The ASSAM DARRANG AND LAKHIMPUR DISTRICTS) (ASSIMILATION OF LAWS ON STATE SUBJECTS) ACT, 1951

380 'ASSAM ACT XV OF 1951. *THE ASSAM DARRANG AND LAKHfMPUR DISTRICT;:) (ASSIMILA· :riON OF LAWS ON STATE SUBJECTS) ACT, 1951 [Published in the "Assam Gazette", dated the 30th May 1951] Preamble.-Whereas by virtue of Notification No.TAD/R/35/50/109, dated the 23rd February 1951 it has . been declared that certain areas in the plains her:ciaafter referred to as "the said areas" shall be areas not included in the Ttibal areas specified in Part B of the table appended to paragraph 20 of the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution of India ; · And whereas it is. proposed to .incorpoi·ate the said areas in the adjoining districts ·of Darrang and Lakhimpur hereinafter referred to as the said districts ; vi And whereas it is expedient that the laws in force in the said areas. with Sl respect to the matters .enume,rated in List Il in the Seventh Schedule to the tJ Constitution, shall be assimilated to the laws in force with respect to ·the said a~ matters in the rest of the said districts in the manner hereinafter appearing : tt It_js hereby enacted as follows :- o: 1. Short title, extent and· commencement.-( I) This Act may_b e called a; the Assam Darrang and Lakhim.pur Districts (Assimilation of Laws on State Subj~cts) Act, 1951. (2) it extends tQ the areas described in the Schedule to this Act. (3) It shall come into force on such date as the Governor may, by . nG>tificati6n in "'the.' 0fficial Gazette, apppint. c 2. Definition.-In this Act- ~ . (a) "appointed day" means the date appointed under sub-section (3) of E section 1 of this Act. I (b) "law" means any Act, Ordinance, Regulation, Rule, Order ~r Bye-law c, . relating to any matt~r enumerated in List II in the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution. 3. Repeal and application of Iaws.-(1) All laws which i}lllllediately before the appointed day ·extend to, or are in force in, the areas specified against items 1, 2 a,nd 3 of the Schedule to this Act, shall, as from the appointed .day, cease to be ill force in the said areas except as respects things done or omitted to be done before that day : ... , Provided that notwithstanding such repeal, every suit, appeal, application for revision, proceedings and other business relating to both ~civil and criminaL justice, ~'pending on the appointed day before the Court of the. Political Officer or his Assistants exercising jurisdiction over the said ·areas, shall be transferred or ·deemed to. ·have been transferred, for disposal to th~ .Court of the Deputy Commissioner, Darrang or Lakhimpur District or the Additional Deputy Com missioner of the district concerned or to Courts subordinate to it or to the Court of the Sessions Judge or a Civit Court having jurisdiction over the district of Darrang or Lakhimpur, as the_c ase may be, which wouid have been compe ~nt to entertain and dispose of such suit, appeal, application for revision, pro ceedings or business, had this :Act been in Jorce on the date of institution or commencement of the same and the latter Court shall deal with and dispose of ~e same in accordance with law ; - (2) All laws which immediately before the appointed day extend to, or are· in force in the Darrang district shall, as from the appoin!ed day, extend to er, as the case may be, come into force in, the area specified against-item 1 in the Schedule to this Act. ;*For Statement of Objects and Reasons see "Assam Gazette., ·Extraordinary", March .13, 1951, page 30-31. 381 (3) All Jaws which immediately before the appointed clay extend to, or are in force in, the Lakhimpur district, shall, as from tbe app.!inted day, extend to or, as lhc cnsc may be, collie into force m, Lhe areas spccil:.~d against items 2 anJ 3 in the Sc:hedulc to this Act. 4. Tram;h1unal Pmvi~iorw.--Notwilbstanding anything contained in section 3, the Governor may by order direct that during such p;;<·iod not ..::xceeLiittg twelve months, as may be specified in the order, from lhe appo;n(;;d day, any };:tw which was in force in the said areas before the appointed day shall be deemed to have continued to be in fotce therein or any specified part thereof, and may further likewi:;e direct that any hw which would hwe extended to or come into force in the said areas on the appointed day sh::tll ;oL b:3 c!ecmcd to bavc :::'\Lcnded thereto or comr, into force th"rein or any sp~ci! •. ;d part lher"of. g 5. Excmption;;.--t·wtwithscancling anything COJ.taincd in the forcgoi1~g pro visions, the civil and criminal cas-.:s in which both tile parties are mem!Jl'!'!; of a b. Scheduled Tribe or Tribes specifl<:d in item 2 of Part 1- Assarn, of t:w Scltedule e to the Conslilution (Schcc!ukcl Tribes) Ort~er, 1950 or such other tribe o~· tribes d as may be nolilied by t11e Governor ln this b(:;ha1f, shall continue; to k tried under the Assam Fmntier (Administration of J ust:ce) Regulation, 1 ~l45 (RegulatiOH 1 of 1945). as amended from time to time, by such otficer or ur-ilcers as may be d appointed by the Governor in this behalf by notitication in t~1..: official Gazo>.ltc. .e SCHEDULE 1. So much of the area included in the Balipara Froncicr Tract. as is comprised within tiw li1;c clrawn from the eastern boundary of the district of Kamrup at Piiiar No 93 on the Dor Nacli eastvvards along the Inner Line of the Balipara Frontier Tract as dellncd in Assam Government Notification No.6778 .. J\.P., d;,~ccl 1hc 2nd Novcm~;;r, 1934 till it re:::chcs the bow.dary of thL: Lakhimpur w district: then•>: soutliw;•.Jd s along lhe westem boundary oi' the LaL:limpur district to tbc point where it me;;ts the b0un-dary of the Darrang District ; thence le we~;twarr!s along the nonh..:rn boundary of tLe Darrang District to a point wher;;: re it meets the easlern bou~idary of the K~.mrup district; tbenc(; northwards along this boundary to the :;tarting pcint. 1, to 2. ScJ liiUCh of tlJC area included in the Abor Hills and Mishmi Hills Dis tricts (Sadiya FronLicr Tract) as is comprised within the line drawn from the 1e point 496 at Jipa in a straight liiic to lhe junction of the Remi river with a Jiarnck;;s strc-:1111 abuui a rnik souc!1-c:ast of th<c junction of. Renu and Todc or Korong river3 ; thence in a straight line to point milestone No.4 from Kobo al on tbe Kobo-Pasig•tat road ; thence in a straight line to the junction of Sisseri :er ancl Gango ri'!crs: thence along the left bank of the Ganbo riv:r to its junction ed with the Diktng rj·ver ; lh<.:ncc i.1 a straight line to d1:o confluence of Hazingaadi lty -t with Kundil river (about a mile north of point 492 of the Kundil river); lll· be thence in a straight line to point 625 on the right bank of the Tipu-Balijan river, (about 4 miles north of the coni"lucnce of Haru Nadi with Balijan), thence down ict )e. the Balijan river following its right bank to its confluence with the Lohit river, thence across the Lohit river and down ils left bank to Noa Dilling Mukh ; ro or thence up tl,.; right bank of the Noa Dihin2, riwr to ils l'Onfiuence with the Dirak river; ihencc ur ihe left bank oi ihe Dirak river to \vher::: it meets the of boundary between the Sadiya Frontier Tr~ct and the Lakhirnpur district ; thence or we~twards along the northern boundary of the Lakhimpur district to the starting pomt. · to 3 . . So much of the area included in the Tirap Frontier Tract as is comprised the "':ithin the line d_rawn rrom the conflucnc_e of the K?ria Pani and the Burhi Dihing nvers up the nght bank of the Burh1 Dll11ng nvcr to the confluence of the Nampbuk and the Namcl1ik rivers ; thence up tbc left bank of the Namcbick y''~ 382 river to its confluence with the Kathang river ; thence up the Kathang Hka to its junction with the Lekha Hka, thence up the Lekha Hka to its source and thence to point 894 ; thence in a south westerly direction <down a nameless. stream that originates from point 894, to its junction with the Tirap river ; thefice ·up the left bank of the Tirap river to a point due east of height 2438 on the Lu]lgokan range ; thence due west to height 2438 ; tlience ·in a north westerly direction down Kapang yYa stream to its junction with the Tipang river.; thence down the Tipang to its junction with Kumkal Wa ; thence in a south westerly direction along the ridge of Tuting Tak Kan range to the saddle between this range and Lompi Parbat range ; thence in a north westerly direction down a nameless stream that originates from this saddle, .to it~ junction with Likhapani or Tehi stream ; thence down the Likhapani stream to its junction with the Tirap River. . jI Thence down the Tirap river to its junction with the Burhi Dihing river; i thence down the Burhi Dihing river to its junction with the Manrriaw Jan ; thence up the Manmaw Jan and Monggang Khasi stream as far as it forms the eastern boundary of the Upper Dihing Reserved Forest; thence along the western boundary of the Upper Dihing reserve forest (East block) to the point where it meets the PengriHka; thence down the Pengri Hka to the Burhi Dihing river and up the Burhi Dihing to the starting point.