Constitution Section 371C — Special provision with respect to the State of Manipur

Part XXI — TEMPORARY, TRANSITIONAL AND — SPECIAL PROVISIONS

Constitutional

Summary

The President can issue orders to create a committee of Manipur’s Legislative Assembly made up of members elected from the Hill Areas, and can decide how that committee works. The President can also change the state government’s business rules and the Assembly’s procedures, and give the Governor special responsibilities to ensure the committee functions properly. The Governor must report to the President every year, or whenever asked, about how the Hill Areas are being administered, and the Union government can give directions to the state on managing those areas. The term “Hill Areas” refers to areas that the President declares as such by order.

Official Text

(1) Notwithstanding anything in this Constitution, the President may, by order made with respect to the State of Manipur, 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 Hill Areas of that State, for the modifications to be made in the rules of business of the Government and in the rules of procedure of the Legislative Assembly of the State and for any special responsibility of the Governor in order to secure the proper functioning of such committee.

(2) The Governor shall annually, or whenever so required by the President, make a report to the President regarding the administration of the Hill Areas in the State of Manipur and the executive power of the Union shall extend to the giving of directions to the State as to the administration of the said areas.Explanation.—In this article, the expression “Hill Areas” means such areas as the President may, by order, declare to be Hill areas.