Section 71 of The North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971
On and from the appointed day—
- (a)in article 210, in the proviso to clause (2), for the words “Legislature of the State of Himachal Pradesh”, the words “Legislatures of the States of Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura” shall be substituted;
- (b)in article 239A, in clause (1), the words “Manipur, Tripura,” shall be omitted;
- (c)in article 244,—
- (i)in clause (1), for the words “the State of Assam”, the words “the States of Assam and Meghalaya” shall be substituted;
- (ii)in clause (2), for the words “the State of Assam”, the words “the States of Assam and Meghalaya and the Union territory of Mizoram” shall be substituted;
- (d)in article 244A, in clause (1), for the word and letter “Part A”, the word and figure “Part I” shall be substituted;
- (e)in article 275, in clause (a) of the second proviso to clause (1), for the word and letter “Part A”, the word and figure “Part I” shall be substituted;
- (f)in article 332,—
- (i)in clause (5), the words “except in the case of the constituency comprising the cantonment and municipality of shillong” shall be omitted;
- (ii)in clause (6), the words “except from the constituency comprising the cantonment and municipality of Shillong” shall be omitted; (g)in article 371B, for the word and letter “Part A”, the word and figure “Part I” shall be substituted; (h)in the Fifth Schedule to the Constitution, in paragraph 1, for the words “State of Assam”, the words “States of Assam and Meghalaya” shall be substituted;
- (i)the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution shall stand amended as directed in the Eighth Schedule.
Summary
- This section amends several articles and schedules of the Indian Constitution to legally establish the newly created states and union territories.
- It removes Manipur and Tripura from the list of union territories governed by article 239A.
- It adds the new territories of Meghalaya and Mizoram to specific administrative provisions in article 244.
- It removes the special electoral exceptions for the cantonment and municipality of Shillong previously found in article 332.
- It updates the language in the Fifth and Sixth Schedules to reflect the new political boundaries of Assam and Meghalaya.
Practical examples
FAQ
1. What does Section 71 of The North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971 do to the Constitution?
Section 71 of The North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971 amends several articles and schedules of the Constitution to officially recognise the newly created states and union territories.
2. Under Section 71 of the 1971 Reorganisation Act, are Manipur and Tripura still treated as union territories in article 239A?
No, Section 71 of the 1971 Reorganisation Act explicitly removes the words Manipur and Tripura from clause (1) of article 239A.
3. How does Section 71 of the North-Eastern Areas Act alter the Fifth Schedule of the Constitution?
Section 71 of the North-Eastern Areas Act updates paragraph 1 of the Fifth Schedule to read States of Assam and Meghalaya instead of just referring to the State of Assam.
Test yourself
Q1.Which article of the Constitution has the words "Manipur, Tripura," omitted by Section 71 of The North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971?
Q2.Under Section 71 of the 1971 North-Eastern Areas Act, what change is made to the second proviso to clause (1) of article 275?
Q3.According to Section 71 of The North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971, which specific area loses its electoral exception in article 332?
Q4.Which constitutional schedule is amended by Section 71 of the 1971 Reorganisation Act to replace the phrase "State of Assam" with "States of Assam and Meghalaya" in its first paragraph?