The Scheduled Areas (Assimilation of Laws) Act, 1951

(1) This Act may be called the Scheduled Areas(Assimilation of Laws) Act, 1951. (2) It shall come into force on such date1as the Central Government may, by notification in theOfficial Gazette, appoint.

In this Act, (a) "appointed day" means the date appointed under sub-section (2) of section 1 for the cominginto force of this Act; (b) "law" means so much of any Act, Ordinance, Regulation, rule, order or bye-law as relates toany 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.

(1) All laws which immediately before the appointed day extend to, orare in force in, the scheduled areas shall on that day cease to be in force in the scheduled areas exceptas respects things done or omitted to be done before that day, and for the removal of doubts, it ishereby declared that section 6 of the General Clauses Act, 1897 (10 of 1897) shall apply in relation tosuch 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 Darrangdistrict of the State of Assam shall as from that day extend to, or, as the case may be, come into forcein, 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, theLakhimpur district of 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 paragraphs 2 and 3 of the Schedule.

Notwithstanding anything contained in section 3, the CentralGovernment of the State of Assam may, by order, direct that during such period, not exceeding twelvemonths from the appointed day, as may be specified in the order, any law which immediately beforethe appointed day was in force in the scheduled areas, shall be deemed to have continued to be inforce therein or any specified part thereof, and may further likewise direct that any law which wouldhave extended to, or come into force in, the scheduled areas on the appointed day, shall not be deemedto have extended thereto or come into force therein or any specified part thereof.

Notwithstanding anything contained in section 3, all suits, cases and other legalproceedings between the parties all of whom belong to the Scheduled Tribes specified in Item 2 ofPart IAssam, of the Schedule to the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order, 1950, or such othertribe or tribes, as may be specified in this behalf, shall be tried and continue to be tried under the Assam Frontier (Administration of Justice) Regulation, 1945 (Regulation 1 of 1945) as if this Act hadnot been passed.