Section 4. Executive power of Meghalaya

4. Executive power of Meghalaya . — (1) The executive power of Meghalaya shall be vested in the Governor and shall be exercised by him either directly or through officers subordinate to him in accordance with this Act. - (2) Nothing in this section shall — (a) be deemed to transfer to the Governor any functions conferred by any existing law on any other authority; or (b) prevent Parliament or the Legislature of the State of Assam or Meghalaya from conferring by law functions on any authority subordinate to the Governor. 4. In paragraph 4 of the Sixth Schedule, the following sub-paragraph shall be inserted at the end, — namely: "(5) On and from such date as the President may, after consulting the Government of Assam or, as the case may be, the Government of Meghalaya, by notification appoint in this behalf, this paragraph shall have effect in relation to such autonomous district or region as may be specified in — the notification, as if (i) in sub-paragraph (1), for the words "between the parties all of whom belong to Scheduled Tribes within such areas, other than suits and cases to which the provisions of sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 5 of this Schedule apply,", the words "not being suits and cases of the nature referred to in sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 5 of this Schedule, which the Governor may specify in this behalf," had been substituted; - (ii) sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) had been omitted; - (iii) in sub-paragraph (4) — (a) for the words "A Regional Council or District Council, as the case may be, may with the previous approval of the Governor make rules regulating", the words "The Governor may make rules regulating" had been substituted; and - (b) for clause (a), the following clause had been substituted, namely: — "(a) the constitution of village councils and courts, the powers to be exercised by them under this paragraph and the courts to which appeals from the decisions of village councils and courts shall lie;"; - (c) for clause (c), the following clause had been substituted, namely: — "(c) the transfer of appeals and other proceedings pending before the Regional or District Council or any court constituted by such Council immediately before the date appointed by the President under sub-paragraph (5);"; and (d) in clause (e), for the words, brackets and figues "sub-paragraphs (1) and (2)", the word, brackets and figure "sub-paragraph (1)" had been substituted.'. 4. Local Government, that is to say, the constitution and powers of municipal corporations, improvement trusts, district boards, mining settlement authorities and other local authorities for the purpose of local self-government or village administration (Entry 5). 5. Public health and sanitation; hospitals and dispensaries (Entry 6). 6. Pilgrimages, other than pilgrimages to places outside India (Entry 7). 4. Fees in respect of any of the matters in this Part, but not including fees taken in any court (Entry 47). Concurrent List between the autonomous State and the State of Assam ==> picture [38 x 13] intentionally omitted <== ==> picture [89 x 14] intentionally omitted <== Matters with respect to which the Legislature of Meghalaya and the Legislature of the State of Assam also have power to make laws, namely, the following matters enumerated or to the extent included in List II — State List and List III — Concurrent List. 4. Production, supply and distribution of goods, subject to the provisions of entry 33 of List III (Entry 27 of List II). 4. Arrears of taxes.— Meghalaya shall have the right to recover the arrears of any tax or duty, including the arrears of land revenue, on property situate in Meghalaya, and shall also have the right to recover the arrears of any other tax or duty if the place of assessment of that tax or duty is located in Meghalaya: Provided that nothing in this paragraph shall apply in relation to arrears of any tax or duty which Meghalaya is not competent to collect. 4. The provisions of the Bill are further explained in the notes on clauses, wherever necessary. NEW DELHI Y. B. CHAVAN. The 9 th December , 1969