Constitution Section 371G — Special provision with respect to the State of Mizoram

Part XXI — TEMPORARY, TRANSITIONAL AND — SPECIAL PROVISIONS

Constitutional

Summary

Parliament cannot pass laws on certain subjects for Mizoram unless the state’s Legislative Assembly agrees by passing a resolution. These subjects include the religious or social practices of the Mizos, Mizo customary law and procedure, the administration of civil and criminal justice based on Mizo customary law, and the ownership and transfer of land. This restriction does not apply to any central law that was already in force in the Union territory of Mizoram before the Constitution was amended in 1986. The Legislative Assembly of Mizoram must have at least forty members.

Official Text

Notwithstanding anything in this Constitution,—

(a) no Act of Parliament in respect of—

(i) religious or social practices of the Mizos;

(ii) Mizo customary law and procedure;

(iii) administration of civil and criminal justice involving decisions according to Mizo customary law;

(iv) ownership and transfer of land;shall apply to the State of Mizoram unless the Legislative Assembly of the State of Mizoram by a resolution so decides:Provided that nothing in this clause shall apply to any Central Act in force in the Union territory of Mizoram immediately before the commencement of the Constitution (Fifty-third Amendment) Act, 1986;

(b) the Legislative Assembly of the State of Mizoram shall consist of not less than forty members.