 bill no v of  2009 the acts of parliament  (application to nagaland) bill, 2009 a billto provide for the procedure for application of the acts of  parliament in respect of the state of nagaland and for matters  connected therewithbe it enacted by parliament in the sixtieth year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act shall be called the acts of parliament  (application to nagaland)act, 2009short title and commencement(2) it shall come into force at oncedefinitions2  in this act, unless the context otherwise requires,— (1) "act" means an act made by parliament in exercise of its ordinary and constituent powers of legislation and  includes an ordinance promulgated by the president of india under article 123 of the constitution;(2) "committee" means the joint governments' committee constituted under section 4of this act;(3) "government of nagaland"  means the governor of  nagaland  acting  on the aid and advice of the council of ministers of nagaland; and(4) "report" means a report of the joint governments' committee3  all acts enacted hereafter shall contain a declaration that such acts shall  apply to the state of nagaland subject to article 371a(1)(a)  of the constitution read with this actdeclaration to be contained in all actsreference of acts to joint governments' committee4   all acts enacted hereafter, shall, within sixty days of their enactment, be referred to a joint governments'  committee comprising such number of ministers and officers both from the union government and the government of nagaland, as may be determined, by notification, by the union government in consultation with the government of nagaland:provided  that the representatives of the government of nagaland to the committee shall be nominated by the government of nagalandreport of the joint governments' 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 committeeactions onreport6 (1) for receiving the report from the joint governments'  committee  favouringresolution for application of an act to the  state of nagaland  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:—(i) upon passing of the resolution, the act shall be deemed to have applied  tothe state of nagaland from the date of its enactment;(ii) upon failure to  pass a resolution or failure of a resolution to be carried when moved in the legislative assembly within the  period of  sixty days  the  act shall  be deemed to have applied to the state of nagaland from the date  when the  said period of sixty days shall  expire (2) if according to the   report a resolution of the legislative assembly of nagaland is 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:provided that the report may be referred back to the joint governments' committee for further 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 shall enumerate the  issues on which the act is referred back to the committeeaction on reconsidered report7 (1) a report referred back to the committee under the provisos to sub-section (2) ofsection 6 shall be reconsidered by the committee in the light of issues enumerated in the resolution within sixty days of receipt of the resolution(2) if according to the revised report 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 sub-section (i) of section 6 shall be followed(3) if  according to the revised report 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 constituion 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 effectuating article 371a(1)(a) in relation to the state of nagalandkhekiho zhimomi memorandum regarding delegated legislationsection 4 of the bill seeks to empower the central government to issue notification naming the ministers and officers who would constitute the joint governments' committee under the proposed act this delegation of legislative power is normal———— a billto provide for the procedure for application of the acts of parliament in respect of the state of nagaland and for matters connected therewith————(shri khekiho zhimomi, mp)gmgipmrnd—664rs(s5)—13022009