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The State of Mizoram Act, 1986

The State of Mizoram Act, 1986

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The State of Mizoram Act, 1986, is a significant Indian law that officially transitioned Mizoram from a Union Territory into a full state. It broadly regulates how the region is represented in India’s Parliament and establishes a new forty-member local Legislative Assembly. Additionally, the Act manages the important transfer of government assets, debts, and public employees to the new administration while creating a shared High Court for northeastern states. It ensures legal continuity by keeping existing laws in force. This legislation matters because it provides Mizoram’s citizens with greater political self-governance and a distinct legal identity within the Indian Republic.

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  1. 1. Short title.
  2. 2. Definitions.
  3. 3. Establishment of the State of Mizoram.
  4. 4. [Repealed].
  5. 5. [Repealed].
  6. 6. Allocation of sitting member.
  7. 7. [Repealed].
  8. 8. Allocation of seat in the existing House of the People.
  9. 9. Provision as to sitting member.
  10. 10. Provision as to Legislative Assembly.
  11. 11. Delimitation of constituencies.
  12. 12. Power of Election Commission to maintain delimitation orders up-to-date.
  13. 13. [Repealed].
  14. 14. [Repealed].
  15. 15. Common High Court for Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Manipur, Tripura and Mizoram.
  16. 16. Provision as to advocates.
  17. 17. Practice and procedure in the common High Court.
  18. 18. Custody of seal of the common High Court.
  19. 19. Form of writs and other processes.
  20. 20. Powers of Judges.
  21. 21. Principal seat and other places of sitting of the common High Court.
  22. 22. Procedure as to appeals to Supreme Court.
  23. 23. Transfer of proceedings from the High Court of Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Manipur and Tripura to the common High Court.
  24. 24. Interpretation.
  25. 25. Right to appear or to act in proceedings transferred to the common High Court.
  26. 26. Saving.
  27. 26A. Non-applicability of this Part to the States of Meghalaya, Manipur and Tripura.
  28. 27. Authorisation of expenditure pending its sanction by the Legislature.
  29. 28. Reports relating to the accounts of the existing Union territory of Mizoram.
  30. 29. Allowances and privileges of Governor of Mizoram.
  31. 30. Distribution of revenues.
  32. 31. Property, assets, rights, liabilities, obligations, etc.
  33. 32. Provision relating to All India Services.
  34. 33. Provisions relating to other services.
  35. 34. Other provisions as to services.
  36. 35. Provisions as to continuance of officers in same posts.
  37. 36. Advisory Committees.
  38. 37. Prohibition of representation after certain period.
  39. 38. Power of Central Government to give directions.
  40. 39. [Repealed].
  41. 40. [Repealed].
  42. 41. [Repealed].
  43. 42. [Repealed].
  44. 43. Continuance of existing laws and their adaptations.
  45. 44. Power to construe laws.
  46. 45. Provisions as to continuance of courts, etc.
  47. 46. Effect of provisions of Act inconsistent with other laws.
  48. 47. Power to remove difficulties.
  49. 48. Power to make rules.

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