Recommendations of the All Political Parties' Committee on ILPS in Manipur (Verbatim)
The recommendations submitted earlier
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, July 15 2015 :
The Committee recommends :
1.The State Government may enact a law to regulate the entry of visitors, who are non permanent residents of the State, to the State under the Article 19(5) read with Article 19(1) (d) (e) and Article 35 with the provisions for issuing a permit for proper verification of the character and antecedent of such visitors.
Documents like voter identity card issued by the Election Commission of India, ration card issued by the competent authority etc.
may be used to assist in identification of such visitors.
The operation of the law may be exempted to the persons employed in connection with the affairs of the Union Government and State Government of Private/Public undertaking or a local authority or the body established by law or the student or person employed from outside the State in educational establishment in the State or such other persons as may be determined/decided by the State Government.
The law shall in addition to but shall not be in derogation of any law for the time being in force.
2.The State Government may also enact a law for compulsory reporting and verification of antecedents of tenants and domestic/professional helpers in the line of the Sikkim Tenants and Domestic and Professional Helps (Compulsory Verification) Act, 2014 .
3.The strict enforcement of the existing law relating to the foreigners may be taken up by the State Government to check the entry of illegal migrants from neighboring countries.
Such a course of action will contain the issue of influx of unwanted illegal foreign migrants and anti-social elements in the State.
4.The Manipur Land Revenue and Land Reforms Act, 1960 may be suitably amended to incorporate a provision for imposing restriction on the transfer of land to the non residents of the State.
In the analogy of section 118 of the Himachal Pradesh Tenancy and Land Reforms Act, 1972 (as amended).
The basic intention behind its enactment is protecting the interest of local inhabitants while ensuring that the development of the State is not hampered.
5.State Government may take immediate action for strict implementation of the existing labor laws in the State.
Implementation of the labor laws like, the Inter-State Migrants Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1979 will enable the State Government to identify and to restrict anti-social elements who tried to enter the State as the workmen.
6.The State Government may create a separate Directorate under the State Home Department for monitoring and effective implementation of the proposed law on the Manipur Visitors Compulsory Registration, after its enactment.