Article 371 C

(Special provision
with respect to
the State of
Manipur).

*[371C. (1) Notwithstanding anything in this
Constitution, the President may, by order made with
respect to the State of Manipur, provide for the
constitution and functions of a committee of the
Legislative Assembly of the State consisting of members
of that Assembly elected from the Hill Areas of that State,
for the modifications to be made in the rules of business
of the Government and in the rules of procedure of the
Legislative Assembly of the State and for any special
responsibility of the Governor in order to secure the
proper functioning of such committee.

(2) The Governor shall annually, or whenever so
required by the President, make a report to the President
regarding the administration of the Hill Areas in the
State of Manipur and the executive power of the Union
shall extend to the giving of directions to the State as to
the administration of the said areas.

Explanation.—In this article, the expression “Hill
Areas” means such areas as the President may, by order,
declare to be Hill areas.]

*3Ins. by the Constitution (Twenty-seventh Amendment) Act, 1971, s. 5 (w.e.f. 15-2-1972).