Section 5
Savings.
The Scheduled Areas (Assimilation of Laws) Act, 1953
About this Act
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.
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
the Administration of Justice and Police in the Sibsagar and Nowgong Mikir Hills Tracts as if this Act has
not been passed.