Section 1 Short title and commencement.
(1) This Act may be called the Lushai Hills District (Changeof Name) Act, 1954.
(2) It shall come into force on such date1as the Central Government may, by notification in theOfficial Gazette, appoint.
Section 2 Lushai Hills District to be known as Mizo District.
The tribal area in Assam now known asthe Lushai Hills District shall, as from the commencement of this Act, be known as the Mizo District.
Section 3 Amendment of the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution.
In the Sixth Schedule to theConstitution , 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 thisConstitution was known as the Lushai Hills District.";
(b) in sub-paragraph (3), after the words "United Khasi Jaintia Hills District" the words "and theMizo District" shall be inserted; and
(c) in Part A of the table, for the words "The Lushai Hills District", the words "The MizoDistrict" shall be substituted.
Section 4 Reference to Lushai Hills District to be construed as reference to Mizo District.
Anyreference to the Lushai Hills District in any law, instrument or other document shall, unless the contextotherwise requires, be construed as a reference to the Mizo District.
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