 bill no lxvi of 2010 the acts of parliament (application to nagaland) bill, 2010 a billto provide for procedure for effectuating article 371 a (1)(a) of the constitution of india in relation to the state of nagalandbe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-first year of the republic of india as follows:—short title and commencment1 (1) this act may be called the acts of parliament (application to nagaland) act,2010(2) it shall  come into force at once 2 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires,—definitions(a) "act means an act made by parliament in exercise of its ordinary andconstituent powers of legislation and includes an ordinance promulgated by the president of india under article 123 of the constitution of india;(b) "committee" means the joint government's committee constituted undersection 4 of this act;(c) "government of nagaland" means the governor of nagaland acting on theaid and advice of the council of ministers of nagaland; and(d) "report" means a report of the joint governments' committeedeclaration to be contained in all acts3 all acts enacted hereafter, shall  contain a declaration that such acts shall apply tothe state of nagaland subject to article 371a(1)(a) of the constitution of india read with this act5joint governments' committee4 all acts enacted hereafter, shall, within sixty days of their enactment, be referred toa joint governments' committee comprising such number of ministers and officers both from the union government and the government of nagaland, as may be determind, by notification, by the union government in consultation with the government of nagaland:provided that the representatives of the government of nagaland to the committeeshall be nominated by the government of nagaland10report of the joint government's committee5 the joint governments' committee shall examine the question whether an act, soreferred, requires a resolution of the legislative assembly of nagaland for applying its provisions, partly or fully, to the state of nagaland or not, and present a report in that behalf concurrently to the union government and the government of nagaland within sixty days of reference of the act to the committee15actions onreport6 (1) if the report recommends that a resolution of the legislative assembly of nagalandis required for application of the act to the state of nagaland, then the necessary resolution shall be passed by the legislative assembly within sixty days of the receipt of the report by the government of nagaland and,—20(i) upon passing of the resolution, the act shall be deemed to have applied to thestate of nagaland from the date of its enactment;(ii) upon failure to pass a resolution or failure of a resolution to be carried whenmoved in the legislative assembly within the aforesaid period, the act shall be deemed to have applied to the state of nagaland from the date on whether the said period of sixty days expires25(2) if the report recommends that a resolution of the legislative assembly of nagalandis not required for application of an act to the state of nagaland, then the act shall apply to the state of nagaland at the expiration of sixty days from the date of receipt of the report by the government of nagaland:30provided that the report may be referred back to the joint governments' committee forfurther examination by a resolution of the legislative assembly of nagaland passed within sixty days from the date of receipt of the report by the government of nagaland:provided further that the resolution of the legislative assembly so passed shallenumerate the disputed points on which the act is referred back to the committee35action onreconsidered report7  (1) a report referred back to the committee by a resolution of the legislativeassembly of nagaland, shall be reconsidered by the committee in the light of points enumerated in the resolution within sixty days of receipt of the resolution(2) if the revised report recommends that a resolution of the legislative assembly of nagaland is required for application of the act to the state of nagaland, then the procedure outlined in section 6(1) shall be followed4045(3) if the revised report recommends that a resolution of the legislative assembly of nagaland is not required for application of the act to the state of nagaland, then the act shall apply to the state of nagaland at the expiration of sixty days from the date of receipt of the revised report by the government of nagaland, unless the legislative assembly of nagaland passes a resolution before the expiration of the said period, directing that the act shall not apply to the state of nagaland and upon passing of such a resolution, the act shall not apply to the state of nagaland at any point of time statement of objects and reasonsarticle 371a(1)(a) of the constitution of india accords nagaland a special place in regard to application of acts of parliament to the state2 ever since the creation of the state on the 1st december, 1963, neither the state government nor the union government had paid due attention to the working of that special provision in relation to nagaland3 this bill seeks to lay down a procedure for putting into effect article 371a(1)(a) in relation to the state of nagalandhence this billkhekiho zhimomi memorandum  regarding  delegated  legislationsection 4 of the bill gives power to the central government to issue notification naming the ministers and officers who would constitute the joint governments' committee for carrying out the purposes of this bill the notification will relate to matters of details only the delegation of legislative power is of normal character———— a billto provide for procedure for effectuating article 371a(1)(a) of the constitution of india in relation to the state of nagaland————(shri khekiho zhimomi, mp)gmgipmrnd—6670rs(s3)—28-02-2011