Act Number: 37

Act Name: The Scheduled Areas (Assimilation of Laws) Act, 1951

Year: 1951

Enactment Date: 1951-06-23

Long Title: An Act to assimilate certain laws in force in the scheduled areas to the laws in force in the districts of Darrang and Lakhimpur of the State of Assam.

Ministry: Ministry of Home Affairs

Department: Department of States

Section 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 List I and III in the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution;
         (c) "scheduled areas" means the areas specified in the Schedule.
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