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For sub-section (1) of section 17, the following of section 17 gba ll be sub stitu ted, na m ely:— of Assam A ct ’ I of 1957. “ (1) The State Government or any officer empowered by it in this behalf shall be entitled to settle any land which has not been disposed of under sec tion 16 in the same mariner as any other land which is a t the disposal of the Government und er section 12 of the Assam Land and Revenue Regulation, 1886.” ASSAM ACT IX OF 1971 (R eceived^ hc assent o f the Governor on the 26th March, 1971) THE ASSAM APPROPRIATION (No.I) ACT, 1971 An Act to provide for the with draw al of certain furthe r su m s from and out of the Consolidated Fund of the Sta te of Assam to the Service of th e year ending on th e thirty-first day of March, 1971. Short title. Jt is hereby enacted in the Twenty-second Year of the Republic of India as follows :—