The Lushai Hills District (Change of Name) Act, 1954

The Lushai Hills District (Change of Name) Act, 1954

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The Lushai Hills District (Change of Name) Act, 1954 (ACT NO. 18 OF 1954) [As on the 15th April, 2026]

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS USED

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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS USED Cl.,cls. . . . . . for Clause, clauses. S., ss. . . . . . ,, Section, sections. Subs. . . . . . ,, Substituted. w.e.f. . . . . . ,, with effect from.

THE LUSHAI HILLS DISTRICT (CHANGE OF NAME) ACT, 1954

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THE LUSHAI HILLS DISTRICT (CHANGE OF NAME) ACT, 1954 ____________ ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS _________ SECTIONS 1. Lushai Hills District to be known as Mizo District. Amendment of the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution. Reference to Lushai Hills District to be construed as reference to Mizo District.

THE LUSHAI HILLS DISTRICT (CHANGE OF NAME) ACT, 1954

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Section 1 — Short title and commencement

Section 2 — Lushai Hills District to be known as Mizo District

Section 3 — Amendment of the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution

Section 4 — Reference to Lushai Hills District to be construed as reference to Mizo District

THE LUSHAI HILLS DISTRICT (CHANGE OF NAME) ACT, 1954 ACT NO. 18 OF 1954 [29th April, 1954.] An Act to change the name of the Lushai Hills District. Short title and commencement.—(1) This Act may be called the Lushai Hills District (Change of Name) Act, 1954. Lushai Hills District to be known as Mizo District.—The tribal area in Assam now known as the Lushai Hills District shall, as from the commencement of this Act, be known as the Mizo District. Amendment of the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution.—In the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution, in paragraph 20,— (a) after sub-paragraph (2), the following sub-paragraph shall be inserted namely:— “(2A) The Mizo District shall comprise the area which at the commencement of this Constitution was known as the Lushai Hills District.”; (b) in sub-paragraph (3), after the words “United Khasi-Jaintia Hills District” the words “and the Mizo District” shall be inserted; and (c) in Part A of the table, for the words “The Lushai Hills District”, the words “The Mizo District” shall be substituted. Reference to Lushai Hills District to be construed as reference to Mizo District.—Any reference to the Lushai Hills District in any law, instrument or other document shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be construed as a reference to the Mizo District.

STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS

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STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS The Lushai Hills District is one of the six autonomous districts in the tribal areas of Assam specified in Part A of the table appended to paragraph 20 of the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution. The district is largely inhabited by tribes who are collectively known as “Mizos-Lusei” being one of these tribes. There has, therefore, been a demand that the district should be renamed “Mizo District”; the ‘Hills’ will continue to be called ‘Lushai Hills’. The present Bill is intended to achieve this purpose.