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Official sourceAmendment) Act, 1956, s.29 and Schedule (w.e.f. 1.11.1956).
2. Substituted by the North Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971 (81 of 1971) s.71 (81 of 1971), s.71, for “the State
of Assam” (w.e.f. 21.1.1972).
3. Substituted by the Constitution (Forty-ninth Amendment) Act, 1984, s.2 for “and Meghalaya” (w.e.f. 1.4.1985).
4. Substituted by the State of Mizoram Act, 1986 (34 of 1986), s.39, for “Meghalaya and Tripura” (w.e.f. 20.2.1987).
5. Substituted by ibid, for “Meghalaya and Tripura and the Union territory of Mizoram” (w.e.f. 20.2.1987).
6. Inserted by the Constitution (Twenty-second Amendment) Act, 1969, s.2 (w.e.f. 25.9.1969).
7. Substituted by the North Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971 (81 of 1971), s.71, for “Part A” (w.e.f. 21.1.1972).
151 THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA
(Part X. - The Scheduled And Tribal Areas)
(2) Any such law as is referred to in clause (1) may, in particular,—
(a) specify the matters enumerated in the State List or the Concurrent List with
respect to which the Legislature of the autonomous State shall have power to make
laws for the whole or any part thereof, whether to the exclusion of the Legislature of
the State of Assam or otherwise;
(b) define the matters with respect to which the executive power of the
autonomous State shall extend;
(c) provide that any tax levied by the State of Assam shall be assigned to the
autonomous State in so far as the proceeds thereof are attributable to the autonomous
State;
(d) provide that any reference to a State in any article of this Constitution shall be
construed as including a reference to the autonomous State; and
(e) make such supplemental, incidental and consequential provisions as may be
deemed necessary.
(3) An amendment of any such law as aforesaid in so far as such amendment relates to
any of the matters specified in sub-clause (a) or sub-clause (b) of clause (2) shall have no
effect unless the amendment is passed in each House of Parliament by not less than two-
thirds of the members present and voting.
(4) Any such law as is referred to in this article shall not be deemed to be an
amendment of this Constitution for the purposes of article 368 notwithstanding that it
contains any provision which amends or has the effect of amending this Constitution.]
152 THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA
PART- XI
RELATIONS BETWEEN THE UNION AND THE STATES
CHAPTER - I. - LEGISLATIVE RELATIONS
Distribution of Legislative Powers
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