THE ARUNACHAL PRADESH (CRIMINAL LAW AMENDMENT) ACT, 1987 (ACT NO. 4 OF 1988)

l0 THE ARIJNACHAL PRADESH (CRIMINAL LAW AMENDMENT) ACT, 1987 (ACT NO. 4 OF 1988) AN ACT Jirrhet to amend the Criminql Law' Amendrnent Acl, 1952, in irs applicalion lo the Srale oJ'.4runochal Pradesh. BE it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of Arun- achal Pradesh in the Thirty-eighth Year of the Republic of lndia as follows :- l. (l) This Act may bc called thc Arunachal Pradcsh (Criminal Law Amenduent) Acr, 198?. (2) It cxtends to the whole of the Statc of Aruna- chal Pradesh. (3) .lt shall come into lbrcc at once. 2. In the Criminal Law Amendment Act. 1952 (Central Act No.. 46 of 195?) in its application to the State of Arunacbal Pradesh (hereinafter referred to as thc principal Act). for sub-section (2) of seclion 6, the follo*ing sub-section shal[ be substituted, namely :-.. Short tittc, extent and sommeDcemeDt Amendment of section 6 (Ccn- tral Act 46 of t9sz). "(2) A person shall not be qualificd tbr the appoint- ment as a Special Judge under this Act unlcss he is or has bcen (a) a Session Judge or an Additional Scssion Judge or an Assistant Session Judge under the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898. or (b) a Deputy Commissioner of a Distnct preferably with legal background and sufficient judicial experience. " 3. ln the principal Act, excent in section 9, referenccs to the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898, shatl be cons- trtcd as references to the corresponding law for the time being in force in tbe State of Arunachal Pradesh. Construction of references of Code of Crimi- nal Procedure (5 of 1898). 4. (l) The North East Frontier Agency (Criminal [:w Amcndment) Regulation, 1962 (No. 2 of 1962) is hcreby repealed. Repealing and saYrng. 1l (2) Notwithstanding such repeal, anlthing done or any action taken under the said Regulation shall be deemed to have been validh' done or taken under this Act. NOIE : Published in the Arunachal Pradesh Gazette. Extraordinary. No.69. Vol. IV. dated November 28, lgEE. I a