(j gar igbjwt;l''l to tib standards of 1:leighl's alid l~~ures (e)crensiol't to kohii·la and l'ildkokdfiung districts) bi1l, 1967 (to was introd;uqed in lok_sab@j 1 - page 2 1 ines 1 s ajld 17,-for "consituation" read -- "cousti tutioll"  bill no 93 of 1967 the standards of weights and measures (extension to kohima and mokokchung districts) bill, 1967 a billto extend the standards of weights and m eatur act, 1956, to the kohima and mokokchung districti in the state of nagaland be it enacted by parliament in the eighteenth year of the :republic of india as follows:-1 this act may be called the standards of weights and measures short title tzrtension to kohima and mokokchung district) ad, 1967 ~ 2 the standu"c18 of weight and measures act, 1958, sball, a extension hem the eomd1ellcement of this act, extedd to the kohima and of act 89 liokokclumg distrieta in the state of n agaladd and hall come into ~o~:ato fgl'ce therein on sueh date as the central go9ernment may, 'by dotii and moeattoa in the 0f&dai guette, appoint kokchudg diltrida in nagaland  statement of objects and reasonsthe state of nagaland comprises the three districts of tuensang, kohima and mokokchung the standards of weights and measures act, 1956 (89 of 1956), does not apply to the kohima and mokokchung districts because at the time of passing of that act, those districts formed the n aga hills district which was mentioned in part a of the table below paragraph 20 of the sixth schedule to the constitution as no district council had been constituted for the naga hills district, the administration of that district vested in the governor of assam and as under paragraph 19 (1) (a) of that schedule, where the administration of an area is vested in the governor, no act of parliament could apply to that area unless the governor by public notification so directs, the standards of weights and measures act did not apply proprio vigore to the naga hills district that act, however, applies to the tuensang district which is the same as the naga tribal arra originally mentioned in part b of the table below para~~raph 20 of the six,th schedule to the consituation, there being no inhibition as to the applicability of any act of parliament to a part b tribal area 2 the metric system of units of weights and measures established under the standards of weights and measures act, 1956 has already been introduced in the rest of india according to a phased programme and is the o'nly legal system since 1st december, 1966 in the interests of inter-state, inter-district and inter-regional trade, commerce and industry it is considered necessary to extend that act to the districts of kohima and mokokchung in the state of nagaland the government of nagaland have also requested that the act may be extended to those districts the bill seeks to give effect to this object new dl!ll!iji; dine;s1l singh the l~th fum, 1967  president's recommendation under article 117 of the constitution of india[copy of letter no wm-10(8)/66-nagaland, dated the 30th june, 1967 fro~ shri ~ohd  shaft qurespi, ~puw minib~~ m t~ mjnis\ry of commerce to the secretary, lok s4lbhll] - - -- i the presi4ent, hav~1l8 been infqmled of th~ su\:lj~t ip~~ of ~~ prqposed sill to ,xtend ule ~t~n4~4s qf w~ign~ awl m~~ 4c~,' ·1156 to the districts of kohima~~4 ~o~qkchul1~ ~ ~ -s~t~, pf, nagaland, recommends under article 117(3) of the constitution the c:onsideration of the bill by the lok sabha clause 2 of the bill seeks to extend the provisions of ,the standards ot weights and measures act, 1956, to the kohima and mokokchung districts in the state of nag&'land section 15 of the act requires the central goverrunent to supply a ::it"t of standards authenticated from the primary units to each state go'verrunent the estimated cost of the standards to be supplied to the state of nagaland is rio 50,000 approximately clau'ie 2 of ,the bill will thus involve a non-recurri'ng expenditure from the consolidated fund of india of about-rs 50,000 2 the adoption of the metric system is a, centrally sponsored scheme and the net expenditure is sanctioned as central assistance in the form of 50 per cent grant and 50 per cent loan the net expenditure incurred by the state government for the adoption and enforceme'nt of the standards ot weights and measures dn the two districts in the state of nagaland, al in the case of the third district in that state and the other states, will be sanctioned ijb central assistance in the form of 50 per cent grant and 50 per cent loan the recurring expenditure involved on this account cannot, however, be estimated precii;ely a bill to extend the standards of wcight8 and mcasui"~8 act, 1956, to the kohima and mokokchung districts in the state of nagaland (siwi dinesh smgh, mirii$cer of commeru ) 