kerala.

Amendment of 4. In article 31A of the Constitution, in clause (2), in sub-clause (a), in article 31A. item(i), for the word “Kerala”, the word “Keralam” shall be substituted.

Amendment of 5. In article 290A of the Constitution, for the word “Kerala”, the word article 290A. “Keralam” shall be substituted.

Amendment of 6. In the First Schedule to the Constitution, under the heading “I. THE First Schedule to STATES”, in entry 5, under the column “Name”, for the word “Kerala”, the word Constitution. “Keralam” shall be substituted.

Amendment of 7.In the Fourth Schedule to the Constitution, under the heading “TABLE”, in Fourth Schedule entry 9, in the second column, for the word “Kerala”, the word “Keralam” shall be to Constitution.

substituted.

Power to adapt 8.(1) For the purpose of giving effect to the alteration of the name of the State laws. of Kerala by section 3, the appropriate Government may, before the expiration of one year from the appointed day, by order, make such adaptations and modifications of any law made before the appointed day, whether by way of repeal or amendment, as may be necessary or expedient, and thereupon every such law shall have effect subject to the adaptations and modifications so made.

(2) Nothing in sub-section (1) shall be deemed to prevent a competent Legislature or other competent authority from repealing or amending any law adapted or modified by the appropriate Government under the said sub-section.

Power to 9.Notwithstanding that no provision or insufficient provision has been made construe laws. under section 8 for the adaptation of a law made before the appointed day, any court, tribunal or authority, required or empowered to enforce such law, may construe the law in such manner, without affecting the substance, as may be necessary or proper in regard to the matter before the court, tribunal or authority.

Legal 10. Where immediately before the appointed day any legal proceedings are proceedings. pending to which the State of Kerala is a party, the State of Keralam shall be deemed to have been substituted for the State of Kerala in those proceedings.

———— DR. RAJIV MANI, Secretary to the Govt. of India.

The above Bill has been passed by the Houses of Parliament.

Dated the Chairman. ———— I assent to this Bill.

UPLOADED BY THE MANAGER, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA PRESS, MINTO ROAD, NEW DELHI–110002 AND PUBLISHED BY THE CONTROLLER OF PUBLICATIONS, DELHI–110054.

Dated the President.

MGIPMRND—517GI(S4)—14-08-2026.