The Lushai Hills District (Change of Name) Act, 1954
# THE LUSHAI HILLS DISTRICT (CHANGE OF NAME) ACT, 1954
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# ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
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SECTIONS

1. Short title and commencement.

2. Lushai Hills District to be known as Mizo District.

3. Amendment of the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution.

4. Reference to Lushai Hills District to be construed as reference to Mizo District.


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# THE LUSHAI HILLS DISTRICT (CHANGE OF NAME) ACT, 1954


# ACT NO. 18 OF 1954

 An Act to change the name of the Lushai Hills District.

BE it enacted by Parliament as follows:—



[29th April, 1954.]


**1. Short title and commencement.—(1) This Act may be called the Lushai Hills District (Change**

of Name) Act, 1954.

(2) It shall come into force on such date[1] as the Central Government may, by notification in the

Official Gazette, appoint.

**2. Lushai Hills District to be known as Mizo District.—The tribal area in Assam now known as**

the Lushai Hills District shall, as from the commencement of this Act, be known as the Mizo District.

**3. Amendment of the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution.—In the Sixth Schedule to the**

Constitution, 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 this

Constitution was known as the Lushai Hills District.”;


(b) in sub-paragraph (3), after the words “United Khasi Jaintia Hills District” the words “and the

Mizo District” shall be inserted; and

(c) in Part A of the table, for the words “The Lushai Hills District”, the words “The Mizo

District” shall be substituted.

**4. Reference to Lushai Hills District to be construed as reference to Mizo District.—Any**

reference to the Lushai Hills District in any law, instrument or other document shall, unless the context
otherwise requires, be construed as a reference to the Mizo District.

1. 1st September, 1954, _vide notification No. S.R.O. 2832 (E), dated 1stSeptember, 1954,_ _see Gazette of India,_

Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(i).


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