Bringing Back Manas
Bringing Back Manas
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Territorial Council. (vide insertion of<br />
paragraph 4(6))<br />
4. Power conferred on the District Council by<br />
paragraph 10 to make regulations for the<br />
control of money lending and trading by nontribal<br />
has been made non-applicable to<br />
Bodoland Territorial Council. (vide insertion<br />
of paragraph 10(4))<br />
5. Paragraph 17 providing for exclusion of area<br />
by the Governor from Autonomous District in<br />
forming constituency in such Districts has<br />
been made non-applicable to Bodoland<br />
Territorial Council. (vide insertion of<br />
paragraph 17)<br />
Additional powers to Bodoland<br />
Territorial Council<br />
It is pertinent to note that Sixth Schedule to the<br />
Constitution (Amendment) Act, 1995 inserted two<br />
special provisions in the Sixth Schedule granting more<br />
autonomy to the BTC.<br />
Paragraph 20BA was also inserted in the Sixth<br />
Schedule to the Constitution (Amendment) Act<br />
authorizing the Governor of Assam to exercise<br />
his discretionary power on various matters while<br />
acting under the provisions of the Sixth<br />
Schedule.<br />
The Sixth Schedule to the Constitution<br />
(Amendment) Act, 2003, also inserted paragraph 3B<br />
Fig.12 WTI team with Maozigendri cadets at their camp in <strong>Manas</strong> National Park<br />
<strong>Bringing</strong> <strong>Back</strong> <strong>Manas</strong><br />
whereby powers were conferred on the Bodoland<br />
Territorial Council to make laws on forty additional<br />
subjects.<br />
Thus, as on date, there are following three District<br />
Councils in the State of Assam:<br />
1. North Cachar Hills Autnomous Council<br />
2. Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council<br />
3. Bodoland Territorial Council<br />
It is pertinent to note that none of them use the<br />
term District Councils, but rather use either<br />
Autonomous Councils or Territorial Councils.<br />
Autonomous Councils Functioning Under State<br />
Legislation. It may be noted apart from the aforesaid<br />
three autonomous councils functioning in the state of<br />
Assam under the provision of Sixth Schedule to the<br />
Constitution, there are three other autonomous<br />
councils which have been established with the plain<br />
tribes community under different legislations passed<br />
by the state legislature. They are:<br />
1. Missing Autonomous Council<br />
2. Rabha Hasong Autonomous Council<br />
3. Lalung (Tiwa) Autonomous Council.<br />
Recently two further bills constituting<br />
autonomous council for Deori and Sonowal plain<br />
tribes of Assam have been passed by the legislature<br />
and the assent of Governor is waited. They are;-<br />
1. The Deori Autonomous Council Bill, 2005<br />
2. The Sonowal Kachari Autonomous<br />
Bill, 2005.<br />
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