#THE SCHEDULED AREAS (ASSIMILATION OF LAWS) ACT, 1951 
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##ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS 
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SECTIONS 
1. Short title and commencement. 
2. Definitions. 
3. Assimilation of laws. 
4. Transitional provisions. 
5. Savings. 
6. Provision for removal of difficulties. 
THE SCHEDULE. 



#THE SCHEDULED AREAS (ASSIMILATION OF LAWS) ACT, 1951 

##ACT NO. 37 OF 1951 

[23rd June, 1951.] 

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. 

  BE it enacted by Parliament as follows:— 

1. **Short title and commencement.**—(1)  This  Act  may  be  called  the  Scheduled  Areas 
(Assimilation of Laws) Act, 1951. 

(2) It shall come into force on such date[^1] as the Central Government may, by notification in the 
Official Gazette, appoint. 

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. 

3. **Assimilation of laws.**—(1) All laws which immediately before the appointed day extend to, or 
are in force in, the scheduled areas shall on that day cease to be in force in the scheduled areas except 
as  respects  things  done  or  omitted  to  be  done  before  that  day,  and  for  the  removal  of  doubts,  it  is 
hereby declared that section 6 of the General Clauses Act, 1897 (10 of 1897) shall apply in relation to 
such 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 Darrang 
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 paragraph 1 of the Schedule. 

(3) All  laws  which  immediately  before  the  appointed  day  extend  to,  or  are  in  force  in,  the 
Lakhimpur  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. 

4. **Transitional provisions.**—Notwithstanding  anything  contained  in  section  3,  the  Central 
Government of the State of Assam may, by order, direct that during such period, not exceeding twelve 
months from the appointed day, as may be specified in the order, any law which immediately before 
the  appointed  day  was  in  force  in  the  scheduled  areas,  shall  be  deemed  to  have  continued  to  be  in 
force therein or any specified part thereof, and may further likewise direct that any law which would 
have extended to, or come into force in, the scheduled areas on the appointed day, shall not be deemed 
to have extended thereto or come into force therein or any specified part thereof. 

5. **Savings.**—Notwithstanding  anything  contained  in  section  3,  all  suits,  cases  and  other  legal 
proceedings between the parties all of whom belong  to the Scheduled Tribes specified in Item 2 of 
Part  I—Assam,  of  the  Schedule  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 

[^1]. 1st October, 1951, vide  Notification No. S. R. O. 1461, dated 15th September, 1951, see Gazette of India, Part II, s. 3. 



Assam Frontier (Administration of Justice) Regulation, 1945 (Regulation 1 of 1945) as if this Act had 
not been passed. 

6. **Provision for removal of difficulties.**—If any difficulty arises in relation to the transition under 
section  3  from  one  law  or  group  of  laws  to  another  law  or  group  of  laws,  the  Central  Government 
may, by order notified in the Official Gazette, make such provisions as it considers necessary for the 
removal of the difficulty. 



##THE SCHEDULE 

[See section 2 (c)] 

  1. So  much  of  the  area  included  in  the  Balipara  Frontier  Tract,  as  is  comprised  within  the  line 
drawn from the eastern boundary of the district of Kamrup at Pillar No. 98 on the Bor Nadi eastwards 
along  the  Inner  Line  of  the  Balipara  Frontier  Tract  as  defined  in  Assam  Government  Notification     
No. 6778-A.P., dated the 2nd November, 1934, till it reaches the boundary of the Lakhimpur district; 
thence southwards along the western boundary of the Lakhimpur district; to the point where it meets 
the boundary of the Darrang district; thence westwards along the northern boundary of the Darrang 
district to a point where it meets the eastern boundary of the Kamrup district; thence northwards along 
this boundary to the starting point. 

  2. So  much  of  the  area  included  in  the  Abor  Hills  and  Mishmi  Hills  districts  (Sadiya  Frontier 
Tract)  as  is  comprised  within  the  line  drawn  from  the  point  498  at  Dipa  in  a  straight  line  to  the 
junction of the Remi river with a nameless stream about a mile southeast of the junction of Remi and 
Tode  Korong  rivers;  thence  in  a  straight  line  to  point  milestone  No.  4  from  Kobo  on  the 
Kobo-Pasighat road; thence in a straight line to the junction of Sisseri and Gango rivers; thence along 
the left bank of the Gango river to its junction with the Dibag river; thence in a straight line to the 
confluence of Hazingaadi with Kundil river (about half a miles north of point 492 of the Kundil river); 
thence in a straight line to point 625 on the right bank of the Tipu-Balijan river (about four miles north 
of the confluence of Haru Nadi with Balijan); thence down the Balijan river following its right bank to 
its confluence with the Lohit river; thence across the Lohit river and down its left bank to Noa Dihing 
Mukh; thence up the right bank of the Noa Dihing river to its confluence with the Dirak river; thence 
up the left bank of the Dirak river to where it meets and boundary between the Sadiya Frontier Tract 
and the Lakhimpur district; thence westwards along the northern boundary of the Lakhimpur district 
to the starting point. 

  3. So much of the area included in the Tirap Frontier Tract as is comprised within the line drawn 
from  the  confluence  of  the  Koria  Pani  and  the  Burhi  Dihing  rivers  up  the  right  bank  of  the  Burhi 
Dihing river to the confluence of the Namphuk and the Namchik rivers; thence up the left bank of the 
Namchik  river  to  its  confluence  with  the  Kathang  river;  thence  up  the  Kathang  Hka  to  its  junction 
with  the  Lekha  Hka;  thence  up  the  Lakha  Hka  to  its  source  and  thence  to  point  894;  thence  in  a    
south-westerly direction down a nameless stream that originates from point 894, to its junction with 
the Tirap  river;  thence  up the  left  bank  of the Tirap river to  a  point  due  east  of  height  2438  on the 
Lungokan  range;  thence  due  west  to  height  2438;  thence  in  a  north-westerly  direction  down  the 
Kapang Wa stream to its junction with the Tipang river; thence down the Tipang river to its junction 
with Kumkal Wa; thence in a south-westerly direction alone the ridge of Tuting Tak Kan range to the 
saddle  between  this  range  and  Lompi  Parbat  range;  thence  in  a  north-westerly  direction  down  a 
nameless stream that originates from this saddle, to its junction with Likhapani or Tehi stream; thence 
down  the  Likhapani  stream  to  its  junction  with  the  Tirap  river;  thence  down  the  Tirap  river  to  its 
junction  with  the  Burhi  Dihing  river;  thence  down  the  Burhi  Dihing  river  to  its  junction  with  the 
Manmaw Jan; thence up the Manmaw Jan and Monggang Khasi stream as far as it forms the eastern 
boundary of the Upper Dihing reserved forest; thence along western boundary of the Upper Dihing 
reserved forest; thence along the western boundary of the Upper Dihing reserved forest (east block) to 
the point where it meets the Pengri Hka; thence down the Pengri Hka to the Burhi Dihing river and up 
the Burhi Dihing to the starting point.