The Naga Hills-Tuensang Area Bill, I9s7

BiU No. 81 of 1951'

THE NAGA HILLS-TUENSANG AREA BILL, I9S7

(As INTRODUCED IN LoK SABRA) LOK SABRA

CORRIGENDA to NAGA HILLS-TUEl\TSANG AREA ,BILL, 1957

(To beintrtYluced in Loh: Sabha)

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NEW DELHI, The 18th Movenber, 1957.

'PANDIT' IJtD J.4lo. 81 of 1151 THE NAGA HILLS-TUENSAN G .AREA BILL; 1957 (As INTRODUCED IN LoK SABRA) A BILL to prdvide for the formation of the Na.ga HiIZs-Tuensang Area of Assam as an administra.tive unit. BE it enacted by parliament in the Eighth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-

1. (1) This Act may be caned the Naga Hills-Tuensang Area Act, Short title 1957. I and COm- mencement. 5 (2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Govern- ment may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.

2: As from the commelicement of this Act, there shaD' ~ formed a . , • ....orDUltlon of a new administrative unit In the State of Assam by the name of Nq. HiUs- Naga Hills-Tuensang Area comprising the tribal areas which at I:cnsang 10 such commencement were knoWn as the Naga Hills District and ea. 'FuleDsang Frontier Division of the North East Frontier Agency.

3. In the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution, in paragraph 20,- Amendment , , .• of the Sixth (a) after suho-paragraph (2A), the followmg sub-paragraph Schedule to shan be inserted, namely: _ the Con.titu- _ don. 15 u (2B) '!'he Naga' Hills-Tuensang Area shall comprise the areas which at the commencement of this Col1Stitution were known as the Naga Hills District and the Nags Tribal Area.";

I 2 ...... 1 1 :, (b) in sub-paragraph (3), after the words "administrative area", the brackets and words "(other than the Naga Hills- Tuensang Area)" shall be inserted; (c) in Part A of the Table, item 4 shall be omitted; and (d) in Part B of the Table, for item 2, the following item 5 shall. be substituted, namely:- "2. The Naga Hills-Tuensang Area.".

Afmcn dDme~t 4. In the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituen- o t h e ell- . Ord mitation Cles er, 1956,- I Order. (4) in the First Schedule, in the entry in column 3 against 10 serial No. 37, the words "Naga Hills," shall be omitted; and (b) in the Second Schedule, in the part relating to Assam, the heading ICNaga Hills District" and all entries against serial Nos. 16, 17 and 18 shall be omitted. Amendment 5. In the Representation of the People Act, 1950,- of the Repre- sentation of (4) in Part II of the First Schedule- the People Act, 19S0. (i) for the entry- "21. Part B Tribal areas 1", the following entries shall be substituted, namely:- "21. North East Frontier Tract 1 20 22. Naga Hills-Tuensang Area 1"; (ii) for the figure" 503", the figure "504" shall be substituted; (b) in the Second Schedule, for the entry in column 3 against "2. Assam", the entry "105" shall be substituted. 25 Provision al S. Notwithstandingtbe alteration in the extent of the Autono- to the~t~ng mous Disetricts Parliamentary constituency in Assam effected by ~~m~. section 4, the sitting member of the House of the People represent- ing that constituency shall be deemed to have been elected to the House of the People by that constituency as so altered. 30

Territorial 7. The provisions of section 2 shall not be deemed to have eftected extent of any change in the areas to which any law in force immediately laws nOt to be affected. before the commencement of this Act extends or applies, and territorial references in any such law to the Naga Hills District, the Naga Tribal Area or the Tuensang Frontier Division shall, until other- 35 wise provided by a competent legislature or other competent autho- rity, continue to have the same meaning. Explanation.-In this section, law means any law, ordinance, regulation, order, bye-law, rule, seheme, notification or other instru- ment having the force of law in IJ:1dia or any part thereof. 40 STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS

This Bill seeks to give effect to the proposal to ~eate a new administrative unit consisting of the existing Naga Hills District; now being administered by the Government of Assam, and the Tuensang Frontier Division of the North East Frontier Agency which is being administered bi the Governor of Assam as the agent of the President. This new unit to be named "The Naga Hills- Tuensang Area" will be administered by the Governor as the agent of the President but will be distinct from the North East Frontier Administration. It is proposed to amend paragraph 20 of the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution and make certain consequential amendments of the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1956, and the Representation of the People Act, 1950. Provision is made in clause 5 of the Bill for an addi- tional nominated member in the Lok Sabha to represent the new unit

G. B. PANT. NEW DELlu; The 14th November, 1957. nNANCEMEMORANDUM

On the constitution of the Naga Hills-Tuensang area as a separate- ly admilUstered unit, the Central Government will have to bear the entire cost of the administration of this territory. Of this, the Tuensang area, already being Centrally administered u part of the North East Frontier Agency, will not impose any new financial burden on the Central Government. The Naga Hills District, however, is at present an autonomous district of Assam and the expenditure incurred in respect of this district by the Government of Assam will now pass on to the Central Government. The annual budgeted expenditure of this district is Rs. 4· 88 crores at present. 'The Central Government already bear a large part of this expenditure. It is'roughly estimated that the extra financial burden which will fall on the Government of India will be of the order of Rs. 2'50 to Rs. 3 crores per year. ANNEXURE

ErrRAC'l'S I'BOM THE CONS'HtUTlON • • • • • SIXTH SCHEDULE [Articles 244 (2) and 275 (1) ] Provisions as to the Admjnjstration of Tribal Areas in Assam • • • • • ZOo Tribal areas.-(1) • • • • • (2A) The Mizo District shall comprise the area which at the commencement of this Constitution was known as the Lushai Hills District. (3) Any reference in the table below to any district (other than the United Khasi-Jaintia Hills District and the Mizo District) or administrative area shall be construed as a reference to that district or area at the commencement of this Constitution: Provided that the tribal areas specified in Part B of the table below shall not include any such areas in the plains as may, with the previous approval of the President, be notified by the Governor of Assam in that behalf. TABLE PART A 1. The United Khasi-Jaintia Hills District. 2. The. Garo Hills District. 3~ The Mizo District. 4. The Naga Hills District. 5. The North Cachar Hills. 6. The Mikir Hills. PARTB 1. North East Frontier Tract including Balip8l1l Frontier Tract, Tirap Frontier Tract, Abor Hills District and Misimi Hills District. 2. The Naga Tribal Area. • • • • • • 6

ExTRACTS I'ROM THE DBLIMlTATION or PARLIA'AlBNfARY AND AssDnLy CONSTITUENCDS Olmza, 1956 • • • • • THE FIRST SCHEDULE • • • • • 2-ASSAM

Namc of Constitucncy I Total Scatl Serial'No. Consti~ucncyExtcn::1 number I reservcd for of IcatS

I-dul.dCaltCI IS

Total Scatl rcacrved for Setial NamePf Collltitucnoy ExtCnt of Con- number No.1 Itjt\IeDCY of Schcdul1schcdulc4 leatl Castel Tribes

2 3 s 6 ------_._---_ .. __ ._----,.__ .. • • • • • • NAGA HILLS DISTRICT • • • • • • 16 MokokChun, Ao and Konyak Nil Areas. I 17 Nap Hilll Central Scms. Lotha Nil and Renama I Areal.

18 Kohima Nasa Hills dis- Nil trict (exclud- ina Ao. Kon- yak. SCrna. Lotha and RcIliJDl Arcal). 1 EXTRACTS FROM THE REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE Ac:r, 1950 (43 OF 1950) • • • • • • THE FIRST SCHEDULE (See section 3) PART I • • • • • PART U

Allocation of seats in the House of the People 08 mbs,quently constitUted ------Total Name of Statc, Union territory or area number of seats • • • • • • :u. Part B Tribal IIreas 1

TOTAL 503

THE SECOND SCHEDULE . (See section 7) Total number of seats in the Legi.dative Assemblies

Total number of 1ICIlt8 in the LeliaJative Assembly

Ita AI Namc of Slate Constituted subsequently on the lit conltituted or Ncwember, partially 1956 reconstituted

I 2 3 • • • • • • 108 108 • • • • • •

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BILL to provide for the formation of the Naga Hills-Tuensang Area of Assam as an administrativ.: unit. .

The President has, in pursuance of clause (3) of article 117 of the Constitution of India, recommended to Lok Sabha, the consideration of the Bill.

M. N. KAUL, Secretary.

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(SlITi GOVIND BALLABH PANT, Minister of Home Affairs.)