The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 1
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 13] NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, 1972/CHAITRA 16, 1894
Separate paging is given to this Part in order that it may be filed
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MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE (Legislative Department) New Delhi, the 5th April 1972/Chaitra 16, 1894 (Saka)
The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the 5th April, 1972, and is hereby published for general information: —
THE ARMED FORCES (ASSAM AND MANIPUR) SPECIAL POWERS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1972
No. 7 OF 1972
[5th April, 1972]
An Act to amend the Aimed Forces (Assam and Manipur) Special Powers Act, 1958.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Twenty-third Year of the Republic of India as follows: —
1. This Act may be called the Armed Forces (Assam and Manipur) Short title.
Special Powers (Amendment) Act, 1972.
28 of 1958.
Amend-
ment of
long title.
48 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PAHT II—SIC. 1]
(b) for sub-section (2), the following sub-section shall be subs-
tituted, namely: —
" (2) It extends to the whole of the States of Asgam, Mani- pur, Meghalaya, Nagaland and Tripura and the Union territories of Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram.".
4. For section 3 of the principal Act, the following section shtll be
•ubrtituted, masaely:—
Substitu-
tion of
I)1W 8SC-
ti"" far
•cvtlan 3,
Power to
declare
areas to be
disturbed
areas.
"'3. If, in relation to any State or Union territory to which this Act extends, the Governor of that State or the Administrator of that Union territory or the Central Government, in either case, is of the opinion that the whol" or any part of such State or Union terri- tory, as the case may be, is in such a disturbed or dangerous condi- tion that the use of armed forces in aid of the civil power is neces- sary, the Governor of that State or the Administrator of that Union territory or the Central Governmeut, as the case may be, may, by "otification in the Official Gazette, declare the wohle or such part of such State or Union territory to be a disturbed area.".
5. As from the commencement of this Act, the principal Act, as extend- ed by notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Home Affairs No. G.S.R. 1970, dated the "25trr November, 19% To the then existing Union. i"ritorv of Tripura, shall cease to operate in the State of Tripura.
Principal
Act as ex-
tended to
the former
Union ter-
ritory of
Tripura to
ceasa to
operate.
K. K. SUNDARAM,
Joint Secy, to the Govt. oj India.