Article 2 - Insertion of new Article 371-G - Constitution (53rd Amendment) Act, 1986

Insertion of new Article 371-G . 2. After Article 371-F of the Constitution, the following article shall be inserted , namely: Special provision with respect to the State of Mizoram. 371-G. Notwithstanding anything in this Constitution, ( a ) no Act of Parliament in respect of ( i ) religious or social practices of the Mizos, ( ii ) Mizo customary law and procedure, ( iii ) administration of civil and criminal justice involving decisions according to Mizo customary law, ( iv ) ownership and transfer of land, shall apply to the State of Mizoram unless the Legislative Assembly of the State of Mizoram by a resolution so decides: Provided that nothing in this clause shall apply to any Central Act in force in the Union Territory of Mizoram immediately before the commencement of the Constitution (Fifty-third Amendment) Act, 1986; ( b ) the Legislative Assembly of the State of Mizoram shall consist of not less than forty members.