The Assam Evacuee Property (Amendment) Act, 1959
No.LJL.7 3/58.—The following Act of the Assam Legislative Assembly

which received the assent of the Governor is hereby published for general

information.

**(R ec eive d the ass ent o f th e Governo r on th e 3rd Nov em be r 1959)**

**ASSAM ACT No.XXVIII OF 1959**

THE ASSAM EVACUEE PR OP ER TY (AM ENDMENT) ACT, 1959

(As passed by the Assembly)

[Published in the Assam Gazette, dated the 11th November 1959]

**An**

**Act**

**to am en d th e A ss am Evacuee Pro pe rty Act, 1951**

**Pre am ble .— Whereas** it is expedient to amend the Assam Evacuee

Property Act, 1951 (Assam Act XI of 1951), hereinafter referred to as the
principal Act, in the manner hereinafter appearing ;

It is hereby enacted in the T en th **Year** of the Republic of India as

follows:—

**1. Sh ort ti tl e, ex tent an d co m m encem ent.—-(1) This Act may be**

called the Assam Evacuee Property (Am endment) Act, 1959.

(2) It extends to the whoie of Assam,.
(3) It shall come into force at once.

**2. Am en dm en t o f Sectio n 2 o f A ss am Act XI o f 1951.—** In Section 2

of the principal Act, _add the following new clause after clause ( / ) , namely_
and the subsequent clauses shall be re-numbered accordingly: —

“ (g) ‘Minority Commission’ means and shall be deemed always

to have meant a Commission as m ay be constituted by the State Govern­
ment under the Indo-Pakistan Agreement of the 8th April 1950, by
notification in the Official Gazette.”

3. **Am en dm en t o f Sec tion 6 o f A ss am A ct XI o f 1951.— In sub-sec­**

tion (3) of Section **6** of the principal Act, the following shall be deleted,
namely:—

“ constituted under Notification No.RHM.65/50/14, dated the 4th June

1950”.

B. C. BARUA,

Secy, to the Govt, of Assam, Law rJepft.


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