The PRESS (OBJECTIONABLE MATTER) (EXTEN- SlO:N TO ASSAM AUTONOMOUS DISTRICTS) ACT, 1953
_!-_ ASSAM ACT XVII OF 1953

THE PRESS (OBJECTIONABLE MATTER) (EXTEN-

SlO:N TO ASSAM AUTONOMOUS DISTRICTS)

ACT, 1953
(Passed by the Assembly)

(Received the assent of the Governor on the 1st June 1953)

[Published in the _Assam_ _Gar.:,ette,_ dated the 10th June 1953]

_An_
_Act_

_to_ _f.tiend t_ _he_ _Press_ _(Objectionable Matter) Act,_ _1951_ _to_ _the_

_Autonomous District5_ _of_ _Garo_ _Hills,_ _Lushai Hills and_

_North Cachar Hills_ _in_ _the State_ _of Assam._                 -

Pream ble. WHEREAS it is expedient to extend the Press (Objec-

tionable Matter) Act, 1951 referred to hereunder as "the ActNo.LVI
said Act" to the Autonomous Districts of Garo Hills, of 1951,

Lushai Hills and North Cachar Hills in the State of Assam ;

###### It is hereby enacted as follows :-

Short ti tle 1. (1) This Act may be called the Press (Objectionable

and extent. Matter) (Extension to Assam Autonomous Districts) Act,
1953.

(2) It shall extend to the Autonomous Districts of

the Garo Hills, the Lushai Hills and the North Cachar Hills
referred to in Part A of the table appended to paragraph

20 of the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution, hereinafter
referred to as "the said areas".

Extension of 2. All the provisions of the Press (Objectionable

Central Act :\fatter) Act, 1951 shall apply to the said areas and shall
#### "i[0]sf VI 0J be deemed to have come into force on the date of the com:.
9 · an mencement of this Act, subiect to the modifications spe-
commence- _J_

ment. cified in section 3.

Modifica- 3. (1) Reference to "the Session Judge" in the said
t1ons. Act shail be construed as referring to "the Deputy Com-

missioner of the District".

(2) Reference to the sections of the Code of Crimi- • V

of

nal Procedure, 1098 in the said Act shall be construed as 1~~8
referring to the relevant rules for the Administration of              -

Justice for the areas concerned.

[ _Price anna l_ _or_ _ld._ ]

A.G. P. (Leg.) No.24/&5-1050-16-6-1955.


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