The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 1
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 7] NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 1981/CHAITRA 4, 1903
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MINISTRY OF LAW, JUSTICE AND COMPANY AFFAIRS
(Legislative Department)
New Delhi, the 25th March, 1981 /Chaitra 4, 1903 (Saka)
THE ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS (ADMINISTRATION) AMENDMENT REGULATION,
1981
No. 1 OF 1981
Promulgated by the President in the Thirty-second Year of the Republic of India.
A Regulation to amend the Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Administration) Regulation, 1979.
In exercise of the powers conferred by article 240 of the
Constitution, the President is pleased to promulgate the
following Regulation made by him: —
Short title and commencement.
1. (1) This Regulation may be called the Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Administration) Amendment Regulation, 1981.
(2) It shall come into force at once.
34 THE GAZETTE OB1 INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PAST II—SKC. 1]Amendment of section 3,
4 of 1979, 2. In section 3 of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Ad- ministration) Regulation, 1979 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Regulation), in clause (d)! for the words "twenty- two persons", the words "twenty-five persons" shall be substi- tuted.
3. In section 18 of the principal Regulation,—
Amendment of section 18,
(a) in sub-section (1), for the words "three persons",
the words "five persons" shall be substituted;
(b) for sub-section (2), the following sub-section
shall be substituted, namely: —
"(2) Of the Counsellors appointed under sub- section (I), at least one Counsellor shall be a mem- ber of any of the Scheduled Tribes from the Nicobar group of Islands and at least two Counsellors shall be from the Andaman group of Islands.".
Amendment of the First Schedule.
4. In the First Schedule to the principal Regulation, in the Table below paragraph 1, in the entries relating to "4. Areas within the jurisdiction of the Port Blair Municipal Board", in column (3), for the figure "2", the figure "5" shall be substi- tuted.
N. SANJIVA REDDY,
President.
R. V. S. PERI SASTRI, Secy, to the Govt. of India.