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                                      PART X
                THE SCHEDULED AND TRIBAL AREAS
       244. Administration of Scheduled Areas and Tribal Areas.—(1) The
provisions of the Fifth Schedule shall apply to the administration and control of
the Scheduled Areas and Scheduled Tribes in any State 1*** other than 2[the
States of Assam, 3[, 4[Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram]]].
      (2) The provisions of the Sixth Schedule shall apply to the
administration of the tribal areas in 2[the States of Assam, 3[, 5[Meghalaya,
Tripura and Mizoram]]].
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        [244A. Formation of an autonomous State comprising certain tribal
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areas in Assam and creation of local Legislature or Council of Ministers or
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both therefor.—(1) Notwithstanding anything in this Constitution, Parliament
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may, by law, form within the State of Assam an autonomous State comprising
(whether wholly or in part) all or any of the tribal areas specified in 7[Part I] of
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the table appended to paragraph 20 of the Sixth Schedule and create therefor—
                                        In
               (a) a body, whether elected or partly nominated and partly
       elected, to function as a Legislature for the autonomous State, or
               (b) a Council of Ministers,
or both with such constitution, powers and functions, in each case, as may be
specified in the law.
        (2) Any such law as is referred to in clause (1) may, in particular,—


1. The words and letters "specified in Part A or Part B of the First Schedule" omitted by
   the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, s. 29 and Sch. (w.e.f. 1-11-1956).
2. Subs. by the North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971 (81 of 1971), s. 71, for
   "the State of Assam" (w.e.f. 21-1-1972).
3. Subs. by the Constitution (Forty-ninth Amendment) Act, 1984, s. 2, for "and
   Meghalaya" (w.e.f. 1-4-1985).
4. Subs. by the State of Mizoram Act, 1986 (34 of 1986), s. 39, for "Meghalaya and
   Tripura" (w.e.f. 20-2-1987).
5. Subs. by s. 39, ibid., for "Meghalaya and Tripura and the Union territory of Mizoram".
   (w.e.f. 20-2-1987).
6. Ins. by the Constitution (Twenty-second Amendment) Act, 1969, s. 2 (w.e.f. 25-9-1969).
7. Subs. by the North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971 (81 of 1971), s. 71, for
   "Part A" (w.e.f. 21-1-1972).

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