Act Number: 16

Act Name: The Scheduled Areas (Assimilation of Laws) Act, 1953

Year: 1953

Enactment Date: 1953-05-06

Long Title: 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.

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 Lists I and III in the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution.
         (c) "scheduled areas" mean the areas specified in the Schedule.
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