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(3) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (4) of this section it shall extend in the first instance only to the areas in Assam in which the Bengal Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1873, is, before the passing of this Act, in force but the Local Government may, at any time, by a notification published in the Assam Gazette, direct that all births and deaths, or all births, or all deaths, occurring within the limits of any other area after a certain date to be named in such notification shall be registered, and, for that purpose, may define the limits of such other area. From and after such date this Act shall apply to the whole of the area so defined. (4) The Local Government may further, at any time by notification published in the Assam Gazette, direct that the principal local agents of any employers of labour, or of any class of such employers in Assam, shall after a certain date to be named in such notification cause to be registered all births and deaths or all births or all deaths, or all births and deaths among a specified class of labour, occurring upon land in the occupation of the employers. Bengal Act IV of 1873. Magistrate may divide area into circles and may appoint registrars.