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296                  THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA
                                 (Sixth Schedule)

               (a) no Act of the 1[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 2[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
                                                      e
       Act may direct that the Act shall in its application to such district or
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       region or any part thereof have effect subject to such exceptions or
       modifications as it thinks fit;
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              (b) the Governor may, by public notification, direct that any
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       Act of Parliament or of the 1[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
       2
        [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.
       3
       [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,—

1. Subs. by the North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971 (81 of 1971), s. 71(i)
    and Eighth Sch., for "Legislature of the State" (w.e.f. 21-1-1972).
2. Ins. by s. 71(i) and Eighth Sch., ibid. (w.e.f. 21-1-1972).
3. Subs. by s. 71(i) and Eighth Sch., ibid., for paragraph 12A (w.e.f. 21-1-1972).

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