THE LAWS LOCAL EXTENT ACT, 1874 
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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS 
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SECTIONS 

1.  Short title. 
2.  Interpretation clause. 
3.  Local extent of Acts in first schedule. 
4.  Local extent of enactments in second schedule. 
5.  Local extent of enactments in third schedule. 
6.  Local extent of enactments in fourth schedule. 
7.  Local extent of enactments in fifth schedule. 
8.  Savings. 
9.  [Repealed.] 

FIRST SCHEDULE 

SECOND SCHEDULE 

THIRD SCHEDULE 

FOURTH SCHEDULE 

FIFTH SCHEDULE 

SIXTH SCHEDULE 

SEVENTH SCHEDULE 

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THE LAWS LOCAL EXTENT ACT, 1874 

ACT NO. 15 OF 18741 

[8th December, 1874.] 

An Act for declaring the local extent of certain Enactments, and for other purposes. 

WHEREAS It is expedient to declare the local extent of certain Acts passed by the Governor General of 
India  in  Council,  the  Legislative  Council  of  India,  and  the  Council  of  the  Governor  General  of  India 
assembled for the purpose of making Laws and Regulations; 

AND WHEREAS it is also expedient to consolidate the laws relating to the local extent of certain Acts 
and  Regulations  in  the  Presidencies  of  Fort  St.  George  and  Bombay,  and  in  the  Lower  and  the  North-
Western Provinces of the Presidency of Fort William in Bengal; 

It is hereby declared and enacted as follows:— 

1. Short title.—This Act may be called the Laws Local Extent Act, 1874. 

2.  Interpretation  clause.—In  this  Act  the  expression  “Scheduled  Districts”  means  the  territories 

mentioned in the sixth schedule hereto annexed. 

3. Local extent of Acts in first schedule.—The Acts mentioned in the first schedule hereto annexed 

are  now  in  force 2[in  the  whole  of  India  except 3[the  territories  which,  immediately  before  the                          
1st November, 1956, were comprised in Part B States] and] the Scheduled Districts. 

4.  Local  extent  of  enactments  in  second  schedule.—The  enactments  mentioned  in  the  second 
schedule  hereto  annexed  are  now  in  force  throughout  the  whole  of  the  territories  now  subject  to  the 
government of the Governor of Fort St. George in Council, except the Scheduled Districts subject to such 
government. 

5. Local extent of enactments in third schedule.—The enactments mentioned in the third schedule 
hereto annexed are now in force throughout the whole of the territories now subject of the government of 
the Governor of Bombay in Council, except the Scheduled Districts subject to such government. 

6. Local extent of enactments in fourth schedule.—The enactments mentioned in the fourth schedule 
hereto annexed are now in force throughout the whole of the territories now subject to the government of 
the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal, except the Scheduled Districts subject to such government. 

7. Local extent of enactments in fifth  schedule.—The enactments mentioned in the fifth schedule 
hereto annexed are now in force throughout the whole of the territories now subject to the government of 
the Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces of the Presidency of Fort William, except the 
Scheduled Districts subject to such government. 

8. Savings.—Nothing herein contained shall— 

(a) bar the power of the Central Government or the State Government under any law for the time being 

in force, to extend to any place any Act mentioned in the said first schedule; 

1. This Act has been rep., so far as it relates to any enactment replaced by the Guardians and Wards Act, 1890 (8 of 1890), as on 

1-7-1890, in certain partially excluded areas in the Madras Province : See Madras Regulation 6 of 1940. 

2. Subs. by the A.O. 1950 for “throughout all the Provinces of India, except”. 
3. Subs. by  the Adaptation of Laws (No. 2) Order, 1956, for “Part B States” (w.e.f. 1-11-1956). 

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(b) extend any Act empowering the State Government to extend the same or any part thereof, or affect 

in any manner the exercise of such power; 

(c) affect the operation of any Act or Regulation heretofore extended to or declared to be in force in 

any of the Scheduled Districts; 

(d) revive any enactment which has been repealed either generally or with reference to some special 

subject; 

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(j) extend to any of the towns of Calcutta, Madras and Bombay any law not now in force therein; 

2[(jj) extend to Pargana Bhadohi or Pargana Kera Mangror in the Mirzapur district, or to Pargana Kaswa 

Raja in the Benares district, any law not now in force therein]; 

(k) affect the operation of any enactment not mentioned in any of the schedules hereto annexed. 

9. Enactments repealed.—[Repealed by the Repealing Act, 1876 (12 of 1876)]. 

1. Clauses (e) and (h) were rep. by Act 8 of 1887, clause (f) by Act 12 of 1891, clause (g) by Act 8 of 1890 and clause (i) by Act 4 
of 1894.   
2. Ins. by Act 14 of 1881, s.15. 

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FIRST SCHEDULE1 

(See section 3) 

ACTS OF THE SUPREME COUNCIL 

Year and Number 
21837, 

IV 

Subject 

. . . . Power to acquire land. 

1. Acts 15 of 1874 having been rep so far as it relates to the following enactments, by the Acts noted against each, the references to those enactments have 
been omitted from this schedule:— 

Enactments omitted 

Act 26 of 1836 

Act 6 of 1840 

Act 11 of 1841 

Act 18 of 1841 

Act 19 of 1841 

Act 9 of 1842 

Act 12 of 1842 

Act 20 of 1847 

Act 34 of 1850 

Act 30 of 1852 

Act 33 of 1852 

Act 18 of 1854 

Act 18 of 1854 

Act 1 of 1859 

Act 3 of 1859 

Act 8 of 1859 

Act 14 of 1859, Section 15 

Act 15 of 1859 

Act 27 of 1860 

Act 9 of 1861 

Act 23 of 1861 

Act 6 of 1863 

Act 6 of 1864 

Act 11 of 1865 

Act 21 of 1865 

Act 5 of 1866 

Act 10 of 1866 

Act 10 of 1867 

Act 10 of 1868 

Act 15 of 1869 

Act 1 of 1870 

2. Rep. by the A.O. 1950. 

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Repealing Acts 

Act 12 of 1927. 

Act 26 of 1881. 

Act 8 of 1887. 

Act 11 of 1878. 

Act 12 of 1927. 

Act 12 of 1891. 

Act 8 of 1887. 

Act 12 of 1927. 

The A.O. 1937. 

Act 12 of 1927. 

Act 8 of 1887. 

Act 12 of 1891. 

The A.O. 1937. 

Act 21 of 1923. 

Act 8 of 1887. 

Act 12 of 1891. 

Act 12 of 1891. 

Act 12 of 1891. 

Act 7 of 1889. 

Act 8 of 1890. 

Act 12 of 1891. 

Act 12 of 1891. 

Act 12 of 1927. 

Act 9 of 1887. 

Act 12 of 1927. 

Act 12 of 1927. 

Act 12 of 1891. 

Act 9 of 1887. 

Act 12 of 1891. 

Act 12 of 1927. 

Act 12 of 1927. 

 
 
                                                           
 
 
11838,  XXV 

. . . . Wills executed before the 1st January, 1866. 

21839,  XXIX 

. . . . Dower, when marriage was contracted before 1st January, 1866. 

11839,  XXX 

. . . . Inheritance, where descent took place before 1st January, 1866. 

1839, 

XXXII 

. . . . Interest. 

1841, 

X 

21843,  V 

 31850,  V 

. . . . Registration of ships. 

. . . . Slavery. 

. . . . Coasting Trade. 

1850, 

XI 

. . . . Navigation Laws. 

41850,  XII 

. . . . Default of Public Accountants. 

1850, 

XVIII 

. . . . Protection of Judicial Officers. 

1850, 

XIX 

. . . . Binding of Apprentices. 

1850, 

XXI 

. . . . Non-forfeiture of rights by loss of Caste. 

1850, 

XXXVII 

. . . . Inquiries into the behaviour of Public Servants. 

51853, 

II 

. . . . Burdens on land. 

61854,  XXXI 

. . . . Barring entails: Conveyances by married women. 

61855,  XI 

. . . . Mesne profits and improvements. 

1855, 

XII 

. . . . Executors and Administrators. 

1855, 

XIII 

. . . . Compensation for loss occasioned by death caused by actionable wrong. 

61855,  XXIII 

. . . . Administration of mortgaged estates in cases of descents occurring or devises made 

before the 1st January, 1866. 

 71855,  XXIV 

. . . . Penal servitude. 

1855, 

XXVIII 

. . . . Interest. 

1856, 

IX 

. . . . Bills of lading. 

1. Rep. by the A.O. 1950. 
2. Rep. by Act 48 of 1952. 
3. Rep. by Act 34 of 1939. 
4. Rep. in Assam by Regulation 1 of 1886 
5. Rep. by the A.O. 1950. 
6. Rep. by Act 48 of 1952. 
7. Rep. by Act 17 of 1949. 

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11856,  XI 

. . . .  Desertion by European Soldiers. 

1856, 

XV 

. . . .  Marriage of Hindu Widows. 

21857,  XI 

. . . .  Offences against the State. 

 21857,  XXV 

. . . .  Forfeiture by Mutineers. 

21858,  XXXV 

. . . .  Estates of Lunatics not subject to jurisdiction of Supreme Courts. 

31858,  XXXVI 

. . . .  Lunatic Asylums. 

1859, 

IX 

. . . .  Section 16, 17, 18 and 20—Forfeitures. 

1860, 

XXI 

. . . .  Registration of Societies. 

1862, 

III 

. . . .  Government Seal. 

1863, 

XVI 

. . . .  Excise Duty payable on Spirits used in Arts and Manufactures. 

31863,  XXIII 

. . . .  Claim to waste-lands. 

41863,  XXXI 

. . . .  Gazette of India. 

51864, 

III 

. . . .  Foreigners. 

1865, 

III 

. . . .  Common Carriers. 

61865,  XV 

. . . .  Marriage and Divorce among Parsees. 

1866, 

XXI 

. . . .  Dissolution of Marriages of Native Converts. 

71866,  XXVIII 

. . . .  Trustees and Mortgagees' Powers. 

1867, 

XXV 

. . . .  Printing Presses, etc. 

1. Rep. by the A.O. 1950. 
2. Rep. by Act 4 of 1922. 
4. Rep. in Bombay by Bombay Act 9 of 1943. 
5. Rep by Act 1 of 1938. 
6. Rep. by Act 31 of 1946. 
7. Rep. by Act 3 of 1936. 
8. Rep. by Act 48 of 1952. 

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1SECOND SCHEDULE 

(See Section 4) 

(a) MADRAS REGULATIONS 

Year 
Number 

and 

Subject 

1802, 

III 

Procedure of Civil Courts. 

(Section  1,  part 
of  section  16 
only) 

1802,  XIX 

(Section 2) . .  Covenanted Civil Servants forbidden to lend. 

1802,  XXV  . . . . 

Settlement of Land-revenue. 

1802,  XXVI (Sections  1,  2 

Registration of malguzari land. 

and 3 only) 

2[1802,  XXIX . . . . 

Karnams. 

1803, 

I 

. . . . 

Board of Revenue. 

1. Act 15 of 1874 having been rep. so far as it relates to the following enactments, by the Acts noted against each, the references 
to those enactments have been omitted from the Schedule:— 

Enactments omitted 

Madras Regulation 3 of 1802, section 11 

Madras Regulation 5 of 1802, section 30 

Madras Regulation 13 of 1802 

Madras Regulation 1 of 1805 

Madras Regulation 2 of 1807 

Madras Regulation 4 of 1816 

Madras Regulation 9 of 1816, section 43 

Madras Regulation 14 of 1816 

Madras Regulation 5 of 1816 

Madras Regulation 1 of 1819 

Madras Regulation 2 of 1819 

Madras Regulation 4 of 1821, section 4 

Madras Regulation 3 of 1831 

Madras Regulation 7 of 1832 

Madras Regulation 11 of 1832 

Madras Regulation 14 of 1832 

2. This Regulation has been rep. by locally by Madras Act 2 of 1894. 

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Repealing Acts 

Act 12 of 1891. 

Act 11 of 1901. 

Act 11 of 1901. 

Act 12 of 1891. 

Act 12 of 1891. 

Act 12 of 1891. 

Act 12 of 1891. 

Act 12 of 1891. 

Act 12 of 1927. 

Act 12 of 1876. 

The A.O. 1937. 

Act 12 of 1876. 

Act 12 of 1876. 

Act 12 of 1876. 

Act 6 of 1878. 

Act 13 of 1889. 

 
 
                                                           
 
 
 
1803, 

II 

. . . . 

Conduct of Collectors, etc. 

11804,  V 

. . . . 

Court of Wards. 

1806, 

II 

2(Section 
7, 
clause second)] 

Collectors and Karnams. 

31808,  VII 

. . . . 

Martial Law. 

1816,  XI 

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sections 8, 9, 10—Heads of villages: section 11, clause 1—stolen property: 
section 13—discovery of corpses: section 14—register of persons confined 
by  heads  of  villages;  and  section  47—Magistrates  charged  with 
maintenance of peace. 

4[1816,  XII 

. . . . 

Reference  of  claims  regarding  land  and  produce  to  Village  and  District 
Panchayats. 

1817,  VII 

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Maintenance of Bridges, etc.; Escheats. 

1817,  VIII 

(section 9 only) Sale for arrears of revenue of estate belonging to Native Officer or Soldier. 

1822, 

IV 

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Explanation of Madras Regulation XXV, 1802. 

51822,  VII 

(Clause  1  of 
Section 3 only) 

Native Officers in Revenue and other Public Departments. 

1822, 

IX 

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1823, 

III 

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Embezzlement by public servant and 
malversation in revenue-matters 

1828,  VII 

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Powers of Subordinate and Assistant Collectors. 

1829,  V 

1830, 

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1831,  V 

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Hindu Wills and Estates. 

Prohibition of Widow-burning. 

(section 
clause 2 only) 

7, 

Liability  of  Ministerial  Officers  for  reception  of  improperly  stamped 
document. 

61831,  VI 

. . . . 

Hereditary Village Offices. 

1. Act 15 of 1874, so far as it relates to the portions of Madras Regulation 5 of 1804 which were rep. by the Guardians and Wards 
Act, 1890 (8 of 1890), is rep. by the latter Act. The Regulation was rep. by the Madras Court of Wards Act, 1902,  (Madras 1 of 
1902). 
2. Parts of Sections 1 and 7 were originally referred to in this Schedule. Of the entire Regulation only the second clause of Section 7 is now in 
force, see Part III of the Schedule to the Repealing Act, 1876 (12 of 1876). 
3. Rep. by Act 4 of 1922, Section 3 and Schedule. 
4. Madras Regulation 12 of 1816 has been rep. by the Madras Survey and Boundaries Act, 1897 (Madras 4 of 1897) so far as it applies to cases of 
claims to lands or crops, the validity of which claims may depend upon the determination of an uncertain and disputed boundary or land-mark. 
5. Rep. by the A.O. 1937. 
6. Rep. by Madras Act 3 of 1895. 

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11831,  X 

1832 

III 

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Prohibition of Sale of Estates of Minors for Arrears of Revenue. 

Limitation for Suits against orders of Revenue Authorities under Madras 
Regulation VII of 1828. 

(B) ACTS OF THE SUPREME COUNCIL RELATING TO THE MADRAS PRESIDENCY2 

Year and Number 

Subject 

1837, 

1839, 

31840, 

41846, 

1849, 

41853, 

1857, 

1858, 

1859, 

XXXVI 

VII 

VIII 

I 

X 

XX 

VII 

I 

XXIV 

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Criminal Jurisdiction of Collectors. 

Tahsildars. 

. . . .  Awards of Panchayats. 

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Pleaders. 

Commissioners of Revenue. 

Pleaders. 

. . . .  Uncovenanted Agency. 

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Compulsory Labour. 

Police. 

1. Act 15 of 1874, so far as it relates to Madras Regulation 10 of 1831, section 3, is rep. by Act 8 of 1890. 
2. Act 15 of 1874 having been rep. so far as it relates to the following enactments, by the Acts noted against each, the references to those enactments 
have been omitted from this Schedule:— 

Enactments omitted 
Act 12 of 1838 
Act 17 of 1840 
Act 7 of 1852 
Act 6 of 1844 
Act 9 of 1846 
Act 10 of 1855, section 10 
Act 14 of 1855 
Act 21 of 1855 
Act 8 of 1856 
Act 14 of 1858 
Act 28 of 1860 
Act 11 of 1869 
Act 24 of 1869 

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Repealing Acts 
Act 6 of 1878. 
Act 12 of 1891. 
Act 12 of 1891. 
Act 3 of 1937. 
Act 12 of 1927. 
Act 11 of 1901. 
Act 8 of 1887. 
Act 12 of 1927. 
Act 12 of 1927. 
Act 8 of 1890. 
Act 12 of 1927. 
Act 12 of 1891. 
Act 18 of 1877. 

3. Rep. by Madras Act 7 of 1931. 
4. As to the repeal of Acts 1 of 1846 and 20 of 1853 in the Madras Presidency, see the Legal Practitioners Act, 1879 (18 of 1879), sections 1 and   

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1THIRD SCHEDULE 

 (See Section 5) 

(a) BOMBAY REGULATIONS 

Subject 

Year 
Number 

and 

1827,  II 

. . . . Section 21 (caste questions); 2[* * *] 

1827,  IV 

. . . . Section 26 (law applicable to suits): section 69, clauses second and third (attachment 

and distraint of crops). 

1827,  V 

. . . . Preamble:  Section  9  (acknowledgments  of  debt):  section  14  (interest):  section  15 

(mortgages and pledges). 

1827,  VIII 

. . . . Administration of Estates. 

1827,  XII 

. . . . Section  19  (Magistrate's  power  to  make  rules):  section  20  (standards of  weights  and 
measures): section 27, clause 2 (supervision of suspected persons): section 37, clauses 
first and second (responsibility of villages for robberies). 

1827,  XIII 

. . . . Section 34, clause third (letter substituted for summons). 

1827,  XXII  . . . . Sections 40, 41, 42, 43 (passage of troops). 

31830,  V 

. . . . Section  1  (Revenue  Commissioners):  Section  2,  clauses  1,  2,  3  (Collectors  and              

Sub-Collectors). 

1830,  XIII 

. . . . Civil jurisdiction of Jagirdars. 

31831,  XV 

. . . . Village Patels. 

31832,  II 

Realization of Revenue. 

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31833,  V 

. . . . Hereditary Officers. 

1. Act 15 of 1874 having been rep. so far as it relates to the following enactments by the Acts noted against each, the references to those enactments 

have been omitted from the Schedule:— 

Enactments omitted 
Bombay Regulation 12 of 1827, preamble 
Bombay Regulation 16 of 1827, 
Bombay Regulation 21 of 1827, Sections 1-16, 46, 54-73 
Bombay Regulation 22 of 1827, Sections 18-20, 45-47 
Bombay Regulation 25 of 1827, 

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Repealing Acts 
Act 12 of 1891. 
Act 12 of 1891. 
Act 12 of 1891. 
Act 13 of 1889. 
The A.O. 1937. 

2. Certain words rep.by Act 12 of 1927. 
3. Bombay Regulation 4 of 1827, Section 69, and Bombay Regulations 5 of 1830, 15 of 1831, 2 of 1832 and 5 of 1833 rep. locally by Bombay Act 

5 of 1879. 

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(b) ACTS OF THE SUPREME COUNCIL RELATING TO THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY1  

Year and Number 

Subject 

21838, 

31838, 

1838, 

21839, 

21840, 

21842, 

21842, 

41844, 

51846, 

21846, 

51853, 

XVI 

XVIII 

XIX 

XX 

XV 

XIII 

XVII 

XIX 

I 

III 

XX 

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Judiciary. 

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Sureties. 

. . . .  Coasting Vessels. 

. . . .  Revenue. 

. . . .  Agents of Foreign Sovereigns. 

. . . .  Revenue. 

. . . .  Revenue Commissioners. 

. . . .  Abolition of Town Duties. 

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Pleaders. 

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Sections 1, 5 and 6—Boundary Marks. 

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Pleaders. 

1. Act 15 of 1874 having been rep. so far as it relates to the following enactments, by the Acts noted against each, the   references 

to those enactments have been omitted from this Schedule:— 

Enactments omitted 
Act 11 of 1843 
Act 3 of 1852 
Act 21 of 1852 
Act 10 of 1855, Section 10 
Act 8 of 1856 
Act 20 of 1864 

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Repealing Acts 
Act 12 of 1891. 
Act 12 of 1891. 
Act 12 of 1891. 
Act 11 of 1901. 
Act 9 of 1894. 
Act 8 of 1890. 

2. Acts 18 of 1838, 13 and 17 of 1842 and 3 of 1846 rep. locally by the Bombay Land-revenue Code, 1879 (Bombay 5 of 1879). 
Act 18 of  1838 rep.by Act 32 of 1940. 
3. Rep. by Act 48 of 1952 and Bombay Act 18 of 1953. 
4. Rep. in Bombay by Bombay Act 18 of 1953. 
5. As to the repeal of Acts 1 of 1846 and 20 of 1853 in the Bombay Presidency, see the Legal Practitioners Act, 1879 (18 of 1879), 
Sections 1 and 42. 

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1FOURTH SCHEDULE  

(See Section 6) 

(a) BENGAL REGULATIONS (LOWER PROVINCES) 

Subject 

Year and 
Number 

1793, 

I 

. . . . Perpetual Settlement. 

1793,  II 

. . . . Collection of land-revenue. 

1793,  VIII 

. . . . Rules for Decennial Settlement. 

1793,  XI 

. . . . Native laws of inheritance to Revenue-paying land. 

1793,  XIX 

. . . . Title to lands exempt from Revenue. 

1793,  XXXVII  . . . . Title to lands exempt from Revenue under badshahi grants. 

1793,  XXXVIII . . . . Section 1—Preamble: Section 2—prohibition of loans by Covenanted Servants. 

1794,  III 

. . . . Sections 13, 16, 17, 18, 19 and 20—Arrears of Revenue. 

1799,  V 

. . . . Wills and Intestacies of Natives. 

1800,  VIII 

. . . . Pargana Register of Lands. 

1801,  I 

. . . . Arrears of Revenue: Division of Joint Estates. 

21804,  X 

. . . . Punishment by Courts-martial of certain State offences. 

1806,  XI 

. . . . Passage of Troops. 

1. Act 15 of 1874 having been rep. so far as it relates to the following enactments, by the Acts noted against each, the references 
to those enactments have been omitted from this Schedule:— 
Enactments omitted 
Bengal Regulation 48 of 1793 
Bengal Regulation 3 of 1794, section 12 
Bengal Regulation 58 of 1795, sections 3 and 4 
Bengal Regulation 15 of 1797 
Bengal Regulation 1 of 1798 
Bengal Regulation 17 of 1806, sections 7 and 8 
Bengal Regulation 20 of 1810 
Bengal Regulation 11 of 1811 
Bengal Regulation 19 of 1814 
Bengal Regulation 5 of 1817 
Bengal Regulation 20 of 1817, sections 28 and 32 
Bengal Regulation 3 of 1818 
Bengal Regulation 6 of 1819 
Bengal Regulation 20 of 1825 
Bengal Regulation 4 of 1829 

Repealing Acts 
Act 12 of 1891. 
Act 12 of 1891. 
Act 12 of 1876. 
Act 12 of 1891. 
Act 12 of 1891. 
Act 12 of 1891. 
Act 13 of 1889. 
Act 12 of 1891. 
Act 12 of 1891. 
Act 6 of 1878. 
Act 12 of 1891. 
The A.O. 1937. 
Act 12 of 1891. 
Act 10 of 1882. 
Act 12 of 1876. 

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1810,  XIX 

. . . . Maintenance of Bridges, etc.; Escheats 

1812,  V 

. . . . Collection of Land-revenue. 

1812,  XI 

. . . . Removal of Foreign Emigrants. 

1817,  XX 

. . . . Section 29—Criminal process in Salt and Opium Departments: section 30, clauses 
1, 2 and 5—Building forts; Collecting sepoys and stores; Encroaching on roads. 

1819,  II 

. . . . Resumption of Revenue-free lands. 

1821,  IV 

. . . . Powers of Collectors and Magistrates. 

11822,  III 

. . . . Board of Land-revenue. 

1822,  XI 

. . . . Section  36—Khas  management  of  purchases  by  Government:  section  38—non-

liability of Government for errors of Courts. 

1823,  VI 

. . . . Indigo Contracts. 

1823,  VII 

. . . . Prohibition of loans to Covenanted Civil Servants. 

1825,  VI 

. . . . Passage of Troops. 

1825,  IX 

. . . . Defaulting Malguzars. 

1825,  XI 

. . . . Alluvion and diluvion. 

1825,  XIII 

. . . . Settlement of resumed Lakhiraj land. 

1825,  XIV 

. . . . Authority to confirm Lakhiraj tenures; Native grants. 

11827,  III 

. . . . Section 5—Evidence. 

1827,  V 

. . . . Management of Estates under attachment. 

1828,  III 

. . . . Appeals from decisions of Revenue Authorities. 

1828,  IV 

. . . . Section  1  and  section  2,  clause  4—Time  during  which  Collectors  are  to  be 

considered engaged in making settlements. 

1829,  I 

. . . . Commissioners of Revenue and Board of Revenue. 

1829,  XVII 

. . . . Widow-burning. 

1830,  V 

. . . . Sections 1 and 5—Indigo Contracts. 

1. Rep.by the Bengal Board of Revenue Act, 1913 (Bengal 2 of 1913). 

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(b) ACTS OF THE SUPREME COUNCIL RELATING TO THE LOWER PROVINCES1  

Year and Number 

Subject 

1836, 

X 

. . . . 

Indigo Contracts. 

1836, 

XXI 

. . . .  Creating Zilas. 

1841, 

XII 

. . . .  Section 2—No Interest on arrears of Land-revenue. 

1847, 

IX 

. . . .  Assessment of new lands. 

1848, 

XX 

. . . .  Land-revenue. 

21850, 

XLIV 

. . . .  Board of revenue. 

31855, 

XXXII 

. . . .  Embankments. 

1856, 

XII 

. . . .  Civil Court Amins. 

1857, 

XIII 

. . . .  Opium. 

1858, 

XXXI 

. . . .  Settlement of Alluvion. 

1859, 

XI 

. . . .  Sales for Arrears of Revenue. 

1. Act 15 of 1874 having been rep. so far as it relates to the following enactments, by the Acts noted against each, the references 
to those enactments have been omitted from this Schedule:— 

Enactments omitted 
Act 20 of 1836 
Act 11 of 1838 
Act 19 of 1853, section 26 
Act 20 of 1856 
Act 21 of 1856 
Act 40 of 1858 
Act 23 of 1860 

. . . . . . 
. . . . . . 
. . . . . . 
. . . . . . 
. . . . . . 
. . . . . . 
. . . . . . 

Repealing Acts 
Act 12 of 1891. 
Act 12 of 1891. 
Act 1 of 1903. 
Act 12 of 1891. 
Act 12 of 1891. 
Act 8 of 1890. 
Act 12 of 1891. 

2. Rep. by the Bengal Board of Revenue Act, 1913 (Bengal 2 of 1913). 
3. Act 32 of 1855 has been rep. locally in Bengal by the Bengal Embankments Act, 1873 (Bengal 6 of 1873). 

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FIFTH SCHEDULE  

(See section 7) 

(a) BENGAL REGULATIONS (NORTH-WESTERN PROVINCES)1  

Year and Number 

Subject 

1793,  XXXVIII  . . . . Section 1—Preamble: section 2—prohibition of loans by Covenanted Servants. 

1799,  V 

. . . . Wills and Administration to Natives. 

2[1804,  X 

. . . . Punishment by Courts-martial of certain State offences. 

1806,  XI 

. . . . Passage of Troops. 

1812,  XI 

. . . . Removal of Foreign Emigrants. 

1822,  XI 

. . . . Section 38—Non-liability of Government for errors of Courts. 

1823,  VI 

. . . . Indigo Contracts. 

1823,  VII 

. . . . Prohibition of loans to Covenanted Civil Servants. 

1825,  VI 

. . . . Passage of Troops. 

1825,  XI 

. . . . Alluvion and Diluvion. 

1827, 

III 

. . . . Section 5—Evidence. 

1827,  V 

. . . . Management of Estates under Attachment. 

1829,  XVII 

. . . . Widow-burning. 

1. Act 15 of 1874 having been rep. so far as it relates to the following enactments, by the Acts noted against each, the references 
to those enactments have been omitted from this Schedule:— 

Enactments omitted 
Bengal Regulation 1 of 1798 
Bengal Regulation 17 of 1806, sections 7 and 8 
Bengal Regulation 19 of 1810 
Bengal Regulation 20 of 1810 
Bengal Regulation 5 of 1817 
Bengal Regulation 3 of 1818 
Bengal Regulation 6 of 1819 
Bengal Regulation 20 of 1825 
Bengal Regulation 6 of 1831, section 6 
Bengal Regulation 11 of 1831, sections 4 and 8 
Bengal Regulation 1 of 1833 

2. Rep. by Act 4 of 1922, s. 3 and Schedule. 

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. . . . . . . 
. . . . . . . 
. . . . . . . 
. . . . . . . 
. . . . . . . 
. . . . . . . 
. . . . . . . 
. . . . . . . 
. . . . . . . 
. . . . . . . 
. . . . . . . 

Repealing Acts 
Act 12 of 1891. 
Act 12 of 1891. 
Act 12 of 1891. 
Act 13 of 1889. 
Act 12 of 1891. 
The A.O. 1937. 
Act 12 of 1891. 
Act 10 of 1882. 
Act 12 of 1891. 
Act 12 of 1891. 
Act 8 of 1875. 

 
 
                                                           
 
 
1830,  V 

. . . . Sections 1 and 5—Indigo Contracts. 

1831,  XI 

. . . . Sections 1, 2, 5, 6—Police-powers of Tahsildars. 

1833, 

IX 

. . . . Deputy Collectors. 

(b) ACTS OF THE SUPREME COUNCIL RELATING TO THE NORTH-WESTERN PROVINCES1 

Year and Number 

Subject 

1836, 

1854, 

1856, 

21856, 

1857, 

X 

XVI 

XII 

XX 

XIII 

. . . . 

. . . . 

. . . . 

. . . . 

. . . . 

Indigo Contracts. 

Police. 

Civil Court Amins. 

Chaukidars. 

Opium. 

1. Act 15 of 1874 having been rep.so far as it relates to the following enactments, by the Acts noted against each, the references to 
those enactments have been omitted from this Schedule:— 
Enactments omitted 
Act 21 of 1836 
Act 19 of 1853, section 26 
Act 40 of 1858 

Repealing Acts 
Act 1 of 1903. 
Act 1 of 1903. 
Act 8 of 1890. 

. . . . . . . 
. . . . . . . 
. . . . . . . 

2. Act 20 of 1856 has been rep. in the U.P. by the U.P. Town Areas Act, 1914 (U.P. 2 of 1914), section 41. 

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SIXTH SCHEDULE  

(See sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7) 

PART I 

SCHEDULED DISTRICTS, MADRAS 

I.—In Ganjam 

(1) The Gumsur Maliahs, including Chokapad. 

(2) The Surada Mahiahs. 

(3) The Chinna Kimedi Maliahs. 

(4) The Pedda Kimedi Maliahs. 

(5) The Bodaguda Maliahs. 

(6) The Surangi Maliahs. 

(7) The Parla Kimedi Maliahs. 

(8) The Muttas of Korada and Ronaba (otherwise called Srikarma). 

1[* * *] 

(10) The Jurada Maliah. 

(11) The Jalantra Maliah. 

(12) The Mandasa Maliah. 

(13) The Budarashinghi Maliah. 

(14) The Kuttingia Maliah. 

II.—In Vizagapatam 

(1) The Jeypur Zamindari. 

(2) Golconda Hills, west of the River Boderu. 

(3) The Madugol Maliahs. 

(4) The Kasipur Zamindari. 

1. Item (9), “The Chighatti Maliah”, was rep. by Act 12 of 1891. 

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(5) The Panchipenta Maliahs. 

(6) Mondemkolla, in the Merangi Zamindari. 

1(7) The Konda Mutta of Merangi.] 

(8) The Gumma and Konda Muttas of Kurpam. 

(9) The Kottam, Ram and Konda Muttas of Palkonda. 

III.—In the Godavari District2 

(1) The Bhadrachalam Taluq. 

(2) The Rakapilli Taluq. 

(3) The Rampa Country. 

The Laccadive Islands, including Minicoy. 

IV.—In the Indian Ocean 

PART II 

SCHEDULED DISTRICTS, BOMBAY 

I.—The Province of Sindh3  

4[* * *] 

III.—Aden.5  

IV.—The villages belonging to the following Mehwassi Chiefs:— 

(1) The Parvi of Kathi. 

(2) The Parvi of Nal. 

(3) The Parvi of Singpur. 

(4) Walwi of Gaohalli. 

1. Subs. by Act 12 of 1891, for “(7) The Konda Mutta of Belgam”. 
2.  The  Ducharti  and  Guditeru  Muttas  in  the  Golconda  Hills  have  been  transferred  from  the  Vizagapatam  to  the  Godavari 
district. See Fort St. George Gazette, 1881, Part I, p. 336. 
Certain villages and estates in the Godavari district became Scheduled Districts for the purposes of the Scheduled Districts Act, 
1874 (14 of 1874); but they are not “Scheduled Districts” within the meaning of the Laws Local Extent Act, 1874. 
3. Ceased to be part of India from 15-8-1947. 
4. Item II, “The Panch Mahals”, was rep. by Act 7 of 1885, with effect from 1-5-1895. 
5.  Aden ceased to be part of India from 1-4-1937. 

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(5) The Wassawa of Chikhli. 

(6) The Parvi of Nawalpur. 

PART III 

SCHEDULED DISTRICTS, BENGAL 

I.—The Jalpaiguri and Darjeeling  1[Districts]. 

II.—The Hill Tracts of Chittagong2.   

III.—The Santhal Parganas. 

IV.—The Chutia Nagpur Division. 3  

V.—The Mahals of Angul and Banki.4  

PART IV 

SCHEDULED DISTRICTS, NORTH-WESTERN PROVINCES 

5[* * *] 

II.—The Province of Kumaon and Garhwal. 

III.—The  Tarai  Parganas,  comprising—Bazpur,  Kashipur,  Jaspur,  Rudarpur,  Godarpur,  Kilpuri, 

Nanak-Mattha and Bilheri. 

IV.—In the Mirzapur district— 

(1) The tappas of Agori Khas and South Kon in the Pargana of Agori. 

(2) The tappa of British Singrauli in the Pargana of Singrauli. 

(3) The tappas of Phulwa, Dudhi and Barha in the Pargana of Bichipar. 

(4) The portion lying to the South of the Kaimor Range. 

1. Subs. by Act 12 of 1891, for “Divisions”. 
2. Ceased to be part of India from 15-8-1947. 
3. The Thanas of Raipur and Khattra, which formerly formed portion of the Chutia Nagpur Division, were transferred to the district 
of Bankura, and ceased to be a Scheduled District on 1-10-1879. See the Raipur and Khattra Laws Act, 1879 (19 of 1879). 
The Estate of Porahat now forms part of the Chutia Nagpur Division Scheduled District for the purpose of the Scheduled Districts 
Act, 1874, see the Porahat Estate Act, 1893 (2 of 1893), section 3, but it is not a “Scheduled District” within the meaning of the 
Laws Local Extent Act, 1874. 

4. The Mahal of Banki ceased to be a Scheduled District on 1-4-1882, see the Banki Laws Act, 1881 (25 of 1881). 

The Khondmals in Orissa, which previously formed part of the Angul district [see the Angul Laws Regulation, 1913 (3 of 1913)] 
and now form and independent district [see the Khondmals Laws Regulation, 1936 (4 of 1936)] became a Scheduled District for 
the purposes of the Scheduled Districts Act, 1874 (14 of 1874); but they are not “Scheduled District” within the meaning of the 
Laws Local Extent Act, 1874. 

5. Item I, “The Jhansi Division, comprising the districts of Jhansi, Jalaun and Laltapur”, was rep. by Act 20 of 1890, section 8(1). 

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1[* * *] 

VI.—The tract of country know as Jaunsar Bawar in the Dehra Dun district. 

PART V 

SCHEDULED DISTRICTS, PUNJAB 

The districts2 of Hazara, Peshawar, Kohat, Bannu, Dera Ismail Khan, Dera Ghazi Khan, Lahaul and 

Spiti. 

PART VI 

3SCHEDULED DISTRICTS, CENTRAL PROVINCES 

Chattisgarh Zamindaris 

1. Khariar. 

2. Bindra Nawagarh. 

3. Sahezpur. 

4. Gandai. 

5. Silheti. 

6. Barbaspur. 

7. Thakurtola. 

8. Lohara. 

9. Gondardehi. 

10. Fingeswar. 

11. Pandaria. 

12. Pendra. 

13. Matin. 

14. Uprora. 

15. Kenda. 

16. Lapha. 

17. Chhuri. 

18. Korba. 

19. Chapa. 

20. Bora Sambhar. 

21. Phuljhar. 

22. Kolabira. 

23. Rampur. 

1. Item V, “The Family Domains of the Maharaja of Benares, comprising the following parganas:—Bhadohi and Kheyra Mangror 

in the Mirzapur district; Kaswa Raja in the Benares district”, was rep. by Act 14 of 1881, section 14. 

2. Except Lahaul and Spiti, these districts ceased to be part of India from 15-8-1947. 
3. The taluqs of Nugur, Albaka and Cherla which were transferred to the Madras Presidency with effect from 1-7-1909 had, from 
17-1-1905, became Scheduled Districts within the meaning of the Scheduled Districts Act, 1874 (14 of 1874). 

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1. Ahiri. 

2. Ambagarh Chauki. 

3. Aundhi. 

4. Dhanora. 

5. Dudhmala. 

6. Gewarda. 

7. Jharapapra. 

8. Khutgaon. 

9. Koracha. 

10. Kotgal. 

1. Harai. 

2. Chhater. 

3. Gorakhghat. 

4. Gorpani. 

5. Bakhtagarh. 

6. Bardagarh 

Chanda Zamindaris 

11. Muramgaon. 

12. Panabaras. 

13. Palasgarh. 

14. Rangi. 

15. Sirsundi. 

16. Sonsari. 

17. Chandala. 

18. Gilgaon. 

19. Pawi Mutanda. 

20. Pategaon. 

Chhindwara Jagirdaris 

7. Pachmarhi. 

8. Partabgarh. 

9. Almod. 

10. Sonpur. 

11. Bariam Pagara. 

PART VII 

The Chief Commissionership of Coorg. 

PART VIII 

The Chief Commissionership of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 

PART IX 

The Chief Commissionership of Ajmer and Merwara. 

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PART X 

1The Chief Commissionership of Assam. 

PART XI 

The Hill Tracts of Arakan.—[Repealed by the A.O. 1937.] 

PART XII 

The Pargana of Manpur.—[Repealed by the Repealing Act, 1938 (1 of 1938), section 2 and Schedule.] 

The Cantonment of Morar.—[Repealed by the Repealing and Amending Act, 1891 (12 of 1891).] 

PART XIII 

1. The Lushai Hills, which include the North and South Lushai Hills and the Mokokchang Sub-division of the Naga Hills District, 
became  Scheduled  Districts  for  the  purposes  of  the  Scheduled  Districts  Act,  1874  (14 of  1874), but  they  are  not  Scheduled 
Districts within the meaning of this Act. 

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Enactments Repealed.—[Repealed by the Repealing Act, 1876 (12 of 1876).] 

SEVENTH SCHEDULE  

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