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LUSHAI HILLS DISTRICT (CHANGE OF NAME) ACT, 1954
18 of 1954
29th April, 1954
STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS " The Lushai Hills District is one of the six autonomous districts in the tribal areas of Assam specified in Pan A of the Table appended to Paragraph 20 of the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution, The district is largely inhabited by tribes who are collectively known as "Mizos" - "Lusei" being one of these tribes. There has, therefore, been a demand that the district should be renamed "Mizo District"; the Hills will continue to be called 'Lushai Hills' - The present Bill is intended to achieve this purpose."- Gaz. of India, 1954, Extra., Pt. II, section 2, p. 2.
An Act to change the name of the Lushai Hills District. BE it enacted by Parliament as follows:-
SECTION 01: SHORT TITLE AND COMMENCEMENT
(1) This Act may be called The Lushai Hills District (Change of Name) Act, 1954.
(2) It shall come into force on such date1as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
SECTION 02: LUSHAI HILLS DISTRICT TO BE KNOWN AS MIZO DISTRICT
The tribal area in Assam now known as the Lushai Hills District shall, as from the commencement of this Act, be known as the Mizo District.
SECTION 03: AMENDMENT OF THE SIXTH SCHEDULE TO THE CONSTITUTION
In the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution, in paragraph 20, -
(a) after sub-paragraph (2), the following sub-paragraph shall be inserted, namely:- "(2A) The Mizo District shall comprise the area which at the commencement of this Constitution was known as the Lushai Hills District";
(b) in sub-paragraph (3), after the words "United Khasi-Jaintia Hills District", the words "and the Mizo District" shall be inserted; and
(c) in Part A of the table, for the words "The Lushai Hills District," the words "The Mizo District" shall be substituted.
SECTION 04: REFERENCE TO LUSHAI HILLS DISTRICT TO BE CONSTRUED AS REFERENCE TO MIZO DISTRICT
Any reference to the Lushai Hills District in any law, instrument or other document shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be construed as a reference to the Mizo District.
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