The Tuensang District (Assimilation of Laws on State Subject) Act, 1969 Complete Act - Bare Act

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THE TUENSANG DISTRICT (ASSIMILATION OF LAWS ON STATE SUBJECT) ACT, 1969

THE TUENSANG DISTRICT (ASSIMILATION OF LAWS ON STATE SUBJECT) ACT, 1969

(THE

NAGALAND ACT NO. 10 OF 1969)
(Received the assent of the Governor
on the 26th July, 1969 and published in the Nagaland Gazette-Extraordinary dated 4th August, 1969)
An Act
Whereas it is expedient that the laws in force in the Tuensang District in the State
of Nagaland with respect to the matters enumerated in List II in the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution shall be assimilated to the laws in force with
respect to the said matters in the rest of the Stale of Nagaland in the manner hereinafter appearing;
It is hereby enacted in the nineteenth year of the Republic of India as follows
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1. Short title, extent and commencement
(1) This Act, may be called the Tuensang District (Assimilation of Laws on the State Subjects) Act, 1968
(2) It extends lo the District of Tuensang in the State of Nagaland .
(3) It shall come into force on such date as the Governor may by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.

2.

Definitions

:
In this Act.
(a) "appointed day' means
the date appointed under sub-section (3)
of se~ion1 for the coming into force of this Act
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(3) "law" means so much of any Act, Ordinance, Regulation, rule, order or bye-law as relates to any matter enumerated in list II in
the Seventh Schedule lo
the Constitution.

3. Assimilation of laws.
(1) AU laws which immediately before the appointed day extend to, or are in force in, the district of Tuensang shall, as from the appointed day, cease to be in force in
the said district except as respects things done or
omitted lo be done
before that day
(2) All laws which immediately before the appointed day extend to, or are in force
in the districts of Kohima and Mokokchung shall, as from the appointed day, extend to
or, as the case may be, come into force in, the district of Tuensang.

4. Transitional Provisions
Notwithstanding anything contained in Section 3, the Governor may by order direct that during such period not exceeding two years as may be specified in the order, from the appointed day, any law which was in force in the district of Tuensang before the appointed day she be deemed to have continued to be in force therein and may
further likewise direct that any law which would have extended to or come into force in the laid district on the appointed day shall not be deemed to have extended thereto or come into Force therein.

5. Power to remove difficulties.
(1) If any diFf1culry arises in relation to the transition under Section 3 from one law
or group of laws to another law or group of laws, the State Government may, by order notified in the Official Gazette make such provisions as it considers necessary for the removal of the difficulty.
(2)
Every order made under sub-section (1) shall be laid
before the Legislative Assembly.
Nagaland State Acts