Preamble

THE NAGALAND EVICTION OF PERSONS IN UNAUTHORISED OCCUPATION OF PUBLIC LAND ACT.1971 (THE NAGALAND) ACT. NO. 6 OF 1971) (Received the assent of the President on 22nd October, 1971 and published in the Nagaland Gazette Extraordinary dated the 5th November, 1971) BE it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of Nagaland in the Twenty-second Year of the Republic of India as follows Short title extend and commencement. 1. (i) This Act may be called the Nagaland Eviction of Persons in Unauthorised Occupation of Public Land Act. 1971

1. (ii) It extends to the whole of the State of Nagaland
2. (iii) It shall come into force in the districts of Kohima and Mokokchung on the date on which the assent of the President is first published in the Nagaland Gazette and shall come into force in the Tuensang district on such date as the Governor may, on the recommendation of the regional Council, by public notification, direct.