8u1 no i of 1"7 the armed forces (special powers) continuance bill, 1967' a bill to continue the anned fm'ceb (special power,) regul4tion, 1958, for a further period be it enacted by parliament in the eighteenth year of the ~ lie of india as follows:-1 this act may be called the armed forees (special powers) short title continuance act, 1967 r;f:~~tiod 2 s 2 in section 1 of the armed forces ~s~ecial powers) regulation, amen~t 1958 (hel'einafter referred to as the princlpal regulation), for sub- ocs~od l section (4) the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:-10 "(4) it shall cease to have effect on the 5th day of april, 1968, and upon such cesser section 6 of the general clauses act, 1897, shall apply in relation thereto as if it had then been repealed by a central act" ~ 3 section 8 of the principal regulation shall be omitted omission of section 8  statement ~o'f bwects and reasonsl"he anned forces (special poviers) regulation, 1958 (2 of 1958), was prom alga ted to confer special powers on officers of the armed forces to enablt! them to aid effectively the civil power in the disturbed areas of kohima and mokokchung districts of the then naga hills tuensang area the regulation was initially for a duration of one year it was extended from year to year having regard to the circumstances prevailing in those areas in 1966, while extending the duration of the regulation for another year, the regulation wu made applicable to the tuensang district, of the state of nagaland, also, thus covering the entire state of nagaland the regulation will cease to have effect on the- 5th april, 1967 it is propoed to provide for the continuance of the regulation fora further period of one year, le, from the 5th april, 1967 to the 4th april, 1988, as the stage for dispensing with it has not yet been reached 2 the bill seeks to achieve the above object jl c chagla -  annexure i'\  :;~, "t-r" "-, j ~ ~ extracts ,rom the anad forcss (scw; powers) ri'oulatud, 1958(2 0, 1958) - - - - 1 (1) - - - (4) it shall remain in force for a period of nine years  - - - - 8 on the expiry of this regulation, section 6 of the general jurect of looti897 clauses act, 1897, shall apply u if this regulation had then been =~  repealed by another regulation  a billto continue the armed forces (special powers) regulations, 1958, for a further period (shri m c chagla, minister 0/ external affairs) 