Preamble

THE NAGALAND JHUMLAND ACT, 1970 (NAGALAND ACT. NO. 3 OF 1974)

(Received the assent of the President of India on the 9th April 1974)

(Published in the Nagaland Gazette Extraordinary dated 12th April, 1974) An

Act.

TO AMEND THE LAW RELATING TO JHUMLAND AND MATTERS CONNECTED THERETO OR INCIDENTAL THERETO

Whereas it is expedient to amend the law relating to jhumland in order to safeguard and regulate the rights to jhumland in Nagaland and matters connected thereto or incidental thereto, ii is hereby enacted in the Twenty-first year of the Republic of India as follows

Chapter 1 PRELIMINARY