¹[Notwithstanding anything in this Constitution,—

(a)no Act of Parliament in respect of—

(i)religious or social practices of the Mizos;

(ii)Mizo customary law and procedure;

(iii)administration of civil and criminal justice involving decisions according to Mizo customary law;

(iv)ownership and transfer of land;

shall apply to the State of Mizoram unless the Legislative Assembly of the State of Mizoram by a resolution so decides:

ProvisoProvided that nothing in this clause shall apply to any Central Act in force in the Union territory of Mizoram immediately before the commencement of the Constitution (Fifty-third Amendment) Act, 1986;

(b)the Legislative Assembly of the State of Mizoram shall consist of not less than forty members.]