Sixth Schedule of the Indian Constitution

[Articles 244(2) and 275(1)]
 Provisions as to the Administration of Tribal Areas in [the States of

                 Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram]
       21. Autonomous districts and autonomous regions.—(1) Subject to
the provisions of this paragraph, the tribal areas in each item of [[Parts I, II
and IIA] and in Part III] of the table appended to paragraph 20 of this
Schedule shall be an autonomous district.

       (2) If there are different Scheduled Tribes in an autonomous district,
the Governor may, by public notification, divide the area or areas inhabited
by them into autonomous regions.

       (3) The Governor may, by public notification,—
               (a) include any area in [any of the Parts] of the said table;
               (b) exclude any area from [any of the Parts] of the said table;

               (c) create a new autonomous district;

               (d) increase the area of any autonomous district;

               (e) diminish the area of any autonomous district;

               (f) unite two or more autonomous districts or parts thereof so
       as to form one autonomous district;

               [(ff) alter the name of any autonomous district];

               (g) define the boundaries of any autonomous district:

       Provided that no order shall be made by the Governor under clauses (c),
(d), (e) and (f) of this sub-paragraph except after consideration of the report of

a Commission appointed under sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 14 of this
Schedule:

       [Provided further that any order made by the Governor under this
sub-paragraph may contain such incidental and consequential provisions

(including any amendment of paragraph 20 and of any item in any of the
Parts of the said Table) as appear to the Governor to be necessary for giving

effect to the provisions of the order.]
       22. Constitution of District Councils and Regional Councils.—

[(1) There shall be a District Council for each autonomous district
consisting of not more than thirty members, of whom not more than four

persons shall be nominated by the Governor and the rest shall be elected on
the basis of adult suffrage.]

       (2) There shall be a separate Regional Council for each area
constituted an autonomous region under sub-paragraph (2) of paragraph 1 of
this Schedule.

       (3) Each District Council and each Regional Council shall be a body
corporate by the name respectively of "the District Council of (name of
district)" and "the Regional Council of (name of region)", shall have
perpetual succession and a common seal and shall by the said name sue and
be sued.

       (4) Subject to the provisions of this Schedule, the administration of
an autonomous district shall, in so far as it is not vested under this Schedule
in any Regional Council within such district, be vested in the District
Council for such district and the administration of an autonomous region
shall be vested in the Regional Council for such region.

       (5) In an autonomous district with Regional Councils, the District
Council shall have only such powers with respect to the areas under the
authority of the Regional Council as may be delegated to it by the Regional
Council in addition to the powers conferred on it by this Schedule with
respect to such areas.

       (6) The Governor shall make rules for the first constitution of District
Councils and Regional Councils in consultation with the existing tribal
Councils or other representative tribal organisations within the autonomous
districts or regions concerned, and such rules shall provide for—

               (a) the composition of the District Councils and Regional
       Councils and the allocation of seats therein;

               (b) the delimitation of territorial constituencies for the purpose
       of elections to those Councils;

               (c) the qualifications for voting at such elections and the
       preparation of electoral rolls therefor;

               (d) the qualifications for being elected at such elections as
       members of such Councils;

               (e) the term of office of members of [Regional Councils];

               (f) any other matter relating to or connected with elections or
       nominations to such Councils;

               (g) the procedure and the conduct of business [(including the
       power to act notwithstanding any vacancy)] in the District and
       Regional Councils;

               (h) the appointment of officers and staff of the District and
       Regional Councils.
       [(6A) The elected members of the District Council shall hold office
for a term of five years from the date appointed for the first meeting of the
Council after the general elections to the Council, unless the District
Council is sooner dissolved under paragraph 16 and a nominated member
shall hold office at the pleasure of the Governor:

       Provided that the said period of five years may, while a Proclamation
of Emergency is in operation or if circumstances exist which, in the opinion
of the Governor, render the holding of elections impracticable, be extended
by the Governor for a period not exceeding one year at a time and in any
case where a Proclamation of Emergency is in operation not extending
beyond a period of six months after the Proclamation has ceased to operate:

       Provided further that a member elected to fill a casual vacancy shall
hold office only for the remainder of the term of office of the member
whom he replaces.]

       (7) The District or the Regional Council may after its first
constitution make rules [with the approval of the Governor] with regard to
the matters specified in sub-paragraph (6) of this paragraph and may also
make rules [with like approval] regulating—

               (a) the formation of subordinate local Councils or Boards and
       their procedure and the conduct of their business; and

               (b) generally all matters relating to the transaction of business
       pertaining to the administration of the district or region, as the case
       may be:

       Provided that until rules are made by the District or the Regional
Council under this sub-paragraph the rules made by the Governor under
sub-paragraph (6) of this paragraph shall have effect in respect of elections
to, the officers and staff of, and the procedure and the conduct of business
in, each such Council.

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       2-323. Powers of the District Councils and Regional Councils to
make laws.—(1) The Regional Council for an autonomous region in

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         (g) water, that is to say, water supplies, irrigation and canals, drainage and
               embankments, water storage and water power subject to the provisions of entry 56 of
               List I of the Seventh Schedule;

         (h) social security and social insurance; employment and unemployment;
         (i) flood control schemes for protection of villages, paddy fields, markets, towns, etc.

               (not of technical nature);
         (j) theatre and dramatic performances, cinemas subject to the provisions of entry 60 of

               List I of the Seventh Schedule; sports, entertainments and amusements;

         (k) public health and sanitation, hospitals and dispensaries;

         (l) minor irrigation;
         (m) trade and commerce in, and the production supply and distribution of, food stuffs,

               cattle fodder, raw cotton and raw jute;

         (n) libraries, museums and other similar institutions controlled or financed by the State;
               ancient and historical monuments and records other than those declared by or under
               any law made by Parliament to be of national importance; and

         (o) alienation of land.
       (2) All laws made by the North Cachar Hills Autonomous Council and the Karbi Anglong
   Autonomous Council under paragraph 3 or under this paragraph shall, in so far as they relate to
   matters specified in List III of the Seventh Schedule, be submitted forthwith to the Governor
   who shall reserve the same for the consideration of the President.

       (3) When a law is reserved for the consideration of the President, the President shall declare
   either that he assents to the said law or that he withholds assent therefrom:

       Provided that the President may direct the Governor to return the law to the North Cachar
   Hills Autonomous Council or the Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council, as the case may be,
   together with a message requesting that the said Council will reconsider the law or any
   specified provisions thereof and, in particular, will, consider the desirability of introducing any
   such amendments as he may recommend in his message and, when the law is so returned, the
   said Council shall consider the law accordingly within a period of six months from the date of
   receipt of such message and, if the law is again passed by the said Council with or without
   amendment it shall be presented again to the President for his consideration.".
   After paragraph 3A, the following paragraph has been inserted in its application to the State of Assam
   by the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution (Amendment) Act, 2003 (44 of 2003), s. 2, (w.e.f. 7-9-
   2003), namely:—

       3B. Additional powers of the Bodoland Territorial Council to make laws.—(1) Without
   prejudice to the provisions of paragraph 3, the Bodoland Territorial Council within its areas
   shall have power to make laws with respect to :—

                  (i) agriculture, including agricultural education and research, protection against
       pests and prevention of plant diseases; (ii) animal husbandry and veterinary, that is to say,
       preservation, protection and improvement of stock and prevention of animal diseases,
       veterinary training and practice, cattle pounds; (iii) co-operation; (iv) cultural affairs; (v)
       education, that is to say, primary education, higher secondary including vocational training,
       adult education, college education (general); (vi) fisheries; (vii) flood control for protection
       of village, paddy fields, markets and towns (not of technical nature); (viii) Food and civil

     supply; (ix) forests (other than reserved forests); (x) handloom and textile; (xi) health and
     family welfare, (xii) intoxicating liquors, opium and derivatives, subject to the provisions of
     entry 84 of List I of the Seventh Schedule; (xiii) irrigation; (xiv) labour and employment;
     (xv) land and revenue; (xvi) library services (financed and controlled by the State
     Government); (xvii) lotteries (subject to the provisions of entry 40 of List I of the Seventh
     Schedule), theatres, dramatic performances and cinemas (subject to the provisions of entry
     60 of List I of the Seventh Schedule); (xviii) markets and fairs; (xix) municipal corporation,
     improvement trust, district boards and other local authorities; (xx) museum and
     archaeology institutions controlled or financed by the State, ancient and historical
     monuments and records other than those declared by or under any law made by Parliament
     to be of national importance; (xxi) panchayat and rural development; (xxii) planning and
     development; (xxiii) printing and stationery; (xxiv) public health engineering; (xxv) public
     works department; (xxvi) publicity and public relations; (xxvii) registration of births and
     deaths; (xxviii) relief and rehabilitation; (xxix) sericulture; (xxx) small, cottage and rural
     industry subject to the provisions of entries 7 and 52 of List I of the Seventh Schedule;
     (xxxi) social Welfare; (xxxii) soil conservation; (xxxiii) sports and youth welfare;
     (xxxiv) statistics; (xxxv) tourism; (xxxvi) transport (roads, bridges, ferries and other
     means of communications not specified in List I of the Seventh Schedule, municipal
     tramways, ropeways, inland waterways and traffic thereon subject to the provision of List
     I and List III of the Seventh Schedule with regard to such waterways, vehicles other than
     mechanically propelled vehicles); (xxxvii) tribal research institute controlled and financed
     by the State Government; (xxxviii) urban development—town and country planning;
     (xxxix) weights and measures subject to the provisions of entry 50 of List I of the Seventh
     Schedule; and (xl) Welfare of plain tribes and backward classes:

            Provided that nothing in such laws shall—

                         (a) extinguish or modify the existing rights and privileges of any citizen
                  in respect of his land at the date of commencement of this Act; and

                          (b) disallow and citizen from acquiring land either by way of inheritance,
                  allotment, settlement or by any other way of transfer if such citizen is otherwise
                  eligible for such acquisition of land within the Bodoland Territorial Areas
                  District.

            (2) All laws made under paragraph 3 or under this paragraph shall in so far as they
     relate to matters specified in List III of the Seventh Schedule, be submitted forthwith to the
     Governor who shall reserve the same for the consideration of the President.

            (3) When a law is reserved for the consideration of the President, the President shall
     declare either that he assents to the said law or that he withholds assent therefrom:

            Provided that the President may direct the Governor to return the law to the
     Bodoland Territorial Council, together with the message requesting that the said Council
     will reconsider the law or any specified provisions thereof and, in particular, will consider
     the desirability of introducing any such amendments as he may recommend in his message
     and, when the law is so returned, the said Council shall consider the law accordingly within
     a period of six months from the date of receipt of such message and, if the law is again
     passed by the said Council with or without amendments it shall be presented again to the
     President for his consideration.".

respect of all areas within such region and the District Council for an
autonomous district in respect of all areas within the district except those
which are under the authority of Regional Councils, if any, within the
district shall have power to make laws with respect to—

               (a) the allotment, occupation or use, or the setting apart, of
       land, other than any land which is a reserved forest for the purposes
       of agriculture or grazing or for residential or other non-agricultural
       purposes or for any other purpose likely to promote the interests of
       the inhabitants of any village or town:

               Provided that nothing in such laws shall prevent the
       compulsory acquisition of any land, whether occupied or unoccupied,
       for public purposes [by the Government of the State concerned] in
       accordance with the law for the time being in force authorising such
       acquisition;

               (b) the management of any forest not being a reserved forest;

               (c) the use of any canal or water-course for the purpose of
       agriculture;

               (d) the regulation of the practice of jhum or other forms of
       shifting cultivation;

               (e) the establishment of village or town committees or councils
       and their powers;

               (f) any other matter relating to village or town administration,
       including village or town police and public health and sanitation;

               (g) the appointment or succession of Chiefs or Headmen;

               (h) the inheritance of property;
                [(i) marriage and divorce;]

               (j) social customs.

       (2) In this paragraph, a "reserved forest" means any area which is a
reserved forest under the Assam Forest Regulation, 1891, or under any other
law for the time being in force in the area in question.

       (3) All laws made under this paragraph shall be submitted forthwith
to the Governor and, until assented to by him, shall have no effect.

       14. Administration of justice in autonomous districts and
autonomous regions.—(1) The Regional Council for an autonomous region
in respect of areas within such region and the District Council for an
autonomous district in respect of areas within the district other than those
which are under the authority of the Regional Councils, if any, within the
district may constitute village councils or courts for the trial of suits and
cases between the parties all of whom belong to Scheduled Tribes within
such areas, other than suits and cases to which the provisions of
sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 5 of this Schedule apply, to the exclusion
of any court in the State, and may appoint suitable persons to be members of
such village councils or presiding officers of such courts, and may also
appoint such officers as may be necessary for the administration of the laws
made under paragraph 3 of this Schedule.

       (2) Notwithstanding anything in this Constitution, the Regional
Council for an autonomous region or any court constituted in that behalf by
the Regional Council or, if in respect of any area within an autonomous
district there is no Regional Council, the District Council for such district,
or any court constituted in that behalf by the District Council, shall exercise
the powers of a court of appeal in respect of all suits and cases triable by a
village council or court constituted under sub-paragraph (1) of this
paragraph within such region or area, as the case may be, other than those to
which the provisions of sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 5 of this Schedule
apply, and no other court except the High Court and the Supreme Court
shall have jurisdiction over such suits or cases.

       (3) The High Court *** shall have and exercise such jurisdiction
over the suits and cases to which the provisions of sub-paragraph (2) of this
paragraph apply as the Governor may from time to time by order specify.

       (4) A Regional Council or District Council, as the case may be, may
with the previous approval of the Governor make rules regulating —

               (a) the constitution of village councils and courts and the
       powers to be exercised by them under this paragraph;

               (b) the procedure to be followed by village councils or courts in
       the trial of suits and cases under sub-paragraph (1) of this paragraph;

               (c) the procedure to be followed by the Regional or District
       Council or any court constituted by such Council in appeals and other
       proceedings under sub-paragraph (2) of this paragraph;

               (d) the enforcement of decisions and orders of such councils
       and courts;

               (e) all other ancillary matters for the carrying out of the
       provisions of sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) of this paragraph.
       [(5) On and from such date as the President may, [after consulting the
Government of the State concerned], by notification appoint in this behalf, this
paragraph shall have effect in relation to such autonomous district or region as
may be specified in the notification, as if—

               (i) in sub-paragraph (1), for the words "between the parties all of
       whom belong to Scheduled Tribes within such areas, other than suits
       and cases to which the provisions of sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 5
       of this Schedule apply,", the words "not being suits and cases of the
       nature referred to in sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph (5) of this
       Schedule, which the Governor may specify in this behalf," had been
       substituted;

               (ii) sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) had been omitted;

               (iii) in sub-paragraph (4)—

                       (a) for the words "A Regional Council or District
               Council, as the case may be, may with the previous approval of
               the Governor make rules regulating", the words "the Governor
               may make rules regulating" had been substituted; and

                        (b) for clause (a), the following clause had been
                substituted, namely:—

                             "(a) the constitution of village councils and courts,
                       the powers to be exercised by them under this paragraph
                       and the courts to which appeals from the decisions of
                       village councils and courts shall lie;";

                        (c) for clause (c), the following clause had been
                substituted, namely:—

                               "(c) the transfer of appeals and other proceedings
                       pending before the Regional or District Council or any
                       court constituted by such Council immediately before the
                       date appointed by the President under sub-paragraph
                       (5);"; and

                        (d) in clause (e), for the words, brackets and figures
                "sub-paragraphs (1) and (2)", the word, brackets and figure
                "sub-paragraph (1)" had been substituted.]

       5. Conferment of powers under the Code of Civil Procedure,
1908, and the Code of Criminal Procedure, 18981, on the Regional and
District Councils and on certain courts and officers for the trial of
certain suits, cases and offences.—(1) The Governor may, for the trial of
suits or cases arising out of any law in force in any autonomous district or
region being a law specified in that behalf by the Governor, or for the trial
of offences punishable with death, transportation for life, or imprisonment
for a term of not less than five years under the Indian Penal Code or under
any other law for the time being applicable to such district or region, confer
on the District Council or the Regional Council having authority over such
district or region or on courts constituted by such District Council or on any
officer appointed in that behalf by the Governor, such powers under the
Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, or, as the case may be, the Code of Criminal
Procedure, 18981, as he deems appropriate, and thereupon the said Council,
court or officer shall try the suits, cases or offences in exercise of the
powers so conferred.

       (2) The Governor may withdraw or modify any of the powers
conferred on a District Council, Regional Council, court or officer under
sub-paragraph (1) of this paragraph.

       (3) Save as expressly provided in this paragraph, the Code of Civil
Procedure, 1908, and the Code of Criminal Procedure, 18981, shall not
apply to the trial of any suits, cases or offences in an autonomous district or
in any autonomous region to which the provisions of this paragraph apply.

       [(4) On and from the date appointed by the President under
sub-paragraph (5) of paragraph 4 in relation to any autonomous district or
autonomous region, nothing contained in this paragraph shall, in its
application to that district or region, be deemed to authorise the Governor to
confer on the District Council or Regional Council or on courts constituted
by the District Council any of the powers referred to in sub-paragraph (1) of
this paragraph.]

       [6. Powers of the District Council to establish primary schools,
etc.— (1) The District Council for an autonomous district may establish,
construct, or manage primary schools, dispensaries, markets, [cattle
pounds], ferries, fisheries, roads, road transport and waterways in the district
and may, with the previous approval of the Governor, make regulations for
the regulation and control thereof and, in particular, may prescribe the
language and the manner in which primary education shall be imparted in
the primary schools in the district.

       (2) The Governor may, with the consent of any District Council,
entrust either conditionally or unconditionally to that Council or to its
officers functions in relation to agriculture, animal husbandry, community
projects, co-operative societies, social welfare, village planning or any other
matter to which the executive power of the State *** extends.

       7. District and Regional Funds.—(1) There shall be constituted for
each autonomous district, a District Fund and for each autonomous region, a
Regional Fund to which shall be credited all moneys received respectively
by the District Council for that district and the Regional Council for that
region in the course of the administration of such district or region, as the
case may be, in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution.

       [(2) The Governor may make rules for the management of the
District Fund, or, as the case may be, the Regional Fund and for the
procedure to be followed in respect of payment of money into the said Fund,
the withdrawal of moneys therefrom, the custody of moneys therein and any
other matter connected with or ancillary to the matters aforesaid.

       (3) The accounts of the District Council or, as the case may be, the
Regional Council shall be kept in such form as the Comptroller and
Auditor-General of India may, with the approval of the President, prescribe.

       (4) The Comptroller and Auditor-General shall cause the accounts of
the District and Regional Councils to be audited in such manner as he may
think fit, and the reports of the Comptroller and Auditor-General relating to
such accounts shall be submitted to the Governor who shall cause them to
be laid before the Council.]

       8. Powers to assess and collect land revenue and to impose
taxes.—(1) The Regional Council for an autonomous region in respect of all
lands within such region and the District Council for an autonomous district
in respect of all lands within the district except those which are in the areas
under the authority of Regional Councils, if any, within the district, shall
have the power to assess and collect revenue in respect of such lands in
accordance with the principles for the time being followed [by the
Government of the State in assessing lands for the purpose of land revenue
in the State generally.]

       (2) The Regional Council for an autonomous region in respect of areas
within such region and the District Council for an autonomous district in
respect of all areas in the district except those which are under the authority of
Regional Councils, if any, within the district, shall have power to levy and
collect taxes on lands and buildings, and tolls on persons resident within such
areas.

       (3) The District Council for an autonomous district shall have the power to
levy and collect all or any of the following taxes within such district, that is to
say —

               (a) taxes on professions, trades, callings and employments;

               (b) taxes on animals, vehicles and boats;

               (c) taxes on the entry of goods into a market for sale therein,
       and tolls on passengers and goods carried in ferries; ***

               (d) taxes for the maintenance of schools, dispensaries or roads;
       [and]

               [(e) taxes on entertainment and amusements.]

       (4) A Regional Council or District Council, as the case may be, may
make regulations to provide for the levy and collection of any of the taxes
specified in sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) of this paragraph [and every such
regulation shall be submitted forthwith to the Governor and, until assented
to by him, shall have no effect].

       59. Licences or leases for the purpose of prospecting for, or
extraction of, minerals.—(1) Such share of the royalties accruing each year
from licences or leases for the purpose of prospecting for, or the extraction of,
minerals granted by [the Government of the State] in respect of any area
within an autonomous district as may be agreed upon between [the
Government of the State] and the District Council of such district shall be
made over to that District Council.

       (2) If any dispute arises as to the share of such royalties to be made
over to a District Council, it shall be referred to the Governor for
determination and the amount determined by the Governor in his discretion
shall be deemed to be the amount payable under sub-paragraph (1) of this
paragraph to the District Council and the decision of the Governor shall be
final.

       110. Power of District Council to make regulations for the control
of money-lending and trading by non-tribals.—(1) The District
Council of an autonomous district may make regulations for the
regulation and control of money-lending or trading within the district by
persons other than Scheduled Tribes resident in the district.

       (2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the
foregoing power, such regulations may—

               (a) prescribe that no one except the holder of a licence issued
       in that behalf shall carry on the business of money-lending;

               (b) prescribe the maximum rate of interest which may be
       charged or be recovered by a money-lender;

               (c) provide for the maintenance of accounts by money-lenders
       and for the inspection of such accounts by officers appointed in that
       behalf by the District Council;

               (d) prescribe that no person who is not a member of the
       Scheduled Tribes resident in the district shall carry on wholesale or
       retail business in any commodity except under a licence issued in that
       behalf by the District Council:

       Provided that no regulations may be made under this paragraph
unless they are passed by a majority of not less than three-fourths of the
total membership of the District Council:

       Provided further that it shall not be competent under any such
regulations to refuse the grant of a licence to a money-lender or a trader who
has been carrying on business within the district since before the time of the
making of such regulations.

       (3) All regulations made under this paragraph shall be submitted
forthwith to the Governor and, until assented to by him, shall have no
effect.

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       11. Publication of laws, rules and regulations made under the
Schedule.—All laws, rules and regulations made under this Schedule by a
District Council or a Regional Council shall be published forthwith in the
Official Gazette of the State and shall on such publication have the force of
law.

         - 12. [Application of Acts of Parliament and of the
Legislature of the State of Assam to autonomous districts and
autonomous regions in the State of Assam].— (1) Notwithstanding
anything in this Constitution,—

                (a) no Act of the [Legislature of the State of Assam] in respect
       of any of the matters specified in paragraph 3 of this Schedule as
       matters with respect to which a District Council or a Regional Council
       may make laws, and no Act of the Legislature of the State of Assam
       prohibiting or restricting the consumption of any non-distilled alcoholic
       liquor shall apply to any autonomous district or autonomous region [in
       that State] unless in either case the District Council for such district or
       having jurisdiction over such region by public notification so directs,
       and the District Council in giving such direction with respect to any
       Act may direct that the Act shall in its application to such district or
       region or any part thereof have effect subject to such exceptions or
       modifications as it thinks fit;

               (b) the Governor may, by public notification, direct that any
       Act of Parliament or of the [Legislature of the State of Assam] to
       which the provisions of clause (a) of this sub-paragraph do not apply
       shall not apply to an autonomous district or an autonomous region
       [in that State], or shall apply to such district or region or any part
       thereof subject to such exceptions or modifications as he may specify
       in the notification.

       (2) Any direction given under sub-paragraph (1) of this paragraph
may be given so as to have retrospective effect.

       [12A. Application of Acts of Parliament and of the Legislature of
the State of Meghalaya to autonomous districts and autonomous
regions in the State of Meghalaya.—Notwithstanding anything in this
Constitution,—

               (a) if any provision of a law made by a District or Regional
       Council in the State of Meghalaya with respect to any matter
       specified in sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 3 of this Schedule or if
       any provision of any regulation made by a District Council or a
       Regional Council in that State under paragraph 8 or paragraph 10 of
       this Schedule, is repugnant to any provision of a law made by the
       Legislature of the State of Meghalaya with respect to that matter,
       then, the law or regulation made by the District Council or, as the
       case may be, the Regional Council whether made before or after the
       law made by the Legislature of the State of Meghalaya, shall, to the
       extent of repugnancy, be void and the law made by the Legislature of
       the State of Meghalaya shall prevail;

               (b) the President may, with respect to any Act of Parliament,
       by notification, direct that it shall not apply to an autonomous district
       or an autonomous region in the State of Meghalaya, or shall apply to
       such district or region or any part thereof subject to such exceptions
       or modifications as he may specify in the notification and any such
       direction may be given so as to have retrospective effect.]

       [12AA. Application of Acts of Parliament and of the Legislature
of the State of Tripura to the autonomous districts and autonomous
regions in the State of Tripura.—Notwithstanding anything in this
Constitution,—

               (a) no Act of the Legislature of the State of Tripura in respect of
       any of the matters specified in paragraph 3 of this Schedule as matters
       with respect to which a District Council or a Regional Council may
       make laws, and no Act of the Legislature of the State of Tripura
       prohibiting or restricting the consumption of any non-distilled alcoholic
       liquor shall apply to the autonomous district or an autonomous region
       in that State unless, in either case, the District Council for that district
       or having jurisdiction over such region by public notification so directs,
       and the District Council in giving such direction with respect to any Act
       may direct that the Act shall, in its application to that district or such
       region or any part thereof have effect subject to such exceptions or
       modifications as it thinks fit;

               (b) the Governor may, by public notification, direct that any
       Act of the Legislature of the State of Tripura to which the provisions
       of clause (a) of this sub-paragraph do not apply, shall not apply to the
       autonomous district or an autonomous region in that State, or shall
       apply to that district or such region, or any part thereof, subject to
       such exceptions or modifications, as he may specify in the
       notification;

               (c) the President may, with respect to any Act of Parliament,
       by notification, direct that it shall not apply to the autonomous district
       or an autonomous region in the State of Tripura, or shall apply to
       such district or region or any part thereof, subject to such exceptions
       or modifications as he may specify in the notification and any such
       direction may be given so as to have retrospective effect.

       12B. Application of Acts of Parliament and of the Legislature of
the State of Mizoram to autonomous districts and autonomous regions
in the State of Mizoram.—Notwithstanding anything in this
Constitution,—

               (a) no Act of the Legislature of the State of Mizoram in respect
       of any of the matters specified in paragraph 3 of this Schedule as
       matters with respect to which a District Council or a Regional
       Council may make laws, and no Act of the Legislature of the State of
       Mizoram prohibiting or restricting the consumption of any
       non-distilled alcoholic liquor shall apply to any autonomous district
       or autonomous region in that State unless, in either case, the District
       Council for such district or having jurisdiction over such region, by
       public notification, so directs, and the District Council, in giving such
       direction with respect to any Act, may direct that the Act shall, in its
       application to such district or region or any part thereof, have effect
       subject to such exceptions or modifications as it thinks fit;

               (b) the Governor may, by public notification, direct that any
       Act of the Legislature of the State of Mizoram to which the
       provisions of clause (a) of this sub-paragraph do not apply, shall not
       apply to an autonomous district or an autonomous region in that
       State, or shall apply to such district or region, or any part thereof,
       subject to such exceptions or modifications, as he may specify in the
       notification;

               (c) the President may, with respect to any Act of Parliament,
       by notification, direct that it shall not apply to an autonomous district
       or an autonomous region in the State of Mizoram, or shall apply to
       such district or region or any part thereof, subject to such exceptions
       or modifications as he may specify in the notification and any such
       direction may be given so as to have retrospective effect.]]

       13. Estimated receipts and expenditure pertaining to autonomous
districts to be shown separately in the annual financial statement.—The
estimated receipts and expenditure pertaining to an autonomous district
which are to be credited to, or is to be made from, the Consolidated Fund of
the State *** shall be first placed before the District Council for discussion
and then after such discussion be shown separately in the annual financial
statement of the State to be laid before the Legislature of the State under
article 202.

       214. Appointment of Commission to inquire into and report on
the administration of autonomous districts and autonomous regions.—
(1) The Governor may at any time appoint a Commission to examine and
report on any matter specified by him relating to the administration of the
autonomous districts and autonomous regions in the State, including matters
specified in clauses (c), (d), (e) and (f) of sub-paragraph (3) of paragraph 1
of this Schedule, or may appoint a Commission to inquire into and report
from time to time on the administration of autonomous districts and
autonomous regions in the State generally and in particular on—

               (a) the provision of educational and medical facilities and
       communications in such districts and regions;

               (b) the need for any new or special legislation in respect of
       such districts and regions; and

               (c) the administration of the laws, rules and regulations made
       by the District and Regional Councils;

and define the procedure to be followed by such Commission.

       (2) The report of every such Commission with the recommendations
of the Governor with respect thereto shall be laid before the Legislature of
the State by the Minister concerned together with an explanatory
memorandum regarding the action proposed to be taken thereon by [the
Government of the State.]

       (3) In allocating the business of the Government of the State among
his Ministers the Governor may place one of his Ministers specially in
charge of the welfare of the autonomous districts and autonomous regions in
the State.

       215. Annulment or suspension of acts and resolutions of District
and Regional Councils.—(1) If at any time the Governor is satisfied that an
act or resolution of a District or a Regional Council is likely to endanger the
safety of India [or is likely to be prejudicial to public order], he may annul
or suspend such act or resolution and take such steps as he may consider
necessary (including the suspension of the Council and the assumption to
himself of all or any of the powers vested in or exercisable by the Council)
to prevent the commission or continuance of such act, or the giving of effect
to such resolution.

       (2) Any order made by the Governor under sub-paragraph (1) of this
paragraph together with the reasons therefor shall be laid before the
Legislature of the State as soon as possible and the order shall, unless
revoked by the Legislature of the State, continue in force for a period of
twelve months from the date on which it was so made:

       Provided that if and so often as a resolution approving the
continuance in force of such order is passed by the Legislature of the State,
the order shall unless cancelled by the Governor continue in force for a
further period of twelve months from the date on which under this
paragraph it would otherwise have ceased to operate.

       116. Dissolution of a District or a Regional Council.— [(1)] The
Governor may on the recommendation of a Commission appointed under
paragraph 14 of this Schedule by public notification order the dissolution of
a District or a Regional Council, and—

               (a) direct that a fresh general election shall be held
       immediately for the reconstitution of the Council; or

               (b) subject to the previous approval of the Legislature of the
       State assume the administration of the area under the authority of
       such Council himself or place the administration of such area under
       the Commission appointed under the said paragraph or any other
       body considered suitable by him for a period not exceeding twelve
       months:

       Provided that when an order under clause (a) of this paragraph has
been made, the Governor may take the action referred to in clause (b) of this
paragraph with regard to the administration of the area in question pending
the reconstitution of the Council on fresh general election:

       Provided further that no action shall be taken under clause (b) of this
paragraph without giving the District or the Regional Council, as the case
may be, an opportunity of placing its views before the Legislature of the
State.

       [(2) If at any time the Governor is satisfied that a situation has arisen in
which the administration of an autonomous district or region cannot be carried

on in accordance with the provisions of this Schedule, he may, by public
notification, assume to himself all or any of the functions or powers vested in or

exercisable by the District Council or, as the case may be, the Regional Council

and declare that such functions or powers shall be exercisable by such person or

authority as he may specify in this behalf, for a period not exceeding six months:

     Provided that the Governor may by a further order or orders extend the

operation of the initial order by a period not exceeding six months on each

occasion.

     (3) Every order made under sub-paragraph (2) of this paragraph with

the reasons therefor shall be laid before the Legislature of the State and shall
cease to operate at the expiration of thirty days from the date on which the

State Legislature first sits after the issue of the order, unless, before the

expiry of that period it has been approved by that State Legislature.]

       217. Exclusion of areas from autonomous districts in forming
constituencies in such districts.—For the purposes of elections to [the
Legislative Assembly of Assam or Meghalaya] [or Tripura] [or Mizoram],

the Governor may by order declare that any area within an autonomous
district [in the State of Assam or Meghalaya [or Tripura] [or Mizoram],

as the case may be,] shall not form part of any constituency to fill a seat or

seats in the Assembly reserved for any such district but shall form part of a
constituency to fill a seat or seats in the Assembly not so reserved to be

specified in the order.

     [18.* * * *]

       119. Transitional provisions.—(1) As soon as possible after the
commencement of this Constitution the Governor shall take steps for the
constitution of a District Council for each autonomous district in the State
under this Schedule and, until a District Council is so constituted for an
autonomous district, the administration of such district shall be vested in the
Governor and the following provisions shall apply to the administration of
the areas within such district instead of the foregoing provisions of this
Schedule, namely:—

               (a) no Act of Parliament or of the Legislature of the State shall
       apply to any such area unless the Governor by public notification so
       directs; and the Governor in giving such a direction with respect to
       any Act may direct that the Act shall, in its application to the area or
       to any specified part thereof, have effect subject to such exceptions or
       modifications as he thinks fit;

               (b) the Governor may make regulations for the peace and good
       government of any such area and any regulations so made may repeal
       or amend any Act of Parliament or of the Legislature of the State or
       any existing law which is for the time being applicable to such area.

       (2) Any direction given by the Governor under clause (a) of
sub-paragraph (1) of this paragraph may be given so as to have retrospective
effect.

       (3) All regulations made under clause (b) of sub-paragraph (1) of this
paragraph shall be submitted forthwith to the President and, until assented
to by him, shall have no effect.

       [20. Tribal areas.—(1) The areas specified in Parts I, II [, IIA] and
III of the table below shall respectively be the tribal areas within the State of
Assam, the State of Meghalaya [, the State of Tripura] and the [State] of
Mizoram.

       (2) [Any reference in Part I, Part II or Part III of the table below] to
any district shall be construed as a reference to the territories comprised
within the autonomous district of that name existing immediately before the
day appointed under clause (b) of section 2 of the North-Eastern Areas
(Reorganisation) Act, 1971:

       Provided that for the purposes of clauses (e) and (f) of sub-paragraph
(1) of paragraph 3, paragraph 4, paragraph 5, paragraph 6, sub-paragraph
(2), clauses (a), (b) and (d) of sub-paragraph (3) and sub-paragraph (4) of
paragraph 8 and clause (d) of sub-paragraph (2) of paragraph 10 of this
Schedule, no part of the area comprised within the municipality of Shillong
shall be deemed to be within the [Khasi Hills District].

        [(3) The reference in Part IIA in the table below to the "Tripura
Tribal Areas District" shall be construed as a reference to the territory
comprising the tribal areas specified in the First Schedule to the Tripura
Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council Act, 1979.]

                               TABLE
                               PART I
     1. The North Cachar Hills District.
     2. [The Karbi Anglong District.]
     [3.The Bodoland Territorial Areas District.]

                              PART II
     [1. Khasi Hills District.
     2. Jaintia Hills District.]
     3. The Garo Hills District.

                        [PART IIA]
     Tripura Tribal Areas District]

     * *                    Part III

           *
     [1. The Chakma District.
     [2. The Mara District.
     3. The Lai District.]]

       [20A. Dissolution of the Mizo District Council.—(1)
Notwithstanding anything in this Schedule, the District Council of the Mizo
District existing immediately before the prescribed date (hereinafter referred
to as the Mizo District Council) shall stand dissolved and cease to exist.

(2) The Administrator of the Union territory of Mizoram may, by one or
more orders, provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:—

       (a) the transfer, in whole or in part, of the assets, rights and liabilities
       of the Mizo District Council (including the rights and liabilities under
       any contract made by it) to the Union or to any other authority;
       (b) the substitution of the Union or any other authority for the Mizo
       District Council, or the addition of the Union or any other authority,
       as a party to any legal proceedings to which the Mizo District
       Council is a party;
       (c) the transfer or re-employment of any employees of the Mizo
       District Council to or by the Union or any other authority, the terms
       and conditions of service applicable to such employees after such
       transfer or re-employment;
       (d) the continuance of any laws, made by the Mizo District Council
       and in force immediately before its dissolution, subject to such
       adaptations and modifications, whether by way of repeal or
       amendment, as the Administrator may make in this behalf, until such
       laws are altered, repealed or amended by a competent Legislature or
       other competent authority;
       (e) such incidental, consequential and supplementary matters as the
       Administrator considers necessary.
Explanation.—In this paragraph and in paragraph 20B of this Schedule, the
expression "prescribed date" means the date on which the Legislative
Assembly of the Union territory of Mizoram is duly constituted under and in
accordance with the provisions of the Government of Union Territories Act,
1963. (20 of 1963)]

       [20B. Autonomous regions in the Union territory of Mizoram to
be autonomous districts and transitory provisions consequent
thereto.—(1) Notwithstanding anything in this Schedule,—

       (a) every autonomous region existing immediately before the
       prescribed date in the Union territory of Mizoram shall, on and from
       that date, be an autonomous district in that Union territory (hereafter
       referred to as the corresponding new district) and the Administrator
       thereof may, by one or more orders, direct that such consequential
       amendments as are necessary to give effect to the provisions of this
       clause shall be made in paragraph 20 of this Schedule (including Part
       III of the table appended to that paragraph) and thereupon the said
       paragraph and the said Part III shall be deemed to have been amended
       accordingly;

               (b) every Regional Council of an autonomous region in the
       Union territory of Mizoram existing immediately before the
       prescribed date (hereafter referred to as the existing Regional
       Council) shall, on and from that date and until a District Council is
       duly constituted for the corresponding new district, be deemed to be
       the District Council of that district (hereafter referred to as the
       corresponding new District Council).

       (2) Every member whether elected or nominated of an existing Regional
Council shall be deemed to have been elected or, as the case may be, nominated
to the corresponding new District Council and shall hold office until a District
Council is duly constituted for the corresponding new district under this
Schedule.

       (3) Until rules are made under sub-paragraph (7) of paragraph 2 and
sub-paragraph (4) of paragraph 4 of this Schedule by the corresponding new
District Council, the rules made under the said provisions by the existing
Regional Council and in force immediately before the prescribed date shall
have effect in relation to the corresponding new District Council subject to
such adaptations and modifications as may be made therein by the
Administrator of the Union territory of Mizoram.

       (4) The Administrator of the Union territory of Mizoram may, by
one or more orders, provide for all or any of the following matters,
namely:—

               (a) the transfer in whole or in part of the assets, rights and
       liabilities of the existing Regional Council (including the rights and
       liabilities under any contract made by it) to the corresponding new
       District Council;

               (b) the substitution of the corresponding new District Council
       for the existing Regional Council as a party to the legal proceedings
       to which the existing Regional Council is a party;

               (c) the transfer or re-employment of any employees of the
       existing Regional Council to or by the corresponding new District
       Council, the terms and conditions of service applicable to such
       employees after such transfer or re-employment;

               (d) the continuance of any laws made by the existing Regional
       Council and in force immediately before the prescribed date, subject
       to such adaptations and modifications, whether by way of repeal or
       amendment, as the Administrator may make in this behalf until such
       laws are altered, repealed or amended by a competent Legislature or
       other competent authority;

               (e) such incidental, consequential and supplementary matters
       as the Administrator considers necessary.]

       [20BA. Exercise of discretionary powers by the Governor in the
discharge of his functions.—The Governor in the discharge of his
functions under sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) of paragraph 1, sub-paragraphs
(1), (6), sub-paragraph (6A) excluding the first proviso and sub-paragraph
(7) of paragraph 2, sub-paragraph (3) of paragraph 3, sub-paragraph (4) of
paragraph 4, paragraph 5, sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 6, sub-paragraph
(2) of paragraph 7, sub-paragraph (4) of paragraph 8, sub-paragraph (3) of
paragraph 9, sub-paragraph (3) of paragraph 10, sub-paragraph (1) of
paragraph 14, sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 15 and sub-paragraphs (1) and
(2) of paragraph 16 of this Schedule, shall, after consulting the Council of
Ministers and the North Cachar Hills Autonomous Council or the Karbi
Anglong Autonomous Council, as the case may be, take such action as he
considers necessary in his discretion.]

       [20BB. Exercise of discretionary powers by the Governor in the
discharge of his functions.—The Governor, in the discharge of his
functions under sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) of paragraph 1, sub-paragraphs
(1) and (7) of paragraph 2, sub-paragraph (3) of paragraph 3, sub-paragraph
(4) of paragraph 4, paragraph 5, sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 6, sub-
paragraph (2) of paragraph 7, sub-paragraph (3) of paragraph 9, sub-
paragraph (1) of paragraph 14, sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 15 and sub-
paragraphs (1) and (2) of paragraph 16 of this Schedule, shall, after
consulting the Council of Ministers, and if he thinks it necessary, the
District Council or the Regional Council concerned, take such action as he
considers necessary in his discretion.]

        [20C. Interpretation.—Subject to any provision made in this
behalf, the provisions of this Schedule shall, in their application to the
Union territory of Mizoram, have effect—

               (1) as if references to the Governor and Government of the
       State were references to the Administrator of the Union territory
       appointed under article 239, references to State (except in the
       expression "Government of the State") were references to the Union
       territory of Mizoram and references to the State Legislature were
       references to the Legislative Assembly of the Union territory of
       Mizoram;

               (2) as if—

                       (a) in sub-paragraph (5) of paragraph 4, the provision
               for consultation with the Government of the State concerned
               had been omitted;

                       (b) in sub-paragraph (2) of paragraph 6, for the words
               "to which the executive power of the State extends", the words
               "with respect to which the Legislative Assembly of the Union
               territory of Mizoram has power to make laws" had been
               substituted;

                       (c) in paragraph 13, the words and figures "under article
               202" had been omitted.]

       21. Amendment of the Schedule.—(1) Parliament may from time to
time by law amend by way of addition, variation or repeal any of the
provisions of this Schedule and, when the Schedule is so amended, any
reference to this Schedule in this Constitution shall be construed as a
reference to such Schedule as so amended.

       (2) No such law as is mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) of this
paragraph shall be deemed to be an amendment of this Constitution for the
purposes of article 368.