The ASSAM DARRANG AND LAKHIMPUR DISTRICT) (ASSIMILATION OF LAWS ON STATE SUBJECTS) ACT, 1951
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'ASSAM ACT XV OF 1951 .

*THE ASSAM DARRANG AND LAKHIMPUR DISTRICT;:) (ASSIMILA·

'.IION 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
hei: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 SI
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.-(1) 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 .

n0tificati6n 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 fon;e 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 ~force 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, Lh e Lakhimpur district, shall, as from tbe app.-ij nLed day, extend
_to_ or, as Lh c cnsc may be, come into fo rce rn , die areas spc c il: .~ d against items 2
ancl _3_ in the Sc:hedulc lo this Act.
4. Tram;ifomal Prnvi~ i orw.--Notwilb s tanding anything contained in section 3,
the Governor may by order direct that during such p;;riod not ..::xceeLiillg twelve
months, as may be specified in the order, from lhe appo;n;;;d da y, any J;:iw

which was in force in the sa id areas before the appointed day shall be deemed
to have continued to be in force 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 be c! ecmcd to bavc ::: \Lcnded
thereto or comr, jn to force th "rci n or ai1y sp:::ci!..;d part lher"of.

g 5. Excmption;;.--t·wtwithsm nclin g anything co1,taincd in the forcgoi1~g pro-

visions, the civil and criminal cas -.:s in which both tlJ c parties are rnem! Jc'!'!; of a

b. Scbcduled 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 bL;h a1f, shall con tinue; to k tried under

the Assam Frnntier (Admjnistration of J ust:ce) Regulation, 1 ~l 45 (Reg ul atiOH l
of 1945). as amended from time to time, by such otficer or officers as may be

d appointed by the Governor in this behal:i' by notification in fo..: otlicial Gazo>,ltc.
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SCHEDULE

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

comprise d within tiie lii;c clra wn from the eastern boundary of the district of
Karnrup at Piiiar No 93 on the Dor Nacli eastwa rds along the Inner Linc of the

###### Jf Balipara Frontier Tract as denned in Assam Government Notification No .6778 ..

J\. P., ci<i~ecl 1hc 2n d No vcm '.J;,; r, _1934_ till it re :::chcs the bow.dary of thL: Lakhimpur
district: then•>: so utliw;•.1 ds along lhe wes tern boundary oi' the L aL:iimpur

w

district to tb c point where it rne;;ts tbe b0undary of the Darrang District ; thence

le

we ~; twa rr!s along the n onh..:rn boundary of tLe Darra11g District to a point wher;;:
it meets the easlern bou:;ciary of the K ~. mrup district; tbenc(; northwards along

re

this boundary to the :; tarting pc int.

1,

2. ScJ n1uch 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 J ipa in a straight liii e to lhe junction of the Remi river with a
Ji a rnck;;s strc:1111 abuui a mik sou c!1-c:ast of th•c junction of. Remi and Todc

or

Korong river3 ; thence in a straight line to point milestone No.4 from Kobo

al

on tbe Kobo-Pasig•1at road : thence in a straight line to the junction of Sisseri

:er

ancl Gango ri·;ers: thence along the left bank of the Ganbo riv: r to its junction

ed

with the Di k1 11 g rj                      - c r ; thence i.1 a stra ight lin e to d1:0 con fluence of Hazingaadi

1ty
lll· with Kundil river (about                             - a mile north of point 492 of the Kundil river);

thence in a straight lin e 10 point 625 on the right bank of the Tipu-Balijan river,

be

(about 4 rnil cs north of the confluence of Haru Nadi with Balijan), thence down

ict
)e• the Balijan river following its right bank to its co nfluence with the Lohit river,

.thence across the Lohit river and down ils left bank to Noa Dilling Mukh ;

ro-

thence up th .; right bank of the Noa Dihin2, riwr to ils l'Onfiuence with the

or

Dirak river; ih encc ur ihc left bank oi ihe Dirak river to where 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

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to

3 . . So much of th e area included in the Tirap Frontier Tract as is comprised

the

"".ithin the line d.rawn from the confluenc.c of the K?ria Pani and the Burhi Dihing
nvers up the ri ght bank of the Burh1 D1h1n 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 (i)j
to its junction with the Lekha Hka, thence up the Lekha Hka to its source sons all
and thence to point 894 ; thence in a south westerly direction <down a nameless . I

stream that originates from point 894, to its junction with the Tirap river ; . i
thefice ·up the left bank of the Tirap river to a point due east of height 2438 the . iJr~
on the Lu11gokan range ; thence due west to height 2438 ; tlience ·in a north in kin ~
westerly direction down Kapang yYa stream to its junction with the Tipang . - l
river .; thence down the Tipang to its junction with Kumkal Wa ; thence in a as sue,
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 I '
Likhapani or Tehi stream ; thence down the Likhapani stream to its junction I
with the Tirap River. . 1
Thence down the Tirap river to its junction with the Burhi Dihing river; i

thence down the Burbi 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 Dilling Reserved Forest; thence along the
western boundary of the Upper Dihing reserve forest (East block) to the point
where it meets the Pengri Hka ; thence down the Pengri Hka to the Burhi Dihing
river and up the Burhi Dihing to the starting point.


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