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The Assam Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 1970

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292 THE  ASSAM GA ZE TT E, EX TR AO RD IN AR Y,  MAY 5, 1979
It is here by enacted  in the Twen ty-first Year of 
the  Republic of India  as follo ws—
S h o rt ’  tit le, 
ex tent  an d 
com mence ­
ment.
1. (1) Th is Act may  be called the  Assam Tea 
Pla ntation s Prov iden t Fund and Pens ion 
Fund Sch eme (Amendm ent) Act, 1970,
(2) It shall have the like ext ent  as the  princi­
pal Act.
(3) It  shall come into force at once.
Amen dm en t 2 -  I n  s e c t i°n  2(d) of th e principal Act, for the  
of sec tion 2 figures “Rs.f iO O'O O” occu rring  betw een the words 
o f Assam A ct “ exc eed” and “ per mensem” the figures and words 
oX  o f 1955. “ Rs.1,000'00 (Rupees  one tho usan d)” sha ll be su b­
stituted .
Th e 4th May 1970
No.L JL .18/70/6.—Th e following Act of th e Assam Legislative Assembly 
which  received the assent of the Governor is hereby published for general  
info rmation.
ASSAM AC T V OF  1970
[Received the asse nt of  the Governor on the 28th April, 1970]
TH E ASSAM  CR IM IN AL  LAW  (AME ND ME NT ) AC T, 1970
(Pub lished in the  Assam G azett e, Extraord ina ry dat ed the 5th May 1970)
An
Ac t
to  am en d the Rul es  f or  the Adm in istr at io n o f Ju stice in  th e  
No rth Cac har  H ill s Su bd ivi sio n o f the  Sta te o f Assa m.
Pr eamble. Whereas it is e xpedien t to amend the  Rules for t he 
Ad ministrat ion of Justice  in the  Nor th Ca ch ar Hills  
Subd ivision of the  State  o f Assam, hereinafte r called 
the  said Rules, in the  m anner her ein after appeari ng  ;
It  is h ereby ena cte d in the Twenty-first Year of  the 
Republic of Ind ia as follows:—
Sh or t title, 
ex ten t an d 
comm en ce­
m en t.
1.(1) This Act m ay be called the  Assam Crimi nal 
Law (Am endm ent) Act, I97O .
(2) It  sh all have the  like extent as the  said Rules.
(3) It  shall come int o force at  once.
An endm ent 2. In rule  1  of the  said Rules
ef  rule 1.
(1) the  words “ Un ited Distri ct of Mikir and  
No rth  Ca ch ar Hills, Subd ivisiona l Office r” shall be 
dele ted.
 
t  Ht B  ASSAM GAZETTE, EX TRAORDINARY, MAY 5, 1970 293
(2) after rule 1, the following shall be inserted 
as rule  1  A, n amely :—
“ Th e Gov ernor may w hen he think s fit, appoint 
an Ad dition al Deputy Comm issioner, either gene rally , 
or for the  trial of a pa rticular  case, or partic ula r 
cases, civil or crim inal, and may direct that such Add i­
tional Deputy Comm issioner shall for the gene ral or 
special purp ose aforesaid, exercise all or any of the 
powers of the Deputy Commissioner.’’
Amendment 2. In  rul e 4,6,8 an d 9 c f the  said Rules, for 
O t t ^l e  w o r d s »  “ Subdivisional Officer ” , the words
“ De puty Com missioner” shall be sub stituted.
Amendment 3. In  rul e 10 of the  said Rules, for the words 
of r ule 10 . “ Subd ivisiona l Offic er, or an Assistant to the Deputy
Com missioner as m ay be specifically auth orised by 
the  Sub divisional Officer in this behal f or Deputy 
Com mis sion er” occ urri ng at  the  end, the  words, 
“ De pu ty Commissioner or an Assista nt to the 
Deputy Com mission er as m ay be specifically aut ho­
rised’ .’  shall be sub stit ute d.
Amendm ent 4. Th e rul e 11 of the  said Rule s, for the 
of  rule 1 1 . words, “ Th e Subdivision al Officer, or to  an Assistant 
to the  De puty Com missioner  and  from him  to the 
De cuty Comm issioner, whose order s are  final but 
the  Governo r may  at  any time  call for th e proce e­
dings of any officer subordi nate to him an d modify 
or revers e any ord er passed” the words, “an Assis­
ta nt  to the  Deputy Commissioner an d from him  to 
the  Deputy Commissioner  whose orders are final 
bu t the Gover nor  may  at  any time call for the pro ­
ceedings of any officer subordinate to him  and  
modify or reverse any  order passed” shall be substi­
tuted.
Amendment 5. . I n  rule 12 of t he said Rules, ihe  words 
of rule 1 2 . “S ubdivisiona l Officer or” shall be deleted.
Amendm ent 6. In  r ule  13  of the  said Rul es, for the  word 
of  rule 1 3 . “ an ” the  wor d, “An”  shall be substitu ted and  the 
words, “ the Subd ivisional Officer or ” shall be
deleted.
Amendment r u ' e  2 1  °f th e said Rule s, for t he words,
of rule 21. “ Subd ivisiona l Officer”,  th e words, “ Dep uty Comm is­
sione r” shall be substituted.
Amend- 8 ' I n  r u l e  2 2  c f  t h e  s a i d  R u les, the  words 
m en to frul e “Sub division al Officer, or ” shall be deleted.
22.

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Am end- 9. In  rules 23, 24B (2) an d 31  of  the said  R ules, 
the words, “ Th e Subdiv isional Officer, or” shall be
a n d / 3V 2 ) dele ted.
Am end - 10. In rul e 25 of the said Rules ,— 
men t of  rule
2 5‘  (a) Th e words “ the  Subdivisional Officer ’
shall be deleted.
(b) in clause (b),—
(i) the  words, “ and  the Subdivi­
sional Officer” occu rring  in between the 
words “ Deputy Com missioner” and  
“ be”  shall be deleted.
(ii) the  w ords, “ Subd ivisional Officer 
or an ” occ urri ng in between the words 
“t he ” and “Assistant” shall be deleted .
(c) in clause (d), the words, “ or Subdivi­
sional Officer” shall be deleted.
»
Am end- 11 . In  rule 25D of the said Rules, the  words, “of 
me nt of  rul e t ji e United  Mikir and No rth  Cacha r Hills” shall be 
2 5 D-  dele ted.
Am end - 12. In rule 26 of the said Rule s, the  words,
men t of  rul e “ S u b d iv is io n a l Officer”  shall be deleted.
■ 26
Am end - 13. In  rul e 32 of the said Rules, the words, “ or 
me nt of ru le  g u bdivisional Officer” shall be deleted. - .
32.
Am me nd-  14 . In  rule  33 of the said rules, the words, “ Sub - 
me nt of  rule division al Officer” shall be deleted.
33.
Am end - 15 . In  rule  34 of the said Rules, the words, “ Sub- 
me nt of  rul e divisional Officer”  shall be deleted.
34 .
Am endm ent jg j n  l u je  35 o j s aj j  Rule s, the words, “ or 
o ru  c . Sub divisional Officer” shall he deleted.
Amen dm en t ]7 . I n  rul e 39 of th e said Rules, in pa ragrap h 2,— 
of  rule 39.
(i) the words “ Subd ivisional Officer or an ”
occurring in the second line shall' be 
deleted ;
(ii) for the words, “ Subdivisional Officer”  occur­
ring  in the ten th line, the words, “ Assis­
ta nt  to the Dep uty Commissioner”  shall 
be substitu ted.
Amen dm en t 18. In  rule 40 of the said Rules, the  punctua tion 
of  ru le  40. and  w ord s, ", ” and  “ Subdiv isional Officer” shall be
dele ted.

THE ASSAM GA ZE TT E, EX TR AO RD INAR Y, MAY 5, 1970 295
Amen dm en t 19. In  rule 43 of the  said Rules, the  words 
of ru le o f 43. Officer or an ” shall be deleted.
Co nst rui ng 20. All references to North Ga cha r Hills Sub- 
of  referen- division in the said rules  shall be construed as refer- 
Ce(ia cl?a °r t h , c n c e  t o  North  Gachar Hills Distric t.
Hill s Dis­
tri ct.
Re pe al and  •  ( 0  Assam Crimin al Law  Amendmen t
Savin gs. Ord ina nce , 1970 is here by repe aled  Assam Ordin anc e 
N o, II  of 1970 .
(2) Notwi thstanding such repe al, anyth ing  done 
or any action take n un de r the  Ordin anc e as repe aled  
shall be deem ed to have been done  or take n under  
the provisions of this Act, as if this Act, h ad  com­
menced on the  2nd day of  Fe bruary, 1970 (date of 
promulgation  of the Or din ance).
P. C. DAS,
Joint Secy, to the Govt, of Assam, 
Law Depa rtment.
SH IL LO NG:—Pr inte d and  puDiished by • the  Su perin ten dent,  Assam 
Governmen t Press (Ex. Gazette) No,9 5—1 ,33 4+ 40 —5-5-1970.

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