The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 2
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 5] NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1978/AGRAHAYANA 22, 1900
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LOK SABHA
The following Bill was introduced in Lok Sabha on the 13th
December, 1978: —
BILL NO. 173 OF 1978
A Bill to extend the Indian Standards Institution (Certification Marks)
Act, 1952, to the Kohima, Wokha, Zunheboto, Mokokchung and Pheld
Districts in the State of Nagaland
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Twenty-ninth Year of the Republic
of India as follows: —
Short title.
1. This Act may be called the Indian Standards Institution (Certifica- tion Marks) Extension to Kohima, Wokha, Zunheboto, Mokokchung and Phek Districts Act, 1978.
2. The Indian Standards Institution (Certification Marks) Act, 1952, shall, as from the commencement of this Act, extend to the Kohima, Wokha, Zunheboto, Mokokchung and Phek districts in the State of Nagaland and shall come into force therein on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
I438 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 2]STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS
The Indian Standards Institution (Certification Marks) Act, 1952, does not apply to the Kohima, Wokha, Zunheboto, Mokokchung and Phek dis- tricts of the State of Nagaland because those districts formed an area which was governed by paragraph 1.9 of the Sixth Schedule to the Consti- tution of India. Sub-paragraph (l)(a) of that paragraph provides that until a District Council is constituted for an autonomous district, no Act of Parliament or of the Legislature of the State shall apply to any such area unless the Governor by public notification so directs. Prior to the formation of the State of Nagaland no notification was issued by the Governor of Assam directing that the said Act shall apply to those areas.
2. In view of the constitutional changes leading to the formation of State of Nagaland and the non-applicability of the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution to Nagaland it is not now possible to apply the Act to these districts by the issue of a notification. Parliamentary legislation is thus necessary to apply the Act to the said districts of the State of Nagaland. The Bill seeks to give effect to this object.
MOHAN DHARIA.
NEW DELHI;
The 2nd December, 1978.
AVTAR SINGH RIKHY,