Constitution Section 371B — Special provision with respect to the State of Assam

Part XXI — TEMPORARY, TRANSITIONAL AND — SPECIAL PROVISIONS

Constitutional

Summary

The President can issue an order for Assam to create a special committee within the state's Legislative Assembly. This committee will be made up of members elected from specific tribal areas listed in the Sixth Schedule, along with a certain number of other Assembly members as the order decides. The order can also change the Assembly's procedural rules to set up and run this committee properly.

Official Text

Notwithstanding anything in this Constitution, the President may, by order made with respect to the State of Assam, provide for the constitution and functions of a committee of the Legislative Assembly of the State consisting of members of that Assembly elected from the tribal areas specified in Part I of the table appended to paragraph 20 of the Sixth Schedule and such number of other members of that Assembly as may be specified in the order and for the modifications to be made in the rules of procedure of that Assembly for the constitution and proper functioning of such committee.