The State of Nagaland Act, 1962

This Act may be called the State of Nagaland Act, 1962.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, (a) "appointed day" means the day which the Central Government may, by notifiation in theOfficial Gazette, appoint; (b) "article" means an article of the Constitution; (c) "assembly constituency" and "parliamentary constituency" have the same meanings as in theRepresentation of the People Act, 1950 (43 of 1950); (d) "law" includes any enactment, ordinance, regulation, order, bye-law, rule, scheme,notification or other instrument or custom or usage having the force of law; (e) "Naga Hills-Tuensang Area" means the Naga Hills-Tuensang Area specified in Part B of theTable appended to paragraph 20 of the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution, comprising the areas whichat the commencement of the Constitution were known as the Naga-Hills District and the Naga TribalArea; (f) "regional council" means the regional council referred to in article 371A.

(1) As from the appointed day, there shall be formed a newState to be known as the State of Nagaland comprising the territories which immediately before that daywere comprised in the Naga Hills-Tuensang Area and thereupon the said territories shall cease to formpart of the State of Assam. (2) Without prejudice to the power of the State Government to alter after the appointed day, the name,extent or boundaries of any district, the State of Nagaland shall consist of three districts to be called theKohima district, Mokokchung district and Tuensang district, each comprising the areas respectively setout in the Schedule.

As from the appointed day, in the FirstSchedule to the Constitution, under the heading "I. THE STATES" (a) in the paragraph relating to the territories of the State of Assam, the following shall be addedat the end, namely: "and the territories specified in sub-section (1) of section 3 of the State of NagalandAct, 1962"; (b) after entry 15, the following entry shall be inserted, namely: "16. Nagaland . . . . . The territories specified in sub-section (1) of section 3 of the State ofNagaland Act, 1962".

As from the appointed day, in the SixthSchedule to the Constitution (a) in paragraph 20 (i) sub-paragraph (2B) shall be omitted; (ii) in sub-paragraph (3), the brackets and words "(other than the Naga Hills-Tuensang Area)"shall be omitted; (b) in the Table appended to paragraph 20, in Part B, the item "2. The Naga Hills-Tuensang Area"shall be omitted.