The Assam Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 1970

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-fi rst Year of the Republ ic of India as follows— S h o rt ’ tit le , ex tent an d com mence ­ ment. 1. (1) Th is Act may be called the Assam Tea Planta tion s Prov iden t Fund and Pens ion Fund Scheme (Amendm ent) Act, 1970, (2) It shall have the like extent as the princi ­ pa l Act. (3) It shall come into force at once. Amendm ent 2 - I n s e c t i°n 2(d) of the principal Act, for the of sec tion 2 figures “Rs.fiOO'OO” occu rring betw een the words o f Assam A ct “ exceed” and “ per mensem” the figures and words oX o f 1955. “ Rs.1,000'00 (Rupees one tho usand)” sha ll be su b­ stituted . Th e 4th May 1970 No.LJL .18/70/6.—Th e following Act of the 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 Gazette, Extraord ina ry dat ed the 5th May 1970) An Act to am en d the Rul es f or the Adm in istr at io n o f Ju st ice in the No rth Cac har H ill s Su bd ivi sio n o f the Sta te o f Assa m. Preamble. Whereas it is e xpedien t to amend the Rules for t he Adminis trat ion of Justice in the Nor th Ca char Hills Subd ivision of the State o f Assam, hereinafte r called the said Rules , in the m anner her einafter appeari ng ; It is h ereby ena cted in the Twenty- first Year of the Republic of Ind ia as follows :— Sh or t titl e, ex ten t an d comm ence­ m en t. 1.(1) This Act m ay be called the Assam Criminal Law (Am endm ent) Act , I97O. (2) It shall have the like extent as the said Rules . (3) It shall come into 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 ivis iona l Office r” shall be dele ted. t HtB ASSAM GAZETTE, EX TRAORDINARY, MAY 5, 1970 293 (2) after rule 1, the following shall be inser ted as rule 1 A, n amely :— “ Th e Governor may w hen he thinks fit, appoint an Addit ional Deputy Commissioner, either gene rally , or for the tri al of a pa rti cu lar case, or pa rtic ula r cases, civil or crim ina l, and may direct that such Add i­ tional Deputy Commissioner shall for the gene ral or specia l 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 l̂ e w o r d s » “ Subdivisional Off icer” , the words “ Deputy Com miss ioner” shall be substituted. Amendment 3. In rul e 10 of the sa id Rules , for the words of r ule 10. “ Subd ivis iona l Of ficer, 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 mission er” occurring at the end, the words, “ De pu ty Commissioner or an Assistant to the Deputy Com missioner as m ay be specifically autho­ rised’.’ sha ll be sub stit ute d. Amendm ent 4. The rul e 11 of the said Rule s, for the of rule 11. words, “ Th e Subdivisional Officer, or to an Assistant to the Deputy Com miss ioner and from him to the De cu ty Comm issioner, whose order s are final but the Governo r may at any time call for th e procee­ dings of any officer subordinate to him an d modify or reverse any ord er passed” the words, “an Assis­ tant to the Deputy Commissioner and from him to the Deputy Commissioner whose orders are final bu t the Governor 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 12. “S ubdivis iona l Officer or” shall be dele ted. Amendm ent 6. In r ule 13 of the said Rules, for the word of rule 13. “ an ” the wor d, “An” shall be substitu ted and the words, “ the Subd ivisional Officer or ” sha ll be dele ted. Amendment r u ' e 2 1 ° f the said Rule s, for t he words, of rule 21. “ Subd ivis iona l Officer”, th e words, “ Dep uty Comm is­ sione r” shall be subs tituted. 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 “Subdivisional Officer, or ” shall be deleted. 22. 1 2 9 4 I HE ASSAM GA ZE TT E, EX TR AO RD IN AR Y, MAY 5 , J 9 7 0 Am end- 9 . In rules 23, 24B (2) and 31 of the said Rules, the words, “ Th e Subdiv isional Officer, or” shall be a n d / 3V 2 ) dele ted. Am end - 10. In rul e 25 o f the said Rules ,— men t of rule 2 5‘ (a) Th e words “ the Subdivisiona l Officer ’ shall be dele ted. (b) in clause (b),— (i) the words, “ and the Subdivi­ sional Officer” occu rring in between the words “ Deputy Com miss ioner” and “ be” shall be dele ted. (ii) the words , “ Subd ivisional Officer or an ” occurring in between the words “t he ” and “Assistant” shall be deleted . (c) in clause (d), the words, “ or Subdivi­ sional Officer” shall be dele ted. » 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 Hil ls” shall be 2 5 D - dele ted. Am end - 12. In rule 26 of the said Rules, the words, men t of rul e “ S u b d iv is io n a l Officer” sha ll be deleted. ■26 Am end - 13. In rul e 32 of the said Rules, the words, “ or me nt of ru le g u bdivisiona l Officer” shall be deleted. -. 32. Am mend- 14 . In rule 33 of the said rules, the words, “ Sub - me nt of rule divisional Officer” shall be deleted. 33. Am end - 15 . In rule 34 of the said Rules, the words, “ Sub- me nt of rul e divis ional Officer” sha ll be deleted. 34. Am endm ent jg j n l u je 35 o j s a j j Rules, the words , “ or o ru c . Sub div isional Officer” shall he deleted. Amendm ent ]7 . I n rul e 39 of the 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” sha ll be substitu ted. Amen dm en t 18. In rule 40 o f 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 ZETTE, EX TR AO RD INAR Y, MAY 5, 1970 295 Amendm ent 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 Gacha r Hills Sub- of referen- division in the said rules shall be construed as refer- Ce(iacl?a°r t h , c n c e t o North Gachar Hills Dis tric t. Hill s Dis­ tri ct . Re pe al and • ( 0 Assam Criminal Law Amendment Savings. Ord inance , 1970 is here by repe aled Assam Ordin anc e N o, II of 1970. (2) Notwi ths tanding such repeal, 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 provis ions of this Act, as if th is Act, h ad com­ menced on the 2nd day of February, 1970 (da te of promulga tion of the Ordin 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 Superin ten dent, Assam Governmen t Press (Ex. Gazette) No,9 5—1 ,33 4+ 40—5-5-1970.