1. Short title.—This Act may be called the State of Nagaland Act, 1962.
2. Definitions.—In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
(a) “appointed day” means the day which the Central Government may, by notifiation in the
Official Gazette, appoint;
(b) “article” means an article of the Constitution;
(c) “assembly constituency” and “parliamentary constituency” have the same meanings as in the
Representation of the People Act, 1950 (43 of 1950);
(d) “law” includes any enactment, ordinance, regulation, order, bye-law, rule, scheme,
notification or other instrument or custom or usage having the force of law;
(e) “Naga Hills-Tuensang Area” means the Naga Hills-Tuensang Area specified in Part B of the
Table appended to paragraph 20 of the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution, comprising the areas which
at the commencement of the Constitution were known as the Naga-Hills District and the Naga Tribal
Area;
(f) “regional council” means the regional council referred to in article 371A.