THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NAGALAND (CHANGE IN  
REPRESENTATION) ACT, 1968 
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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS 
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SECTIONS 

1.  Short title. 
2.  Change in representation in the Legislative Assembly of Nagaland. 
3.  [Repealed.]. 
4.  [Repealed.]. 
5.  Saving as to present Legislative Assembly.
 
 
 
THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NAGALAND (CHANGE IN  
REPRESENTATION) ACT, 1968

ACT NO. 61 OF 1968

[31st December, 1968.] 

An Act to provide for a change in representation in the Legislative Assembly of Nagaland and 
for that purpose to make consequential amendments in the State of Nagaland Act, 1962 and 
the Representation of the People Act, 1950.

BE it enacted by Parliament in the Nineteenth Year of the Republic of India as follows:—

1.  Short  title.—This  Act  may  be  called  the  Legislative  Assembly  of  Nagaland  (Change  in 
Representation) Act, 1968.

2. Change in representation in the Legislative Assembly of Nagaland.—For the period referred to 
in  clause  (2)  of  article  371A  of  the  Constitution,  the  total  number  of  seats  allotted  to  the  Legislative 
Assembly of Nagaland shall be increased from forty-six to fifty-two, of which—

(a) the seats allotted to the Tuensang district shall be increased from six to twelve and shall be 
filled  by  persons  chosen  by  the  members  of  the  regional  council,  referred  to  in  that  article,  from 
amongst themselves in such manner as the Governor of Nagaland, after consulting that council may, 
by notification in the Official Gazette, specify, and 

(b) the remaining forty seats shall be filled by persons chosen by direct elections from assembly 
constituencies in the rest of the State of Nagaland.

3. [Repealed]

4. [Repealed]

5. Saving as to present Legislative Assembly.—Nothing in this Act shall affect any representation 
in the present Legislative Assembly of Nagaland until its dissolution.