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Short title given by the Indian Short Titles Act, 1897 (14 of 1897). For Statement of Objects and Reasons, see Gazette of India, 1867, p. 191; and for Proceedings in Council, see ibid.,Supplement, pp. 72, 156 and 299. This Act was declared by the Laws Local Extent Act, 1874 (15 of 1874), s. 3 to be in force in all the Provines of India, except the Scheduled Districts. It has heen applied to the SanthalParganas by the SanthalParganas Settlement Regulation (3 of 1872), s,3; to the Khondmals District by the Khondmals Laws Regulation, 1936 (4 of 1936), s. 3 and Sch.; and to the Angul District by the Angul Laws Regulation, 1936 (5 of 1936), s. 3 and Sch. It has been extended to Goa, Daman and Diu with modifications by Reg. 12 of 1962, s.3 and Sch.; to Dadra and Nagar Haveli by Reg. 6 of 1963, s. 2 and Sch. I (w.e.f. 1-7-1965) and to Pondicherry by Reg. 7 of 1963, s, 3 and Sch.I (w.e.f. 1-10- 1963). It has been applied, by notification under s. 3(a) of the Scheduled Districts Act, 1874 (14 of 1874), to the following Scheduled Districts, namely: — the Territory of Peint, see Gazette of India, 1887, Pt. I, p.144 (Peint is now no longer a Scheduled District, and all the enactments in force in the Nasik District of the Bombay Presidency, among them Act 25 of 1867, are now in force in this territory), see the Peint Laws Act, 1894 (Bom. Act 2 of 1894). the Island of Perim, see Gazette of India, 1887, Pt. I, p. 5; that portion of the Jalpaiguri District which was formerly the Jalpaiguri Sub-division and now form’s the western portion of the District of Jalpaiguri and extends as far east as the Teesta River, the hills west of the Teesta River in the District of Darjiling, the DarjilingTarai, the Damson Sub-division of the Darjiling District, the Districts of Hazaribagh [Lohardaga now called the Ranchi District, see Calcutta Gazette, 1899, Pt. I,p. 44] and Manbhum, and ParganaDhalbhum and the Kolhan in the District of Singhbhum, see Gazette of India, 1881, Pt. I, pp. 74 and 504; the Western Duars of the Jalpaiguri District, see ibid.,1910, Pt. I, p,1160; the Districts of Kumaon and Garhwal, see Gazette of India, 1876, Pt. I, p. 605; the scheduled portion of the Mirzapur District, see Gazette of India, 1879, Pt.. I, P. 383; ParganaJaunsarBawar in the Dehra Dun District, see Gazette of India, 1897, Pt. I, p. 382; the Districts of Kamrup, Nowgong, Darrang, Sibsagar, Lakimpur, Goalpara (excluding the Eastern Duars and Cacharexcluding the North Cachar Hills), see Gazette of India, 1878, Pt. I, p. 533; theGaro Hills, the Khasi and Jaintia Hills, the Naga Hills, the North Cachar Hills in theCachar District and the Eastern Duars in the Goalpara District, see Gazette of India, 1897, Pt. I, p.299. It has been declared by notification under s. 3(b) of the Scheduled Districts Act, 1874 (14 of 1874) not to be in force in the Scheduled District of Lahaul in the Punjab, see Gazette of India, 1886, Pt. I, p. 301. It has been extended, by notification under s. 5 of the Scheduled Districts Act, 1874 (14 of 1874), to the Tara District of the Province of Agra, see Gazette of India, 1876, Pt. I, p. 506, to the District of Coorg, see ibid. 1918, Pt.II, p. 1730. It has also been extended to Berar by the Berar Laws Act, 1941 (4 of 1941). It has been amended in its application to Andhra by Andhra Act 8 of 1960; Madras by Madras Act s 24 of 1948 and 14 of 1960; Punjab by Punjab Acts 14 of 1942, 25 of 1950 and 15 of 1957; Mysore by Mysore Act 10 of 1972; and Himachal Pradesh by Himachal Pradesh Act 17 of 1974.