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Any person belonging to any of the tribes or tribal communities or parts of or groups within tribes or tribal communities, specified in Part XII of the Schedule to the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order, and resident in the locality specified in relation to him in that Part of such Schedule, may be identified, by a certificate, to be a member of the Scheduled Tribes. Issue of 5. A certificate under section 3 or section 4 may be issued,— certificate of identification. (a) in the district, by the Sub-divisional Officer of the sub- division concerned, and (b) in Calcutta, by the District Magistrate, South 24-Parganas, or by such Additional District Magistrate, South 24-Parganas, as may be authorised by the District Magistrate, South 24-Parganas, in this behalf. Explanation 1.—"Calcutta" shall mean the town of Calcutta as defined in section 3 of the Calcutta Police Act, 1866. Explanation LL—For the removal of doubt, it is hereby declared that for the purposes of this Act, the District Magistrate, South 24-Parganas, or the Additional District Magistrate, South 24-Parganas, authorised by the District Magistrate, South 24-Parganas, under clause (b) of this section, shall have jurisdiction over Calcutta. Ben. Act IV of 1866. Procedure of issue of certificate.