Section 24
Validation of acts done previous to the commencement of the Act.
The North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971
About this Act
An Act to provide for the establishment of the States of Manipur and Tripura and to provide for the formation of the State of Meghalaya and of the Union territories of Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh by reorganisation of the existing State of Assam and for matters connected therewith.
All things done, and all
steps taken, before the commencement of this Act with a view to delimiting the territorial constituencies of
the States of Manipur, Tripura and Meghalaya for the purpose of elections to the Legislative Assemblies
of those States shall, in so far as they are in conformity with the provisions of sections 22 and 23, be
deemed to have been done or taken under those sections as if those sections were in force at the time such
things were done or such steps were taken.