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