Amendment of the Schedule to the Principal Act

Amendment of the Schedule to the Principal Act—

1. (1) In article 1 of the Schedule, after the word "India", the punctuation mark shall be substituted by the punctuation mark, comma, and thereafter the following clause shall be added, namely— "including those others and Advisers to the Chief Minister, who have been assigned the rank of such Minister, Minister of State or Deputy Minister of Mizoram by a public notification.
2. (2) After article 1 of the Schedule, the following new article shall be inserted, namely.— "1A. The office of the Leader of Opposition in the Mizoram State Legislative Assembly".
3. (3) Article 4 of the Schedule of the principal act shall be omitted.
4. (4) Article 5 of the Schedule shall be substituted by the following, namely— "5. The office of Advocate General, additional Advocate General, Government Advocate, Public Prosecutor, Additional Public Prosecutor, Assistant Government Advocate or Assistant Public Prosecutor, or Notary".
5. (5) In article 6 of the Schedule, after the word "Institutions", the punctuation mark shall be substituted by the punctuation mark, comma, and thereafter the following shall be added, namely— "including those others who have been permitted under the relevant University Statute or Regulations to contest the elections for, and to be elected, as MLA, provided that they are on leave or lien without any kind of pecuniary benefits from those offices save and except normal pensionary entitlements".
6. (6) Article 8 of the Schedule shall be substituted by the following, namely— "8. Subject to the provisions of section 10 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 (Central Act no. 18 of 1951), the Office of the Chairman, Deputy or Vice Chairman, Director or member of any statutory or non-statutory Corporation, Authority or Company, constituted or appointed by the Government of India or the Government of any State or Union Territory specified in the First Schedule to the Constitution of India, if the holder of such office is not entitled to any remuneration other than compensatory allowance".