Act Number: 81

Act Name: The North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971

Year: 1971

Enactment Date: 1971-12-30

Long Title: 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.

Ministry: Ministry of Home Affairs

Department: Department of States

Section 74: Amendment of Act 37 of 1956.
    On and from the appointed day, in the States Reorganisation Act, 1956,—
         (a) for clause (c) of section 15, the following clause shall be substituted, namely:—
             “(c) the Eastern Zone, comprising the States of Bihar, West Bengal and Orissa;”;
             (b) in sub-section (1) of section 16, clause (d) shall be omitted.
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