The ASSAM COURT OF WARDS (SECOND AMENDMENT) ACT, 1948

ASSAM ACT XIX OF 1948 
THE ASSAM COURT OF WARDS (SECOND 
AMENDMENT) ACT, 1948 
(Passed by the Assembly) 
[ Received the assent of the Governor on the 21st 
October~ 1948] 
[ Publish ed in the Assam Gazette of the 27th October, 1948 ] 
An 
Ad furth~r to amend the Bengal Court of Wards Act, 1879, in 
its application to Assam 
Preamble. WHEREAS it is expedient further to amend the Bengal 
Court of Waros Act, 1379, hereinafter called the pri_nciJ?al ~X~fll~~t 
Act, in its application to Assam in the manner heremafter 
appearing ; 
It is hereby enacted as follows :-
Short title, 1. (1) This Act may be called the Assam Court of 
extent a nd Wards (Second Amendment) Act, 1948. commen ce-
ment. 
(2) It extends to the whole of Assam. · 
. (3) It shall come into force on such date as the 
Provincial Government may, by notification in the official 
Gazette, appoint. 
A_men?m ent 2. In section 15 of the principal Act,-the words ''the 
01 ~ectwn 15 Commissioners of the Divisions" and "Commissioner or" of the . 
Bengal Act sh<~ll be omitted. 
IX of 1879. 
Amendment 3. In proviso to section 58A of the principal Act,-of section . . ... 
SBA of the (a) for the words "CommiSSIOner of the DIV!Slon" the 
Bengal Act words "Court of Wards" shall be substituted ; and 
IX of 1879. 'd (b) for the words "sa1 Commissioner" the word 
. '' Cou.rt" shall be substituted. 
Amen?ment 4. In section 67 of the principal Act,-the words "to 
of sectiOn 67 h C · · · f h D' · · d f d of the t e ommisswner o t e IVISIOn, an rom every or er 
Bengal Act of the Commissioner under this Act" shall be omitted. 
IX of 1879. 
Amendment 5. In section 68 of the principal Act,-the words . "of 
of section 68 the Commissioner and" shall be omitted. of the Bengal 
Act IX of 
1879. 
Amendment 6. In section 70 of the principal Act,--of section 7 0 
of the Ben- (a) the words "Commissioners and" shall be 
gal Act IX omitted, and 
of 
1879
• (b) the words "and C.Jmmis~ioners" wherever they 
occur shall be omitted . 
( Price 1 anna or 2d. ] 
A• G. P, (L,A.) No. 23/48-500-22+1949 

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