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304                  THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA
                                 (Sixth Schedule)

       (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.
       1
         [20. Tribal areas.—(1) The areas specified in Parts I, II 2[, IIA] and
III of the table below shall respectively be the tribal areas within the State of
Assam, the State of Meghalaya 2[, the State of Tripura] and the 3[State] of
Mizoram.
      (2) 4[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
                                                      e
within the autonomous district of that name existing immediately before the
                                                 od
day appointed under clause (b) of section 2 of the North-Eastern Areas
(Reorganisation) Act, 1971:                 aC
                                        di
       Provided that for the purposes of clauses (e) and (f) of sub-paragraph
                                    In
(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 5[Khasi Hills District].
        2
        [(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.]


1. Subs. by the North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971 (81 of 1971), s. 71(i)
    and Eighth Sch., for paragraphs 20 and 20A (w.e.f. 21-1-1972) and paragraph 20A
    further substituted by the Government of Union Territory (Amendment) Act, 1971
    (83 of 1971) s. 13 (w.e.f. 29-4-1972).
2. Ins. by the Constitution (Forty-ninth Amendment) Act, 1984, s. 4 (w.e.f. 1-4-1985).
3. Subs. by the State of Mizoram Act, 1986 (34 of 1986), s. 39, for "Union territory"
    (w.e.f. 20-2-1987).
4. Subs. by the Constitution (Forty-ninth Amendment) Act, 1984, s. 4, for "any
    reference in the table below" (w.e.f. 1-4-1985).
5. Subs. by the Government of Meghalaya Notification No. DCA 31/72/11, dated the
    14th June, 1973, Gazette of Meghalaya, Pt. VA, dated 23-6-1973, p. 200.
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