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REGISTERED NO. DL-(N)04/0007/2003-26
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-14082026-275472
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 1
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 34]
NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 2026/SRAVANA 23, 1948 (Saka)
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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
14th August, 2026 and is hereby published for general information:—
THE KERALA (ALTERATION OF NAME) ACT, 2026
No. 18 OF 2026
[14th August, 2026.]
An Act to alter the name of the State of Kerala.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Seventy-seventh Year of the Republic of
India as follows:-
1. (1) This Act may be called the Kerala (Alteration of Name) Act, 2026.
(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, —
(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;
Short title and
commencement.
Definitions.
(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
State of Keralam.
4. In article 31A of the Constitution, in clause (2), in sub-clause (a), in
item (i), for the word “Kerala”, the word “Keralam" shall be substituted.
5. In article 290A of the Constitution, for the word "Kerala", the word
"Keralam" shall be substituted.
6. In the First Schedule to the Constitution, under the heading “I. THE
STATES", in entry 5, under the column "Name", for the word “Kerala”, the word
"Keralam" shall be substituted.
7. In the Fourth Schedule to the Constitution, under the heading “TABLE”, in
entry 9, in the second column, for the word “Kerala”, the word “Keralam” shall be
substituted.
8. (1) For the purpose of giving effect to the alteration of the name of the State
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.
9. Notwithstanding that no provision or insufficient provision has been made
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.
10. Where immediately before the appointed day any legal proceedings are
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.
UPLOADED BY THE MANAGER, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA PRESS, MINTO ROAD, NEW DELHI-110002
AND PUBLISHED BY THE CONTROLLER OF PUBLICATIONS, DELHI-110054.
MGIPMRND—517GI (S4)—14-08-2026.
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