The ASSAM DARRANG AND LAKHIMPUR DISTRICTS) (ASSIMILATION OF LAWS ON STATE SUBJECTS) ACT, 1951
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'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 _ be 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_ case 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.


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(3) All Jaws which immediately before the appointed clay extend to, or
are in force in, th e Lakhimpur district, shall, as from tbe app.!i nted day, extend
_to_ or, as lh c cnsc may be, colli e into fo rce m, Lhe areas spc c il: .~ d against items 2

anJ _3_ in the Sc:hedulc to this Act.
4. Tram;h1unal Pmvi~ i orw.--Notwilb s tanding 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 da y, any };:tw

which was in force in the sa id 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 com e into
force in the sa id areas on the appointed day sh::t ll ;oL b:3 c! ecmcd to bavc ::: '\Lcnded
thereto or comr, in to force th "rei n or any s p ~c i ! • .;d part lher"of.

g 5. Excmption;;.--t·wtwithscancling anything COJ.ta incd in the for cgoi1 ~ g pro-

visions, the civil and criminal cas -.:s in which both til e 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) Or t~ er, 1950 or such other tribe o~· tribes
d as may be nolilied by t11e Governor ln this b(:;h a1f, shall con tinue; to k tried under

the Assam Fmntier (Administration of J ust:ce) Regulation, 1 ~l 45 (Reg ul atiOH 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.
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SCHEDULE

1. So much of the area included in the Balipara Froncicr Tract. as is

comprise d within tiw li1; c cl ra wn from the eastern boundary of the district of
Kamrup at Piiiar No 93 on the Dor Nacli eastvva rds along the Inner Line of the
Balipara Frontier Tract as dellncd in Assam Government Notification No .6778 ..

J\. P., d; ,~ ccl 1hc 2nd No vc m ~;; r , _1934_ till it re :::chcs the bow.dary of thL: Lakhimpur
district: then•>: so utliw;•.J ds along lhe wes tem boundary oi' the L aL:limpur

w

district to tb c point where it me;;ts the b0un-dary of the Darrang District ; thence

le

we ~; twa rr!s along the n onh..:rn boundary of tLe Darrang District to a point wher;;:
it meets the easlern bou ~ idary of the K ~. mrup district; tbenc(; northwards along

re

this boundary to the :; tarting pc int.

1,

2. ScJ li i UCh of tl JC area included in the Abor Hills and Mishmi Hills Dis-

to

tricts (Sadiya FronLicr Tract) as is comprised within the line drawn from the

1e

point 496 at Jipa in a straight liii c to lhe junction of the Remi river with a
Ji a rnck;;s strc-:1111 abuui a rnik sou c!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 Di kt ng rj                      - e r ; lh<.:ncc i.1 a stra ight lin e to d1:o con fluence of Hazingaadi

lty
lll· with Kundil river (about -t a mile north of point 492 of the Kundil river);

thence in a straight lin e to point 625 on the right bank of the Tipu-Balijan river,

be

(about 4 mil es 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; ih encc ur ihe left bank oi ihe Dirak river to \v her::: it meets the

of

boundary between the Sadiya Frontier Tr~ct and the Lakhirnpur district ; thence

we~twards along the northern boundary of the Lakhimpur district to the starting

or

pomt.                       -

to

3 . . So much of th e 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 Dll11n g nvcr to the confluence of the

y' ' ~ Nampbuk and the Namcl1ik rivers ; thence up tb c left bank of the Namcbick


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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. . j I
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.


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