The Scheduled Areas (Assimilation of Laws) Act, 1953
# THE SCHEDULED AREAS (ASSIMILATION OF LAWS) ACT, 1953

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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

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SECTIONS

1. Short title and commencement.
2. Definitions.
3. Assimilation of laws.
4. Transitional provisions.
5. Savings.
6. Provision for removal of difficulties.

THE SCHEDULE.


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# THE SCHEDULED AREAS (ASSIMILATION OF LAWS) ACT, 1953

 ACT NO. 16 OF 1953

 [6th May, 1953.]

 An Act to assimilate certain laws in force in the scheduled areas to the laws in force in the
 districts of Nowgong and Sibsagar in the State of Assam.

BE it enacted by Parliament as follows:—

**1. Short title and commencement.—(1) This Act may be called the Scheduled Areas (Assimilation**

of Laws) Act, 1953.

(2) It shall come into force on such date[1] as the Central Government may, by notification in the

Official Gazette, appoint.

**2. Definitions.—In this Act,—**

(a) “appointed day” means the date appointed under sub-section (2) of section 1 for the coming

into force of this Act;

(b) “law” means so much of any Act, Ordinance, Regulation, rule, order or bye-law as relates to

any of the matters enumerated in Lists I and III in the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution.

(c) “scheduled areas” mean the areas specified in the Schedule.

**3. Assimilation of laws.—(1) All laws which immediately before the appointed day extend to, or are**

in force in, the scheduled areas shall on that day cease to be in force in the scheduled areas except as
respects things done or omitted to be done before that day, and for the removal of doubts, it is hereby
declared that section 6 of the General Clauses Act, 1897 (10 of 1897) shall apply in relation to such cesser
as it applies in relation to the repeal of an enactment by a Central Act.

(2) All laws which immediately before the appointed day extend to, or are in force in, the district of

Nowgong in the State of Assam shall as from that day extend to, or, as the case may be, come into force
in, the areas specified in paragraph 1 of the Schedule.

(3) All laws which immediately before the appointed day extend to, or are in force in, the district of

Sibsagar in the State of Assam shall as from that day extend to, or, as the case may be, come into force in,
the areas specified in paragraph 2 of the Schedule.

**4. Transitional provisions.—Notwithstanding anything contained in section 3, the Central**

Government or the Government of the State of Assam may, by order, direct that during such period, not
exceeding twelve months from the appointed day, as may be specified in the order, any law which
immediately before the appointed day was in force in the scheduled areas, shall be deemed to have
continued to be in force therein or any specified part thereof, and may further likewise direct that any law
which would have extended to, or come into force in, the scheduled areas on the appointed day, shall not
be deemed to have extended thereto or come into force therein or any specified part thereof.

**5. Savings.—Notwithstanding anything contained in section 3, all suits, cases and other legal**

proceedings between parties all of whom belong to the Scheduled Tribes specified in item 2 of Part
I—Assam, of the Schedule annexed to the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order, 1950 or such other
tribe or tribes, as may be specified in this behalf, shall be tried and continue to be tried under the Rules for

1. 1st September, 1953, vide notification No. S. R.O. 1624, dated 26th August, 1953, see Gazette of India, Part II, s. 3.

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the Administration of Justice and Police in the Sibsagar and Nowgong Mikir Hills Tracts as if this Act has
not been passed.

**6. Provision for removal of difficulties.—If any difficulty arises in relation to the transition under**

section 3 from one law or group of laws to another law or group of laws, the Central Government may, by
order notified in the Official Gazette, make such provision as it considers necessary for the removal of the
difficulty.

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THE SCHEDULE

[See section 2(c)]

1. (a) Portion of Gobha Mauza that was originally in the Mikir Hills Tracts, including Sonaikuchi

Reserved Forest.

(b) Kholahat Reserved Forest.

(c) Portion of Lumding Reserved Forest falling in Lanka Mauza in original Mikir Hills Tracts.

(d) Portion of Lumding Mauza west of the line described below:—

From the point where the eastern boundary of Namati Mauza meets the Kaki Jan, the line runs

up the Kaki Jan to its source; thence in a south easterly direction in a straight line across the hill
ridges to the confluence of Panpri stream with the Lanka Jan; thence up the Lanka Jan to its source;
thence in a southerly direction along the eastern boundary of the Lumding Reserved Forest to the
junction of Lankanasang Nadi with the Bara Langpher river, thence in a straight line due south till
that line meets the southern boundary of the Lumding Mauza.

(e) Dabaka Reserved Forest.

(f) Suang Reserved Forest.

(g) Diju Valley South Reserved Forest.

(h) Bagser Reserved Forest.

2. (a) Panbari Reserved Forest.

(b) Upper Daigurung Reserved Forest.

(c) Lower Daigurung Reserved Forest.

(d) Village lands of Ghatiani Pathar, Dokhara Pathar and Murphuloni of Mauza Marangi in original
Mikir Hills Tracts.

(e) Portion of Barpathar Mauza east of Dhansiririver and north-east of Garampani Kaliani Road.

(f) Portion of Ghiladhari Mauza in original Mikir Hills Tracts.

(g) Portion of Sarupathar Mauza east of Dhansiri river.

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