Sonthal Parganas Act,1855
Act No : 37
Section :
Districts removed from operation of general Regulations.
1. Districts removed from operation of general Regulations. 2* Clause 1.--The districts described in the Schedule to this Act are hereby removed from the operation of the general Regulations of the Bengal Code and of the laws passed by the Governor-General of India in Council, except so far as is hereinafter provided; and 3*[no Central Act passed before the commencement of Part III of the Government of India Act, 1935,] (26 Geo. 5, c.2.) shall be deemed to extend to any part of the said districts, unless the same shall be specially named therein: Proviso. Provided that nothing herein contained shall 4* remove any part of the said districts from the operation of 5*Regulation 10 of 1804 of the Bengal Code; nor shall this Act affect any revenue-settlement, nor any law relating to the recovery of permanently-settled land-revenue due under the same, nor any law relating to the sale of lands for arrears of revenue, or relating to patni taluks or to the sale thereof for arrears of rent, nor any law relating to mutations or batwara or to any other matter to which the State Government shall at any time notify in the 6*[Official Gazette] that the general Laws and Regulations shall extend. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Short title given by the Amending Act, 1903 (1 of 1903), Sch. I. This Act extends only to the Sonthal Parganas, as described in the Schedule. 2. Cl. 1 of s. 1 appears to have been superseded by the Sonthal Parganas Settlement Regulation, 1872 (3 of 1872), s. 3. 3. Subs. by the A. O. 1937, for "no law which shall hereafter be passed by the Governor-General of India in Council". 4. The words "extend to or affect any case now pending in any Court, nor," rep. by Act 12 of 1891. 5. The Bengal State-Offences Regulation, 1804, was rep. by the Special Laws Repeal Act, 1922 (4 of 1922). 6. Subs. by the A. O. 1937, for "Calcutta Gazette". 4 Superintendence of districts. Clause 2.--The said districts shall be placed under the superintendence and jurisdiction of an officer or officers 1* to be appointed in that behalf by the State Government and such officer or officers shall be subject to the directions 2* and control of the State Government.
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