Which of the following areas has been exempted from the purview of the

Which of the following areas has been exempted from the purview of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 ?

[amp_mcq option1=”Ladakh” option2=”Jammu and Kashmir” option3=”The Sixth Schedule Areas” option4=”The Fifth Schedule Areas” correct=”option3″]

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The correct option is C) The Sixth Schedule Areas.

The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 contains specific provisions for exemption. Section 6 of the Act states that nothing in this section shall apply to the tribal areas of Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram as included in the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution, and the area covered under ‘The Inner Line’ notified under the Bengal Eastern Frontier Regulation, 1873. Therefore, the Sixth Schedule areas are explicitly exempted from the purview of the CAA 2019.

The purpose of exempting these areas is to protect the indigenous cultures, identities, land rights, and customary laws of the tribal populations living there, as enshrined in the special provisions for these regions. The Fifth Schedule areas, which pertain to the administration of Scheduled Areas and Scheduled Tribes in states other than Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, and Mizoram, are not exempted by the CAA 2019.

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