The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 277] NEW DELHI, SATURDAY, JULY 7, 1979/ASADHA 16, 1901
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676 rHE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(Ji>](ii) has been employing an armed force, namely, the so- called Mizo National Army, and the other bodies, set up by it, to achieve its aforesaid objective ;
(iil) has, in furtherance of its aforesaid objective, been employing the said armed fore© in attacking the Security Forces and the Civil Government and the citizens in the Union territory of Mizoram, Cachar District of Assam and Manipur and idulging in acts of arson, looting and intimidation against the civi- lian population and in recruitment of persons and collection of funds for its organisation;
(iv) has, in pursuance of its aforesaid objective issued notices to all non-Mizos to quit Mizoram by 1st luly, 1979 and in a bid to enforce the said notice, the members of the Front have talfen recourse to violence and murder ;
(v) has, to achieve its aforesaid objective maintained contacts with foreign countries through its organi- sation and armed force with ft view to securing financial assistance and assistance by way of arms, equipment and training for the so-called Mizo National Army and has secured such assistance;
And whereas the Central Government is of opinion that for the reasons aforesaid, the FrODt and other bodies set up by it, including its armed force, namely, the go called Mizo National Army, are unlawful associations ;
MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 7th luly, 1979
S.O. 389
(i) which had openly declared as its objective the for- mation of an independent Mizoram comprising of the Union territory of Mizoram and the adjacent Mizo and Kukl inhabited areas of Manipur and Tripura has intensified its activities to achieve the said objective and bring about secession of the said areas from the Union of India;
And whereas the Central Government is further of the opinion that because of the repeated acts of violence and attacks by armed groups of the so-called Mizo National Army on the Secuity Forces and on the civilian population, it is necessary to declare the Front and its other bodies, in- cluding the so-called Mizo National Army, to be unlawful with immediate effect;
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub- seciton (1) of section 3 of the Unlawful Activities (Preven- tion) Act, 1967 (37 of 1967), the Central Government hereby declares the "Mizo National Front and the other bodies set up by it, including the so-called Mizo National Army" to be unlawful association, and directs, in exercise of the powers conferred by- the proviso to sub-section (3) of that^sectiun, that this notification shall, subject to any order that may be made under section 4 of the said Act, have effect from the date of its publication in the Official Gazete.
[F. No. 111-14014/12/79-NE. I]
K. BANARJI, Jt. Secy.